Hard defeat for Elche on their visit to Racing de Ferrol thanks to a goal from Jauregui in the first half after a slip by Affengruber. Despite trying in every way and seeing a goal disallowed in the second half, Eder Sarabia’s men were unable to pierce the Galician goal.
Sarabia At the beginning they chose not to touch what works, with the same eleven as in the victory against Málaga with the exception of Barzic for Bigas in the axis of the defense after the injury of the franjiverde captain in Malacitana. Face a Racing de Ferrol that came over the wire, without any victory and with the need to return to the path of victory after his great campaign last season.
After a start of testing between both squads, Salinas He had the first opportunity in the 18th minute after a great play by Nico Fernández that led to the franjiverde youth squad’s high shot. Eder Sarabia’s men were better on the grass, but a slip by Affengruber left him alone. Palacewhich beat Dituro to make it 1-0 almost half an hour into the game and score his fourth goal this season.
Elche continued trying, against a very rocky team that was pulling out the mower showing a very tough game. The franjiverdes (in blue and red for the occasion) tried but without clear chances and with the momentary victory of the Galicians The end of the first 45 minutes was reached.
After the restart the Green and Green team came out better, Barzic had the first in a good drive with intervention from the rival goalkeeper, who cleared it for a corner. In that corner kick the goal of the Elche team came, precisely the Croatian youth player scored with a header, but the VAR annulled the goal for offside by Álvaro Núñez.
As the minutes passed, Eder Sarabia’s team crashed again and again against the wall that the Ferrol team had planted, despite the changes introduced by Sarabia. The last few minutes were a matter of wanting and not being able to, with too many failed attempts to play inside but without success, Sorry Kaba He had the tie in injury time in a one-on-one that failed after poor control. Finally defeat of Eder Sarabia’s team by the minimum.
Technical sheet:
Ferrol Racing (1): Jesus Ruiz; Strap, Puric, Naldo, Moi Thin (Delmas min. 68); Luis Perea (Apple min. 38); Dorrio, Seneca, Alex Lopez (Alvaro Sanz min. 58), Baby (Geraldo min. 58); Jauregui (Alvaro min. 68).
Elche C.F. (0): Dituro; Diaby (Cris Salvador min. 85), Affengruber, Barzic (Josan min. 66); Álvaro Núñez (Óscar Plano min. 77), Nico Fernández, Gerard Hernández (Nico Castro min. 66), Febas, Salinas; Mourad (Sory Kaba min. 77), Agustín Álvarez.
Goals: 1-0 Jauregui (min. 28)
Arbitrator: Sánchez Villalobos (Andalusian Committee). He yellow-carded the locals Puric, Naldo, Rober Correa and Moi Delgado. On the part of the visitors, Salinas, Diaby, Agustín and Nico Fernández were reprimanded.
incidences: Match corresponding to the 8th day of the Hypermotion League (Second Division), played at the A Malata Stadium in front of 5,489 spectators.