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Given the circumstances in which he had to face the first game in the middle of the COVID outbreak, having scored a point in Lugo can be considered a success. In a sad encounter, like everything Sporting is experiencing these days, the rojiblancos went from more to less, they saved a point and thank you, because a goal from Lugo finally canceled for offside threatened to complete the tragic week. Apart from the health problem, which has even become a police issue, Sporting remains in playoff positions and every sporting player crosses his fingers so that the extra-sportive does not ruin a season that, at last, looked exciting.

David Gallego set up the team for Ángel Carro with the few wickers he had. Sporting did not have a spark because almost all the rojiblanco talent is locked up in different houses. It was difficult to find someone on the field who could give a pass that would break a line. In return, the Gijón team offered a lot of work and large doses of commitment. As the minutes passed, the balance was tilting in his favor, with moments of dominance and some dangerous arrival. Aitor García led a great counterattack but Cumic did not take advantage of his good center to the area. Djurdjevic also ran into the Lugo goalkeeper minutes later, in an action in which the Serbian fired from a position that was too heeled.

In the second half, Sporting, with apparent physical and perhaps mental fatigue, the team fell apart. It did not generate football or danger and it was Lugo who had the greatest dominance. The Galicians did not generate great chances, although they did score in a lateral free kick, although the goal was annulled for offside. Álvaro Vázquez (who could be living his last days as a rojiblanco before going to Sabadell) replaced Cumic, who perhaps some time will see some interesting detail. For now, we will have to keep waiting, while homegrown players like César García, Berto or Pelayo Morilla are still waiting for their opportunity.

In the most difficult conditions, Sporting did not win but neither did they lose. The week will not give truce, with the Copa del Rey on Thursday, a match against Fuenlabrada on Sunday, the transfer market open and awaiting the evolution of the COVID outbreak, not only with regard to the recovery of troops but also the investigations of this rugged business.