FC Cartagena faced this match at Racing de Santander’s home with the possibility of getting closer to the safety spots after the results that have occurred this day with the defeats of Andorra and Villarreal B, which in case of victory would leave them with 3 points In addition, he would approach Albacete, which is making life difficult. Julián Calero, who only had the loss of Luis Muñoz, recovered Arnau Solá and Juan Carlos Real although without being at his best physically. It presented a recognized eleven, it also recovered Fontán, the eleven formed by Marc Martínez, in defense Calero, Alcalán Gonzalo Verdú and Fontán, the midfield Musto Alarcón and Andy Rodríguez and up top with Jairo, Narváez and Ortuño.
FIRST PART
The match began with a card to Alarcón with only 18 seconds left.
After two minutes, a good play in depth to Narváez who gave way to Ortuño and finished too high
After five minutes, good play on the right wing, Calero passed to Jairo, gave way to Ortuño, who scored 0-1
Cartagena had come out well in the first minutes,
Cartagena came out in danger with Jairo’s actions on the right wing that he did not finish defining.
Cartagena played with a line of 4 at the back and another of five in the midfield with Ortuño up front, becoming a 4-3-3 in attack with Jairo on the right and Narváez on the left.
In the 14th minute, Peque shot from the edge of the area and the ball went wide, hitting Marc Martínez’s post.
In the 18th, Andy received a foul from Germán, which the referee did not point out but he also did not stop the game, with the gap that the Cartagena player had and which ended in a dangerous action by Racing.
In the 29th minute Alarcón could see the second yellow for a tackle, fortunately the referee did not consider it, it would have been too rigorous, if he admonished the coach José Alberto and he could even see the second if the fourth referee had seen the manager throw the ball. hand to the face like the cheeky gesture
In the 32nd, Jairo again had a good play similar to the goal, his cross was finished off by Narváez with a slightly forced header.
In the 33rd minute, Racing’s great chance to tie the ball reached Arana inside the area and his shot was saved by Marc with his foot.
In the 36th minute a clear error by Pol Moreno left Narváez alone and he alone in front of the goalkeeper shot and saved, it could have been 0-2, a shame the opportunity was very clear.
In the 41st minute Peque saw the yellow that could have been red if the VAR had wanted to go in. He had even signaled a foul earlier in favor of Racing, a tackle with the iron on the leg of the Cartagena player
In the 42nd minute, Marc saved a shot from Arana after a free kick.
In the 46th minute, a deep pass from Ortuño to Narváez and his shot was cleared by the local goalkeeper, a shame for the Colombian’s lack of speed.
In the 49th minute a penalty was requested by Alcalá on Arana
With 0-1 the first half ended with a very solid Cartagena behind and where they also had the opportunity to score another goal, with refereeing that left both teams dissatisfied.
SECOND PART
The second half began with Arana entering Racing de Baturina.
The dominance in the second half belonged to Racing, which came out looking to tie from the first moment.
In principle, Cartagena defended well but it was difficult for them to go on the attack and control the ball more.
In the 62nd, a great pass from Jairo to Ortuño who dribbled past the goalkeeper and was left with no angle to finish on a great occasion.
In the 64th triple change from Cartagena Mikel Rico for Andy, Arnau for Jairo and Lautaro for Ortuño, in order to refresh the team,
In the 70th minute Iñigo Vicente shot from the front and his shot went just wide,
In ’71 Jony Álamo entered for Narváez
A lot of dominance from Racing that easily reached the edge of the area and where in principle Cartagena was a front for Baturina’s shots
In the 74th minute Morante was sent off for an excessive tackle on Arnau Ortíz who made his debut today with Cartagena
The match and the intensity dropped a little, Cartagena felt less subdued and alternated control with the well-positioned defense
In ’86 Kiko Olivas entered for Alarcón
Cartagena had a couple of cons that I can’t quite define
In the 96th minute against Cartagena, Jony Álamo left alone and Kiko Olivas scored 0-2, and with that result the game ended.
I swear and deserved an important victory for Cartagena, which joins the block that Julián Calero has formed, is three points away from salvation, hopes after giving the almost relegated team to remain more alive than ever this season, next Saturday 16:15 to reaffirm it against the bottom player Amorebieta and continue climbing
DATASHEET
FC Cartagena: Marc Martínez, Calero, Alcalá, Gonzalo Verdú, Fontán, Musto, Alarcón, Andy Rodríguez, Jairo, Narváez and Ortuño. Mikel Rico, Arnau and Lautaro for Ortuño, Jairo and Andy min. 64 Jony Álamo by Narváez min.71 Kiko Olivas by Alarcón
Cards: Alarcón min.1 Calero min.38 Andy Rodríguez min.58 Fontán Min.75
Racing de Santander: Jokin Ezkieta, D. Fernández, Pol Moreno, Germán, Saúl, Morante, Iñigo, Andrés, Peque, Vicente and Arana. Baturina for Arana after the break. Jeremy and Sangalli by Andrés and D. Fernández min.61. Mario by Saúl García min.73 Aldosoro by Pol Moreno min-81
Cards: José Alberto, coach min.31 Peque min.41, D. Fernández min.42 Mario min.88
Roja to Morante min.74 Roja to Andrés Martín while on the bench
Referee: Fuentes Molina