Elche won again and overcame Sporting in the match to go up

He Elche He again met with victory four days later against Sporting Gijónfrom whom he usurped the place in the promotion zone for promotion First.

The team from Elche confirmed its success in the first half, where it scored two goals, but in the second the Asturian team reacted, closed the gap and had its rival on the ropes, knowing how to protect the advantage over suffering.

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The game got off to a rocky start for Elchewho lost five minutes due to injury to Borja Garcesthe coach’s new offensive bet Beccacece.

He Sportswith a lineup full of defenders, appealed to direct the play to their attackers to deactivate the Elche pressure in the midfield and threaten several counterattacks that they did not complete.

In Elche It took him 20 minutes to tame the game and impose his style. An occasion of Tete Morente the Elche team decompressed, which in a few moments found the goal Mourad.

The Spanish-Moroccan, relief of the wounded Garcescollected a rebound off the post after a shot from Nico Fernandez lose Yanez.

He Sports tried to respond immediately to a long throw of Gaspar that was cleared taught.

But Gijón’s reaction disappeared after only a few minutes, because Tete Morente He scored the second with a shot near the post, after a bad rebound from the defense, which surprised the Sportinguista goalkeeper.

The 2-0 score was hurt at Sportswho began to mess up the defense, taking advantage of the Elche to play at will in attack. The team from Elche could have entered the break with a bigger lead, but the referee disallowed a goal from Russet for offside, it’s in injury time.

The technician Miguel Angel Rodríguez he tried to react Sports with a double change. Knollone of the substitutes, had a first chance with a cross shot that was cleared taught.

He Elche He chose to defend himself with the ball to stop the offensive improvement of Sportsbut the Asturian team, more recognizable after the changes, managed to get into the game, midway through the second half, with a header from Otandro.

The goal encouraged the Sportswho grabbed the ball Elchewhich he once cornered in his place. Knollwith a shot near the post, almost level.

Beccacece tried to stretch his team entering the Oscar Planowho reappeared four months after his ankle operation, but Sporting continued to push and again threatened with a header from Mario Gonzalez which narrowly missed.

In the last minutes, the Sports overwhelmed by area crosses and corner kicks, but the Elche He knew how to suffer to protect a point that put him back in the promotion zone two weeks later.

Elche

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sporting gijón

2 – Elche: taught; Josan (Carreira, min. 46), Mario Gaspar, Bigas, Clerc (Salinas, min. 58); Bermejo (Rodri Mendoza, min. 58), John Chetauya, Nico Castro, Tete Motete, Nico Fernández (Óscar Plano, min. 75) and Borja Garcés (Mourad, minute 7).
The
1 – Sporting Gijon: Rubén Yáñez; Rober Pier, Insua, Izquierdoz, Diego Sánchez (Cote, min. 65); Nacho Méndez (Roque Mesa, min. 86), Guille Rosas, Gaspar (Hassan, min. 84), Pablo García (Juan Otero, min. 46), Mario González and Djuka (Queipo, min. 46).
The
The objectives: 1-0, min. 28: Mourad. 2-0, min. 34: Aunt Morente. 2-1, min. 67: Otero.
The
Referee: Quintero González (Andalusian Committee). He showed yellow cards to Diego Sánchez, Róber Pier, Izquierdoz, Roque Mesa and Otero for Sporting de Gijón, and to Dituro, Mourad and coach Sebastián Beccacece, for Elche. Beccacece was sent off with a straight red card in the 91st minute.

Incidents: The match corresponding to matchday 36 of the Hypermotion League was played at the Martínez Valero stadium in Elche in front of 16,771 spectators. At the start of the match, Elche paid tribute to the Elche Ilicitano squad, a subsidiary team, for their recent Third League championship and promotion to the Second Federation.​​

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