Oviedo was risking his life yesterday at Carlos Tartiere. The team led by José Ángel Ziganda He had fallen back to relegation positions the previous day after losing against Numancia in Los Pajaritos (1-0), a very painful defeat as it was a direct rival to avoid relegation to Segunda B when the 2019-20 season ended.
This result had placed the Asturians in 19th place with 41 points, just ahead of Lugo (38), Extremadura (34) and Racing de Santander (30), the other three teams in the red zone. Yesterday's appointment, therefore, seemed key. The rival was the Mirandés led by another historical ex-rojiblanco, Andoni Iraola.
Finally, victory fell on the local side and Kuko He was able to breathe when there are five days left to finish the Second Division competition. A penalty marked by Ortuño just before the break he gave the three points to the carbayones.
The Burgos group pressed in the second part. Marcos da Sousa he had a good opportunity that he cut from the ground Luismi. Already in the last quarter of an hour, the visitors launched into the attack in search of the equalizer, but finally the victory remained in Oviedo to the relief of the Asturians.
Those of Ziganda now add 44 points, three above the decline that marks the Numancia. Meanwhile, Mirandés is located in the middle of the table, although he still has options to engage in the fight for a playoff spot since positions halfway up the standings are very tight.