Oviedo rescued a point this afternoon on their visit to Anxo Carro to play against Lugo (1-1). The blue team achieved the tie in an agonizing end, after Bastón scored a penalty indicated by the VAR that he himself had missed and that the referee had repeated as the goalkeeper did not respect the distance. Oviedo, after a very bad first half, got their act together in the second, but it was not enough for them to win a key victory for the play-off. At least he gets a point, although he can distance himself from the play-off, at the moment to five points.
Oviedo came out asleep, a bit clueless with the change in the system. Lost between the push from Lugo, with one more march and also with the defense several meters ahead of the blue one. In minute 4, Lugo warned Oviedo with a shot from the skilful winger Cuellar that Femenías stopped. The blue team, with the armor of three central defenders, defended itself from the attacks, but could not amass the ball. Alberto finished off over the blue goal after a corner.
The Carbayón team suffered, although Cuco’s plan did not seem to go wrong: they did not reach Oviedo, but they did not attack either, the great pending issue. Jimmy busied himself with bailing balls, but the game only picked up a certain rhythm when he passed Brugman. Jirka, happy with meters to run, could hardly test space due to the lack of triangulations, while Bastón was forced to go down to receive places where he loses danger. Juanpe, active, finished off wide after a center by Cuellar that came after an absurd loss of the ball by the blues. Suddenly, after twenty-five minutes, Oviedo received the necessary inspiration with the ball. With Rama moving all over the front of the attack, possession began to fall on the blue side.
Rama himself, whistled on his return to Anxo Carro, tried his luck from afar with a harmless shot that went wide. It was the first arrival. Shortly afterwards Cuellar finished off Femenías with a good long ball. Lugo finished the first part from more to less, and Oviedo much more comfortable than at the beginning, but without a final fang. In one of the last plays before the break, Lucas had the clearest of the game after a good center by Mossa from the left lane. The ball reached the Oviedo low in the heart of the area, but his shot with the left went wide. Ziganda’s lament was clearly heard in the Anxo Carro stands. With 0-0 and Javi Mier and Borja Sánchez warming up, the break was reached.
Ziganda did not seem to be convinced by the first half, because he opted for something unusual: a triple change and a return to the four-defense system. Borja Sánchez, Mier and Viti entered and Rama, Mossa and Jirka left. Tarín was on the right side and Lucas on the left. Within minutes Pita came close to scoring with a header from a corner, but Oviedo looked much better in the new suit. It was enough to see him a couple of plays, precisely among the newcomers.
Borja Sánchez finished off with his left foot after a good play between Mier and Viti. However, when the fans came up, Lugo struck. Ricard centered a lateral free kick and Alberto finished off from close range in the Femenías area. He hit with a lot of time ahead of him. Brugman tried his luck from afar as Oviedo struggled to take the initiative, with Borja looking for crosses down the left. Ziganda did one more lap and took out Montiel for Jimmy. Full attack front while Lugo took cover, with several more defensive changes. Oviedo threw in the rest: Matheus for Tarín. There were ten minutes to go with a play-off at stake, but the blue team was in a hurry. The overwhelm prevented braiding plays, while Lugo began to play with great discretion. Anxo Carro had a great time while Oviedo began to look for an equalizer with long balls. In one of them the VAR appeared. Seoane touched the ball with his hand in the area: a clear penalty. Bastón missed the first shot, but the referee ordered the shot to be repeated because the goalkeeper stepped forward. The ending was heart-stopping. Cane did not spare the second. 1-1 in the 91st minute. Lugo claimed a penalty at the end, which was not reviewed by the VAR. At the end, distribution of points.