Cadiz, Spain.
Antony ‘Choco’ Lozano entered the field in the second half to seek to rescue Cádiz, but did not have a good aim in a play in stoppage time of the game at the Nuevo Mirandilla stadium, where the team from Cádiz ended up giving up a tie (1- 1) against Almeria.
It was an Andalusian duel with alternatives and chances in both areas, although they lacked effectiveness in a match in which the people of Almeria took the lead with a goal from Gonzalo Melero, on the brink of half-time, neutralized in the final stretch by Lucas Pérez’s.
The match was highly contested and in it either of the two could win at the last minute, but neither of the two teams had the necessary success to win, so with this tie at one, Cádiz continues in relegation places and Almería out of the danger zone.
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In the first half, Cádiz came out dominating and in shipments to their forwards they tried to catch the visiting defense’s back. The first scoring opportunity came from a chopped header by Álvaro Negredo that was saved by the rojiblanco goalkeeper Fernando Martínez in a great save (m.18).
Cádiz insisted, scoring in an individual action by the Uruguayan Brian Ocampo, although the goal was annulled at the request of the VAR due to a previous foul by Rafael Giménez ‘Fali’ against the Argentine Lucas Gastón Robertone (m.22).
Almería tried to deploy their short-touch football in search of spaces and, in one of these, a pass from Gonzalo Melero to the heart of the area was finished off loosely by the Malian-born Ivorian El Bilal Touré at the hands of Ledesma (m.38) .
A minute later Melero did not forgive, who received in the Cadista area to beat the Argentine goalkeeper Conan Ledesma (m.39) and with 0-1 they reached the break.
After the break, the quick actions of the Almería forwards gave the Cádiz defenders more than one headache. The visiting team had its first approach in a weak header from El Bilal at the hands of Ledesma (m.51).
THE ‘CHOCO’ ENTERED
‘Choco’ Lozano and Lucas Pérez entered Cádiz in the 55th minute to look for the tie. The catracho missed a clear one and the Spaniard was right to save the locals.
Under a clearly superior power, Almería was able to free themselves from the pressure exerted by the people of Cádiz and, thus, was able to score their second goal in a shot from El Bilal to the post (m.60).
The same African player, shortly after, could not connect well at the goal mouth and the local full-back Isaac Carcelén scored a sung goal under the line (m.66).
The team coached by Sergio González reacted when it was going through the worst and managed to equalize with a shot from Galician Lucas Pérez inside the visiting area (m.82).
In a very exciting finish, both teams were able to score at the last minute, but goalkeeper Fernando Martínez, first, prevented Honduran Antony ‘Choco’ Lozano’s goal; and Jeremías Ledesma, later, saved a point for Cádiz in a shot from Adrián Embarba.
– Datasheet:
1 – Cadiz: Ledesma; Prison, Fali (Garcia, m.65), Hernandez, Hawthorn; Alcaraz (Jose Mari, m.68), Alex Fernandez, Theo Bongonda (‘Choco’ Lozano, m.55), Ocampo (San Emeterio, m.68); Nephew, Black (Luke Perez, m.55).
1 – Almeria: Fernando; Pozo, Chumi, Babic, Akieme; De la Hoz, Robertone (Eguarás, d.75), Melero (Samu, d.75); Baptistao (Arnau, d.88), Ramazani (Embarba, d.67), El Bilal (Sousa, d.88).
Referee: Martinez Munuera (Valencian Committee). He warned locals Fali (m.24) and Jose Mari (m.81) with yellow cards.
Goals: 0-1, M.39: Melero. 1-1, M.82: Lucas Pérez.
Incidences: LaLiga Santander matchday fifteen played at the Nuevo Mirandilla stadium in front of some 14,000 spectators. A minute of silence was observed in memory of former Brazilian soccer player Pelé.