Lugo took the three points from El Sardinero (1-2) in a match in which he took advantage of the expulsion of Manu Hernando to turn the scoreboard and sink Racing Santander further into the bottom of the table.
The Cantabrian team, for lack of public, went out into the field self-motivated to achieve their challenge of achieving permanence and began trying to take the initiative before a Lugo that remained very orderly and that in the first minutes sought to reach the Racing area especially for right wing.
In the green and white squad they had recorded by fire that one of the keys to achieving victory in the first of the 11 finals they have to play was to get ahead on the scoreboard and, after ten minutes of meeting, in the first approach to the goal of the Lugo, Cejudo connected a great volley to the back of the net.
The plan was working out for José Luis Oltra, although the excess intensity in some sets had loaded the team with yellow cards in just half an hour of the game.
Except for a shot from the front of El Hacen, the Galicians did not worry Luca Zidane and Racing, who could extend their advantage in a failed auction by David Rodríguez, went ahead with the break.
On the restart, Lugo seemed to jump better onto the field of play and, as a result, in just ten minutes, the game turned to his face.
The expulsion of Manu Hernando, when he saw his second yellow card, changed everything, since, after the launch of the foul that caused him to leave the field, El Hacen managed the equalizer with a header.
The Galician team smelled blood and launched into the attack in search of the second goal, which could come first with a shot from Seoane deflected to the post by Luca Zidane, but which finally managed, VAR through, thanks to a shot by Carlos Pita inside the small area.
Behind on the scoreboard, with numerical inferiority and forced by his qualifying situation, Racing desperately turned to the tie, but the men of Curro Torres had no trouble containing the sterile local attempts and finally achieved three important points.
Check the summary and goals of the match:
1 – Racing de Santander: Luca Zidane; Nando (Carmona, m.64), Olaortua, Jordi Figueras, Manu Hernando, Moi Delgado (Tresaco, m.77); Cejudo, Kitoko (Toribio, m.66), Sergio Ruiz (Nkaka, m.77), Enzo Lombardo; David Rodríguez (Guillermo, m.66).
2 – Lugo Sports Club: Ander; Campabadal (Carlos Pita, m.66), Marcelo, Malagón, Kravets; El Hacen (Iriome, m.87), Jaume, Seoane;
Valentín, Herrera (Rama, m.94) and Rahmani (Carrillo, m.87).
Goals: 1-0, M.11: Cejudo; 1-1, M.58: The Hacen; 1-2, M.73: Carlos Pita.
Referee: Ocón Arraiz (La Riojan Committee). He warned the locals Manu Hernando (m.2), Kitoko (m.19), Olaortua (m.40) and the visitors El Hacen (m.7), Kravets (m.47). He sent off Manu Hernando (m.55) for a double yellow card.
Incidents: Match of the thirty-second day of the Smartbank League played in El Sardinero.