Cartagena beat a lowly Oviedo and left relegation

FC Cartagena emerged from relegation in LaLiga Hypermotion with a 2-0 win over Real Oviedo, paying for Santiago Homenchenko’s dismissal before half-timean action that was key and preceded the goals scored by Andy Rodríguez and Jairo Izquierdo, where Efesé broke a streak of two consecutive defeats to be placed in sixteenth, with 42 points, three of raise positions that condemn the First RFEF.

The Oviedo team, for their part, is seventh with 55, the same as Real Sporting de Gijón.which closes the promotion places for promotion to the First Division thanks to the better balance of confrontations between both Asturian teams.

Julián Calero’s men moved up three positions Well, they started the game in the red zone in nineteenth and finished it with six rivals behind, including the four that will be eliminated today.

The black and white coach introduced three changes with respect to the match lost 1-0 in Gijón -the central defender Kiko Olivas, the midfielder Tomás Alarcón and the center forward Alfredo Ortuño replaced Gonzalo Verdú, Diego Moreno and Darío Poveda-, while Luis Carrión, who became the black and white coach within three seasons to the last, made two reliefs in relation to the clash tied and one at home against Club Deportivo Mirandés -Santiago Homenchenko in the midfield and Paulo de la Fuente on the right wing of the attack appeared in place of Luismi Sánchez and Francisco Mascarenhas-.

With these exchanges the clash began where the first to give a warning and seriously was Oviedo. In the 11th minute, Alexandre Zurawski ‘Alemao’ shot over the crossbar after receiving a through pass from Santiago Colombatto. The response to Cartagena was made by Pedro Alcalá when executing a free kick from the front that crashes into the barrier. After half an hour, it was Sebas Moyano’s turn to find it for the Oviedo team, but his shot on a counterattack was met by a response from Raúl Lizoain.

In a rivalry with more tension than the game -it was clear that what was at stake was important for both teams- the main action took place in the 44th minute. Santiago Homenchenko saw a second yellow card and a subsequent red card due to a harsh challenge on Jairo Izquierdo and the visitors were left with fewer players on the field. On the kick-off from that foul, Andy Rodríguez looked for it from distance, but his intentional shot did not find the goal and with the score 0-0, the break was reached.

At the restart, Efesé, playing with numerical superiority, began to dominate and create danger with shots from Luis Muñoz and Tomás Alarcón but between the defense and goalkeeper Leo Román Oviedo is free. The team led by Luis Carrión, despite their situation, did not give up the attack and thus sought the goal with Paulino de la Fuente but without a goal.

The reward came for the locals’ biggest momentum and twice as they scored two goals in the space of three minutes. 1-0 was achieved by Andy Rodríguez in the 56th minute, taking advantage of a rebound from Leo Román after a header from Alfredo Ortuño after an accurate cross from Iván Calero. Immediately after, a good pass to the head of Luis Muñoz allowed Jairo Izquierdo, who, after making a rare control with his head, stood in front of the goalkeeper and did not miss. After scoring just one goal in five games, that poor scoring streak ended to the delight of over 7,500 black and white fans who saw two goals in a row.

It was the home team’s dream situation as, although there was more than half an hour to play, they won the solvency against 10. Oviedo hardly caused any concern and it was not like Cartagena created more danger until the last phase of the match – long shots by Iván Calero, Darío Poveda and Arnau Ortiz without consequences – but the passing of minutes worked in their favor.

Jonathan Dubasin, on the turn and after a while, tried to close the gap but Efesé’s success is not in danger and may be wider. However, neither Juanjo Narváez nor Darío Poveda nor Diego Moreno could convert three good chances.