Almería conquers Málaga with a goal from Sadiq

The Almeria cut a streak of four games without winning away from home, since last November 14, and remains firm in its goal of being promoted to La Liga Santander, by winning with a goal from the Nigerian striker Umar Sadiq al Málagawhich revealed their lack of punch with very few occasions, and which they extended to five games without winning at the La Rosaleda stadium, moving closer to the relegation places.

The first few minutes were vibrant, with Málaga pressing very high and hindering the creation of the Almería team and an Almería team based on their goalscorer, Nigerian striker Umar Faithfulwho constantly worried the Malaguista defense due to his corpulence.

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work they had so much Lombard What Peybernesthe center-backs, with the help of his teammates to try to prevent him from receiving in a good position and not finish any of the plays that he personally made.

The pace of the game was very high on the part of the Málaga against a leftover Almería, with excellent players in all their lines, who at any moment could unbalance the scoreboard.

The first dangerous action of the game was carried out by a highly motivated Antonio Cortes Antoninwith an angled shot, which goalkeeper Fernando had to deflect.

Almería, somewhat surprised by the impetus and departure of Málaga, tried to sleep the match with more presence of their quality footballers like Robertone or Portilloas he was having trouble linking with Sadiq.

Málaga was losing oxygen, the staging made it develop a great physical effort, which Almería took advantage of to start their dominance, although without excessive offensive prominence, with some approach and soft shots to the goal defended by dani neighborhood.

The second half, with 0-0 on the scoreboard, began as in the first 45 minutes, with the Málaga pressing very high and Almería waiting for the locals to collapse, until a move to the right by ex-Malaguista Francisco Portillo, his center finished off with a header Faithfulonly on the right post, uneven the score.

It was the 53rd minute of the match, and the setting changed completely due to an inexplicable defensive error, which until that moment had not existed, with a safe and firm defense against the star of the Almeria team. The only mistake cost him a goal Málaga, that appeased the momentum and showed the serious offensive deficiencies that he suffers to create a scoring opportunity.

Sadiq, a nuisance for the defense of the Málaga, He had the sentence, but he did not hit by centimeters with the header. Málaga tried, they looked for a draw with more heart than ideas, but the differences, above all, turned the confrontation towards Almeria.

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