The Andalusians came out of relegation with a 1-0 win over Villarreal in the 90th minute and Mallorca’s defeat against Espanyol
Sevilla and Betis also suffered, in two goalless draws against Real Sociedad and Celta
MADRID, 20 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Cádiz added three golden points and euphoria in the 90th minute this Sunday to see themselves out of the relegation places, at the expense of a Villarreal who paid for their European effort during the week, as happened to Sevilla and Real Betis, who had to settle with a draw (0-0) against Real Sociedad and RC Celta on matchday 29 of LaLiga Santander.
The Cadiz team gave Nuevo Mirandilla great joy when Rubén Sobrino did justice to the good local second half. Sergio González’s team looked for him and had a prize, although on the horn. Thus, Villarreal sees the fight for the ‘Top 4’ of the table get complicated again and Cádiz comes out of relegation with 27 points, one more than a Mallorca that goes on to mark the red zone.
The ‘submarine’ was partially abandoned by the game away from home, plus the hangover from his great triumph in Turin to be in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Unai Emery brought out all his artillery in the second half, but Cádiz even improved and went on the attack, to take advantage of Mallorca’s defeat and cling to the First Division.
The Balearic team fell for the sixth day in a row due to a goal by Raúl de Tomás, which allowed Espanyol to add three again in Cornellà to get closer to permanence. The best local striker took advantage of what he had in a weak first half for both and Mallorca wanted to send but could not score in the second half.
SEVILLA AND BETIS, WITH THE RIGHT FORCES
In addition, Sevilla conceded their fourth draw in the last five games, with which they begin to leave Real Madrid open for the title and see their second place get complicated. La Real was better but failed again in front of the goal, against an opponent physically and mentally affected after being eliminated from the Europa League against West Ham.
The casualties in Julen Lopetegui’s men weighed more than, above all, that of Oyarzabal in Real. After a first half of little action, Portu had the best for the visitors, the game began to get uphill for the Andalusians and Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán tried to push a team touched even though they continue adding.
The ball did not go in once more for a Real team that went for the game from the entrance of Guridi and David Silva. Lamela managed to stretch a Sevilla that will try to take advantage of the week of international break to recompose legs and heads. Real adds 48 points to see itself in the European zone sixth, in a tight race in which Betis also dropped points (50).
Manuel Pellegrini’s men, with another European stick with extra time during the week, showed the accumulated fatigue already in the first half of dominance by a Celta with no clear motivation in the table. Nolito and Santi Mina tested the rival goalkeeper and Betis wanted to react after the break. The script was equalized more but neither one nor the other had lucidity, much less a goal.