MADRID, 20 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The duel between Getafe and Valencia for leaving the relegation zone of LaLiga Santander ended this Monday with a victory by the minimum (1-0) of the ‘azulón’ team, who took some air at the cost of sinking a rival and to embitter the premiere of Rubén Baraja, in the game that closed the twenty-second day of the championship.
The two teams faced the clash in a delicate situation and in very negative dynamics of results, which Quique Sánchez Flores managed to break thanks to a goal in the final stages of Borja Mayoral to add three points after six games without doing so and leave the ‘burning’, while the ‘che’ conceded his fifth defeat in a row and remained in the penultimate place.
Valencia was the one that started the match the best and the one that enjoyed the best chances, especially a double by Samuel Lino that met with a double intervention by David Soria, mainly the first in a very close shot.
The Brazilian winger would have a third chance to put his team ahead after an error by Djené, but he shot too high and from there it was Getafe who was able to go into the break with an advantage in the last quarter of an hour of the first half where they had several good options.
Diakhaby providentially crossed before Munir’s shot after a great drop shot by Enes Unal and in the subsequent corner kick Domingos Duarte headed very close to the post of a Mamardashvili, who would become the protagonist with two interventions with headers from Munir and Duarte.
After the break, the visiting team again gave a warning through Justin Kluivert, who ran into a Soria once again well placed. The reply would be given by the active Munir, who was only prevented from shooting by himself before Mamardashvili by a great withdrawal precisely from Kluivert himself.
From there, the party was turning ‘azulón’ color. Valencia began to lose steam and could not deploy without excessive power towards the local area. The ‘Geta’ was pressing and found his prize in a corner kick and with Mayoral pushing a ball headed into the net at the far post by an ex-Valencianista like Alderete.
There were eight more minutes remaining and those of Sánchez Flores clung to their loot to alleviate their ‘wound’ somewhat, although they still had 22 points, the same as Cádiz, which is the one that marks the descent, and seriously enlarge that of a Valencia , who is left with 20 and who has not won since before the World Cup break.
