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Football has its laws and a stock of clichés. Like a blatant failure, missing a clear scoring opportunity usually results in a penalty. Almería experienced it after just ten minutes of this game, which was able to keep up with the paella in time. Gonzalo Melero stole a ball in his court, passed it to a teammate and ran towards the opponent's goal. Almería took advantage of this to launch a picture-perfect counter-attack that ended with a pass into the penalty area, where Melero himself, at the end of his sprint, sent the ball into the stands when he had the entire goal to himself.
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Mamardashvili, Cenk Özkacar, Foulquier, Gayá, Cristhian Ibarguen, Diego López (Francisco Martinez, Min. 61), Javi Guerra, Pepelu, Hugo Guillamón, Yaremchuk (Alberto Mari, Min. 69) and Hugo Duro (Selim Amallah, Min. 91 ). )
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Luis Maximiano, Marc Pubill, Chumi (Marezi, Min. 82), Álex Centelles, César Montes (Iddrisu Baba, Min. 33), Sergio Arribas (Lucas Robertone, Min. 82), Ramazani, Dion Lopy, Edgar González, Gonzalo Melero (Lozano, Min. 61) and Leo Baptistao (Luka Romero, Min. 61)
Goals 1-0 min 14: Hugo Duro. 2:0 minutes. 23: Yaremchuk. 2-1 min 49: Sergio Arribas.
referee Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz
Yellow cards: Yaremchuk (min. 23), Javi Guerra (min. 25), Álex Centelles (min. 60), Garitano (min. 62), Edgar González (min. 64), Lozano (min. 71), Hugo Guillamón (Min. 73), Lucas Robertone (Min. 93) and Ramazani (Min. 94)
Red cards for Leo Baptistao (min. 92)
Gaizka Garitano's team needed five minutes to atone for this mistake due to one of those football laws. Diego López, a defensive demon, a winger who seems to come from the times of the Black and Whites, started from the right wing and hit a cross that Hugo Duro, who had already mutated into a lethal striker in the league, became one of the ten best The league's top scorers made the competition 1-0. The Madrid player has already scored ten goals.
The first half was a bit deceptive. The 2-0 score dented Almería's boldness. The bottom team has more fangs than indicated in the rankings and he showed it in these 45 minutes with some clear chances and a disallowed goal because, as the VAR showed, the ball hit Edgar's hand. Their biggest problem is Luis Maximiano, the man who guards the most accessible goal in the league.
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Garitano had to substitute Baba for Montes and took the opportunity to restructure the team and continue searching for the Valencia penalty area by handing the ball to Largie Ramazani. However, the incisive Belgian player met Foulquier, who is in a state of grace. Valencia lives with fewer and fewer resources from these inspired players. Meriton and Peter Lim continue to strengthen their squad. The last to leave, taking advantage of the open window to the winter market, was Gabriel Paulista, the central defender who worked perfectly with Mosquera, the teenager who grew up in his shadow.
The fans are outraged and showed it right at the start of the game with hurtful chants against Peter Lim and Miguel Ángel Corona, the club's sporting director. But Baraja appears unaffected by ownership decisions. The coach from Valladolid refuses to be distracted and remains focused on what he is doing: stalking Europe with a group of youngsters to which he has now signed Peter Federico, the only reinforcement they have given him. But the best new signing in recent years came in the summer with Pepelu. The midfielder, who obsessively looks after himself and even pays attention to the color and tone of the lights in his house, is the leader of the black and white team, a player with the makings of a great team. Rubén Baraja builds his team every day on the Valencian, his main beam.
Almería showed right from the start of the second half that they know how to do damage in attack. Garitano's team closed the gap when Sergio Arribas made it 2-1 against Centelles after a beautiful cross that saved the defenders. Ramazani had the tie, but Mosquera cleared the ball while Mamardashvili was already beaten. Diego López, the demon Diego López seemed to have sealed the game when he was brought down in the penalty area by Centelles, but Pepelu, infallible until this Saturday, sent the ball to the post. The verdict seemed to guide Valencia towards the football law that had previously benefited them, but Ramazani's shot, which had everything it could do to decide the game and fulfill the cliché, went wide. Almería, who haven't won a single game and barely managed six draws all season, have slipped a little further to the bottom of the table.
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