Manolo Reina saves Malaga from another embarrassment against a superior Andorra
EI Malaga does not get up. Pepe Mel’s team could not pass the draw with Andorra, which was superiorr, especially in the second half where he wasted up to three very clear scoring chances, two of them intercepted by the controversial Manolo Reina against Valera and Bakis. The Turk also missed another heads-up. The drama of playing in La Rosaleda it is real 16 games in a row without knowing the victory. 463 days and the terrible feeling that this team, designed to rise, is going to have a hard time staying in Second. Poorly built team, without resources or wardrobe, A calamity.
He was not even able to take advantage of the numerical superiority due to the expulsion of PastoA. Not like that. Rubén Castro gets bored, the fans get angry and Málaga sinks. Andorra grows but leaves with frustration because they must win.
In the run-up, tribute to Alberto Díaz, Darío Brizuela and the members of the Unicaja coaching staff who won the Eurobasket with Spain. Then, the reality of a Málaga that started as bottom team after the victories of Leganés and Racing. To top it off, Gallar was added to the disabled list. And there are already eleven so far this campaign.
The first 30 minutes offer little news. Malaga’s high pressure against the game of possession and combination proposed by Andorra. Alende, Rubén Castro’s policeman. To all this, Alex Gallar. At 31 for the first time, N’Diaye shoots wide. Something is something in full toston.
Adri Altimira, a footballer of tremendous skill, gave his first notice at 40 ‘leaving Javi Jiménez behind. His poison center is intercepted by Esteban Burgos when Bakis licks his lips. And Rubén Castro, again desperate because nobody is capable of putting a ball in conditions. The soporific first half ended goalless and with whistles from the stands because he didn’t like what he was seeing. Logical.
The second half starts with a claw. Nothing else to start a powerful throw-in by Javi Jiménez (almost a corner) It is headed in a colossal way by Esteban Burgos. Lizoain stops him with a lot of trouble. It is the first shot on goal of the entire game. At 59 ‘a tremendous error by Esteban Burgos in a back pass turns into an assist that Bakis does not take advantage of with a whole favor. Mel and Sarabia couldn’t believe it.
Andorra is coming up and62 Valera leaves Escassi. His cross shot is miraculously sent into a corner by Reina. Two scares for those from the Principality against a Malaga that was fraying. Unable to make three passes and create danger, he drove his sufferers to despair. A new loss, this time from N’Diayye, leaves Bakis alone again. The Turk cannot with Reina. An Andorran monologue. Such is the destruction in the midfield that Mel has no choice but to put Genaro in for a Febas who, as always, went completely to nothing. Mel is excited and at 81 he is booked.
At 84 ‘a foul by Pastor on Rubén Castro, on the edge of the area, is compared by the VAR because, being the last defender, it means the expulsion of the Andorran defender. This fact makes Malaga wake up from his absurd siesta. Insufficient
And finally. Another failure of Malaga that sinks .Unfortunately he is condemned to suffer to remain in Second. And outstanding for Andorra that lacked aim and Bakis’s individualism was more than enough in the two goals he missed.
Changes
fran sun (55′, Lorraine), luis munoz (55′, Fran Villalba), ramon (64′, Jozabed), Adriana Vilanova (66′, Mika Marble), Moha (71′, Rubén Bover), Christos Albanis (71′, German Valera), Mustafa Bundu (77′, Adrià Altimira), carlos martinez (77′, Sinan Bakis), G.Rodriguez (78′, A. Febas)
cards
Referee: Iosu Galech Apezteguia
VAR Referee: Álvaro Moreno Aragón, José Antonio López Toca
javi jimenez (56′, Yellow) manolo queen (63′, Yellow) N’Diaye (69′, Yellow) sinan bakis (73′, Yellow) Mel (81′, Yellow) Alex Pastor (84′, Red) Genaro (89′, Yellow) luis munoz (94′, Yellow)