The Aragonese team wins 1-0 at La Romareda and complicates direct promotion to the Catalan club.
Real Zaragoza confirmed what seems to be a clear trend in recent days at La Romareda, beating a Girona team that was proving to be the team with the best form in the Second Division and which defeat stops climbing who was starring
The Aragonese team added its fourth win in the last five games disputed in their stadium, a figure that although it does not seem especially remarkable, it is considering that previously they had only been able to win two.
With the victory, Juan Ignacio Martínez’s team keeps alive the idea of approaching a promotion promotion that continues to be tremendously expensive but which he will not give up as long as mathematics allows. On the other hand, Girona sees what seemed like a launched locomotive, since it had accumulated five consecutive victories, it stops and could see direct ascent receding.
a superior rival
The Aragonese team began dominating the game and could have opened the scoring soon -in the 3rd minute with a forced shot by Iván Azón that was saved by goalkeeper Juan Carlos-. And although the Catalan team equalized possession little by little and became the owner of the ball, this domain was barren not being able to reach the local area.
JIM’s men defended themselves well and they did not give options to his rival. On the other hand, the ‘blanquillo’ team, without the ball, put the foreign defense on the counterattack in many more problems.
Eugeni Valderrama had the second for Real Zaragoza in the 20th minute in a free kick that Juan Carlos hurriedly rejected, and from that moment on the only team capable of reaching the rival area was the Zaragoza team, making the defense suffer of the team of Michel on several occasions.
A Zaragoza player of yours that Aleix García disrupted, a shot from the center of the field by Fran Gámez when he saw the goalkeeper ahead and a center that Iván Azón did not reach warned of the danger that, shortly after the visitor only option with a shot by Aleix García that Cristian Alvarez rejected, he had his prize.
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In the 33rd minute, Borja Sainz fought for a loose ball in the midfield against two rivals and before Juan Carlos left, he raised the ball with a spoon to score of victory.
Possession without superiority
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After the break, Michel removed a defender but the tone of the game was similar, Girona dominated no depth and without danger, and Aragonese counterattacks after losing the opponent that carried a lot of danger but were not taken advantage of and that gave life to Girona.
This could have equalized in two consecutive header actions in 85 and 87. The first was by Arnau Martínez, who was rejected by the local goalkeeper, and the second by Stuani, who left for a short while and that’s where his gunpowder ran out. Real Zaragoza returned to defend effectively and avoided more scares in the nine minutes of extension.
Zaragoza, 1; Gerona, 0
Zaragoza: Cristian Alvarez; Fran Gámez, French, Jair, Chavarría; Zapater, Eugeni (Lluís López, m.68); Bermejo (Narváez, m.58), Vada (Sabin Merino, m.68), Borja Sáinz (Nano Mesa, m.79); and Iván Azón (Nieto, m.79).
Girona: Juan Carlos; Arnau, Santi Bueno, Bernardo (Terrats, m.46) (Moreno, m.59), Juanpe, Jairo; Aleix García, Pol Lozano (Samu Sáiz, m.46), Iván Martín; Álex Baena (Valery, m.70) and Nahuel Bustos (Stuani, m.59).
Goal: 1-0 (m. 33), Borja Sainz.
Referee: Iglesias Villanueva (Galician Committee). He gave a yellow card to Francés, from the local team, and to Nahuel Bustos and Juanpe from the visitor.