The Real Zaragoza ended the disastrous streak that accumulated 12 consecutive days without winning, the last six losing, after defeating the Fuenlabrada with a goal from the Colombian Juanjo Narváez, which helps him avoid the drama that would have meant continuing to fall in the rankings.
Iván Martínez, the coach who replaced Rubén Baraja, he finally knew what a victory is after he had not achieved it since he took over the team, leading the team that had accumulated five defeats in as many games.
The triumph supposes oxygen to avoid that the crack that had been opened with the salvation zone had been enlarged but also a tremendous dose of morale for a team that each time gave the impression of believing less in itself. On the contrary, the defeat deprives the Madrid team of the possibility of approaching the area of promotion promotion.
In a very physical match, the Maño team regained its smile against a forceful Fuenlabrada but who did not lose face and achieved three gold points to try to come back in the standings.
The confrontation began with a strong visitor pressure that made the Aragonese team doubtful although little by little it was recovering and accumulated several arrivals with shots in the first twenty minutes of which the clearest were a header from Iván Azón, stopped with trouble for Pol Freixanet in the 9th minute, and a shot to the post from outside the area by Sergio Bermejo in the 19th.
The “blanquillo” team had finished more times on goal in that section of the match than in most of those previously played.
The team of Ivan Martinez he managed to reach the rival goal constantly but the Madrid team recovered and managed to cut the continuity of the local game with actions with a lot of physical contact that caused numerous interruptions in the game and that ended up making him lose his rhythm because he no longer reached the visiting area with the same solvency although, on the contrary, his rival did not disturb Cristian Alvarez.
After the break the game threatened to continue along the same paths but the Real Zaragoza He did not want the minutes to pass in an inconsequential way and by accelerating his actions he returned to the charge and made Pol Freixanet the protagonist of the match.
The goal first starred in a great stop to Ivan Azon in '59 and later another to Pep Chavarría although his rejection was picked up by the Colombian Juanjo Narvaez that, the second time, embedded the ball in the heel net.
The local momentum It did not end there because four minutes later the Madrid team's goalkeeper saved his team from conceding the second with a masterful double intervention shot by Sergio Bermejo and Azón.
Unlike other occasions, in which the nerves played tricks on him Real Zaragoza continued firm and he had the option of closing the game on a couple of occasions but he was not able and ended up seeing how he Fuenlabrada had a chance to tie in a Cristian Glauder's header, after a bad start by Cristián Álvarez, who saved “Jair” Amador almost on the goal line in the extension.
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Data sheet:
1 – Real Zaragoza: Cristian Álvarez; Vigaray, Guitián (French, m.54), Jair, Nieto; Francho, Javi Ros (Eguaras, m.54), Chavarría, Bermejo (Raí, m.83); Narváez (Zapater, m.83) and Iván Azón (Toro Fernández, m.92).
0 – Fuenlabrada: Pol Freixanet; Iribas (Aldair Fuentes, m.81), Sotillos, Juanma, Glauder; Feuillassier (Tahiru, m.68), Cristóbal (Aguado, m.81), Pathé Ciss, Ibán Salvador (Oscar Pinchi, m.68); Kanté and Nteka (Alex Mula, d.60).
Goal: 1-0. M.60. Narvaez.
Referee: Trujillo Suárez (Tenerife Committee). He gave a yellow card to Guitián and Narváez, for the locals, and to Juanma and Nteka for the visitors.
Incidents: Match corresponding to the seventeenth day of LaLiga SmartBank played with empty doors at the La Romareda stadium. Before the start of the match, a few hundred Zaragoza fans welcomed the players' bus and later moved to the entrance area of the presidential box to protest the team's departure.