Sporting once again disappointed their fans and could only manage a draw against Eldense, in a match where both teams had chances but were unable to convert them.
Sporting came into the second day with the idea of erasing the bad image they showed in their league debut where they lost to Levante; But the first half not only dispelled those doubts but magnified them against an Eldense team that had been less.
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The first minutes of the Gijón team were similar to the first game, with dominance and arrivals, although not creating any chances; while Eldense limited himself to defending with order and trying to prevent the ball from going out from the local defence.
The first time was red and white on a Cote center that ends with a header Gaspar Campos, but Dani Marín He reacted well and cleared the ball that fell at his feet Dubai who graduated from a good position, but rose.
A similar action took place a few minutes later in a shot from Knoll, which bounced off a defender, and the subsequent from Gaspar Campos that also made a mistake.
It was Sporting’s last dangerous play as Eldense slowly gained control of the ball, leading to two consecutive shots in the same game: eThe first was from Quitana and the second from Ortuño to which Yañez answered with two great stops.
The following minutes were the total dominance of the visitor who took advantage of some defensive indecisiveness of the Gijón players: the first was a corner that reached the head of Dumic which changes the stick to where it is almost out of reach Inigo Piña.
Just two minutes later, another corner was taken in the same manner the arrival of Dumic qThis time he shot at the goal but the ball went over the goal which was defended by Yáñez.
His team’s poor play angered the fans and the whistles began, which escalated due to Eldense’s lazy attitude and also against the referee who allowed it.
Half time was reached without movement on the scoreboard and the red-and-white fans were worried about the level their team offered at the start of the league where they showed themselves to be very fragile in defense and lacking offensive ideas.
However, Sporting’s exit in the second half offered a different version and what their fans wanted to see with verticality, ball control and creating chances but they were unable to deliver.
Otero with two consecutive shots, the first of which was denied by his teammate Guille Rosasand the second, hitting the post, had the first clear chance of this second half, followed by a good run by Gaspar Campos denied the shot of a defender.
Eldense were trapped at the back and began to move their coach to the bench and the game was balanced as Sporting again rushed and lost balls, which Albés also responded with changes.
One of them was Gelabert’s debut as the prelude to the best chance for the locals when a cross shot by Queipo was beaten. Dani Martín hits the right post.. The play continued and after a center Cote Dubasín it’s over.
Sporting took the lead again and Eldense closed in to defend the tie and their goalkeeper Dani Martín kept the goal out by keeping just enough of Gelabert’s shot that the entry changed his team.
The red-and-white momentum collapsed for a while and Eldense looked for a surprise and was on the verge of achieving it with two almost consecutive actions: in the first instance Yáñez deflected a powerful shot from Oruño and in the second Marc Mateu He hits another hard shot on the crossbar.
Sporting responded with a personal action of Campuzano who entered the area, but his shot, slightly angled, went into the side of the net in what was the last chance of a match that ended in a tie.
Technical sheet:
0 – Sporting: Yáñez, Guille Rosas, (Iker Martínez m., 90), Curbelo (Bernal, m.45), Diego Sánchez, Cote, Olaetxea, Nacho Martín, (Queipo, m. 68) Nacho Méndez, Dubasín, Otero (Gelabert, d. 75) and Gaspar Campos (Campuzano, d. 75)
0 – Eldense: Dani Martín, Víctor García, Darío Dumic, Piña, Marc Mateu, Ivan Chapela (Ortuño, m. 56), Sergio Ortuño (Nacho, m. 86), David Timor, Joel Jorquera (Cris Montes, m. 56 ), Nacho Quintana (Camarasa, d., 68) and Álex Bernal (Godoy, d. 68).
Referee: Pérez Hernández. He showed yellow cards to Guille Rosas (m. 31), Chapela (m. 31), Nacho Martín (m. 63)
Incidents: 20,890 viewers.
Source: La Verdad
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