2023-06-25 22:46:56
Real Madrid Castilla has been defeated at the gates of the Second Division. The Madrid reserve team had a two-goal advantage during regulation time and took the lead after extra time, but Eldense came from behind twice to win promotion. The best classification of the local team during the regular phase has caused it to return to the silver category of Spanish football six decades later.
Elda, an Alicante municipality of some 50,000 people, will see its team in the Second Division for the first time since 1964. Manu Nieto, scoring in all the promotion playoff games, and Ortuño, the club’s all-time goalscorer, have been crowned the greats heroes. Raúl González’s men, despite the excellent season they have had, did not know how to manage the advantages they had and died on the edge of Second Division.
Sergio Arribas, who returned to ownership after leaving behind his physical problems, assumed the stripes that correspond to him from the beginning. All the offensive flow of Castilla passed through his feet. A cross shot that came out brushing the post and a luxury assist that Dotor was unable to materialize were the first two warnings. But the third time, he did not forgive. The ’10’ threw a measured lateral free kick at the head of Rafa Martín, who prevailed in the scrum in the small area to put the Madrid subsidiary ahead.
But not only from the talent of Arribas live those of Raúl. The best play of the match came from a wall between Obrador and Dotor, after which the left winger entered the area and found Álvaro Rodríguez. The Uruguayan striker left the ball in optimum condition so that Dotor, after having started the offensive, arrived from the second line and doubled the lead on the scoreboard.
The tie seemed more than on track for Castilla. But Manu Nieto was not going to miss his appointment with the goal. The Cordoba striker arrived after scoring in all three games of the promotion playoff and, in the most important match, it was not going to be less. Nieto collected a cross from Clemente from the right and, with an impressive header, closed the gap on the ball during the extra time before the break.
The local goal had changed the dynamics. After going through the changing rooms, Eldense took a step forward and put the Madrid defense in even greater trouble. Until, with twenty minutes to go, a great combination between Álex Bernal and Ortuño was finished by Carlos Hernández, to put the tie and bring Nuevo Pepico Amat to ecstasy.
madness in extra time
Nieto was able to crown himself in the last play of regulation time, but an excellent intervention by Luis López prevented him and sent the game to extra time. The first half passed without major shocks, but in the last 15 minutes of the tie, madness arrived. Arribas provoked and scored a penalty to put his team ahead and momentarily place it in Second Division. It seemed the final blow to the aspirations of the Valencians.
But Eldense for something is the only team undefeated at home in the entire category. And he was not going to give up so easily in front of his fans. Álex Bernal stole the ball and filtered a wonderful pass so that Ortuño became Elda’s hero.
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