MADRID, 26 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Deportivo Alavés achieved its second consecutive victory after defeating Elche (1-0) thanks to a solitary goal from Mamadou Loum and leaves the relegation places for the first time in the entire season after opening the eleventh day in the Santander League on Tuesday .
In Mendizorroza, Javier Calleja’s team got a good dose of oxygen with their third win of the course, the second in four days after attacking Cádiz last weekend. The great reaction of the people from Vitoria, with a more consolidated system, gives them license to get away from the dangerous zone of the table.
This Tuesday they only needed a goal from Loum, in a corner, after finishing placidly at the far post in the 46th minute. An excellent way to warn your rival after passing through the changing rooms and – in the end – a definitive income to confirm your awakening in the table now that the first third of the season is approaching.
Elche, meanwhile, had good sections and even tied the game, but VAR annulled a goal by Guido Carrillo with only 9 minutes remaining. The Argentine finished off a Chilean free-kick by Gumbau, but Benedetto brushed the ball. That was, at least, what the referee interpreted who ended up reversing his initial decision.
A curious move, very similar to the one that helped France win the recent Nations League final against Spain. Not even that example was worth Gil Manzano and Deportivo Alavés, -who had to line up Sivera due to Pacheco’s injury- kept the loot of the three points despite the unexpected change in goal in the final minutes. The Basques are sixteenth and the Alicante, fifteenth.