The UD Almansa played in the Manuel Trujillo of Almagro, the penultimate day of the first phase in the Group 18 of Third Division (Subgroup A). The Almanseño team began the match knowing that a victory would keep them in the fight to maintain the category in the first phase, after the defeat suffered by the Balazote Hurricane in Puertollano. The slogan for those of Pedro Arenas it was clear: win by civil or criminal. And with a lot of suffering, with a lot of work and with a pinch of luck, the azulones achieved their goal and will reach the last day with real options to finish this part of the competition in 6th position in Subgroup A.
The game was intense, fought and suffered; but ugly, very ugly. The wards of Ibón Begoña tried, from the beginning, to offer a good match to their fans in the last of the first phase for the rojillos, since on the last day the Almagro must rest. While the Almanseños, aware of the marker that occurred in Puertollano, they only had in mind to add the three points at stake no matter what.
The locals took the initiative of the game from the beginning. Condemned as they were to play the second phase in the group that will fight not to be relegated, each point can be vital for the teams and the team led by Ibón Begoña tried to add from the beginning. The Almagro was approaching the vicinity of the Almanseña area, but the azulones, once again, were very serious behind and granted very few opportunities to the rojillos attackers who either did not finish the plays, or if they did it was always with shots very far from the goal of Call Navarro.
The Almanseño team was a real fronton for the Almagreños, but on the offensive plot they barely had a presence in the vicinity of the local area. Those of Ibón Begoña They tried on both sides without success and in minute 33 came the only goal of the game. The goalkeeper of the OUT Almansa took out in long and pascal I combed the ball in three quarters of the field, Alfon I received it and first enabled Cristian Ripoll who won the position and tried a Vaseline on the exit of Rafa; the local goalkeeper touched the ball with his fingertips but it was loose at the penalty spot and Victor Martí, with the rod ready, he pushed it to the bottom of the net to put the 0-1 on the scoreboard, a result that would lead to halftime.
In the second half, more of the same. The Almansa did not finish linking attack plays and the Almagro turned over on the azulona area, although without posing situations of clear danger on the framework defended by Call Navarro. The best opportunity for the rojillos was a header from Víctor that Septién took out on the goal line; an occasion that was the only one in which the ball went to the goal of Almansa.
During the entire second period, the Almagreños handled the ball, among other things because those from Pedro Arenas renounced it and preferred to contain the onslaught of the Almagro. On rare occasions the OUT Almansa was approaching the area of Rafa, but the scoreboard was in their favor and the visiting players knew how to play very well with the anxiety and almost despair of the team that owns the pitch.
The minutes passed and the Almagro I kept trying, more and more insistently, but also with less and less order. The shots of the players of the lace team were very deviant and Call Navarro he hardly had to intervene in situations other than serving from goal. With 0-1 the end of the game was reached.
The OUT Almansa He did not play a good game and had some troubles in front of the bottom, more because of the insistence of the rojillos than because of the clarity of his chances; but the mission of the azulones was to add the three points as it was and that mission was fulfilled. At this point and with everything at stake, the most important, if not the only important thing, are the points and the three that were at stake in the game. Manuel Trujillo, they come to Almansa.
With the results of the day, the classification leaves a triple tie between the Balazote Hurricane (6º), Atlético Ibañés (7th) and OUT Almansa (8th) with 22 points all of them. The last day of the first phase will hold a direct duel between the OUT Almansa and the Athletic Ibañés in which, to the almanseños, it is only worth winning and waiting for the Balazote Hurricane, do not win in your match against Manzanares. The worst of all is that the almanseños do not depend on themselves to save the category in this game, but the best thing is that the last day of this phase is reached alive, something that, not so long ago, very few would have believed possible .
Listen to the coaches here:
PEDRO ARENAS
IBÓN BEGOÑA
DATASHEET
ALIGNMENTS
ALMAGRO CF: Rafa Hidalgo, Santino (Matheus, 57’), Francis, Samy, Victor, André (Basiru, 69’), Alain, Spizzo, Nene, Call Approach ©, Joel (Gustavo Pimentel, 74’).
Dock: Patrick (P.S.), Houses, Matheus, Gustavo Pimentel, Lamine, Andrew, Basiru.
UD Almansa: Call Navarro, Septien ©, Costa, Fernan, And (Chapu, 69’), Marcos Bautista, pascal, Cristian Ripoll (Matea, 81’), Victor Martí (Oscar, 81’), Alfon (Coto 58’), Die.
Dock: Juanfran (P.S.), Pocket knives, Oscar, Coto, Chapu, Matea.
GOALS: 0-1 Victor Martí (33’)
REFEREE: Muñoz Mendez, Juan Manuel
ASITENTS: Garcia Gómez, Daniel Y Tuil Megrouda, Azeddine
DELEGATION: Toledo
Cards
YELLOW
ALMAGRO CF: Alain (5’), Call Approach (15’)
UD ALMANSA: Costa (31’), And (67’)
ROJAS: There was no
STADIUM: Manuel Trujillo
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