The Cartagena has achieved a 0-1 victory in Logroño, which fuels the fight for permanence, in which it fully engages the Unión Deportiva Logroñés, who was looking to catch air with a victory but in the end was penalized by the penalty in which the Murcian scored.
Actually the Cartagena he won in an error by the Riojan defender Bobadilla, who deflected the ball with his hand inside the area, but it is also true that he was the one who most sought to win and the one who shot the most on goal, while Logroñés, contemplative at times, barely had opportunities until the final stretch, when he was desperate to tie.
The game began with a very active and superior Cartagena, who tried to do damage by throwing long balls on the wings towards their attackers, but the Riojan defense knew how to repel these dangerous actions.
The Murcian, in this good start, had a great opportunity to go ahead in the seventh minute, a powerful shot by Nacho Gil at the height of the crescent of the Rioja area, but the ball went brushing the right post of the goal defended by Santa Maria.
Little by little, Logroñés entered the game and made the rival defense work with several dangerous actions, among them, a distant shot by Nano Mesa, a great individual play by Iñaki that ended in a corner or a cross from Unai Medina at the area that Nano Mesa finished off deflected.
Once the Riojans equalized the game and there were hardly any chances before the break, except for a good cross by Paulino that Mesa did not finish well and, in the other area, the first intervention by Rubén Castro, who sent to the left of the goal. a Datkovic center.
Rubén Castro opened his team's offensive arsenal in the second half, with a shot that forced Santamaría to intervene.
But in general, at the beginning, Logroñés had their best minutes, but when he was at his best, the penalty came from Bobadilla, who jumped badly to cut a ball and hit him with his hand, something that the VAR saw.
There was half an hour left and Logroñés was forced to come back, for which he took a step forward, but failed to hurt a very well placed Cartagena.
In the final stretch, the tension was the protagonist -as a result of which there were sent off on the Logroñés bench- and in the final stretch the Riojan team had their best opportunities: a header from Alex Pérez, who sent the ball out with all in favor, and a shot from afar by Paulino that brushed the post.
But Logroñés continued without luck to score and that led to the triumph of Cartagena, which made more merits, and which compresses the lower zone of the classification more.
(+) See the summary of the match:
0.- UD Logroñés: Santa Maria; Iago López, Álex Pérez, Medina (Pacheco, m.63), Bobadilla, Iñaki; Andy (David González, m.88), Sierra (Petcoff, m.63), Olaetxea (Leo Ruiz, m.72); Paulino, Nano Mesa (Siddiki, m.88)
1.- Cartagena: Marc Martínez; D. Fornies, Datkovic, Rául Navas, Antoñito; De Blasis (Andújar, m.92), Nacho Gil (Teddy, m.79), José Ángel, Cayarga; Rubén Castro (Santiesteban, m.92), Elady (Azeez, m.70)
Goal: 0-1. M.63: Elady, from a penalty.
Referee: Daniel Trujillo (Tenerife College). He expelled the UD Logroñés player, Olaetxea, his coach, Sergio Rodríguez, and the Riojan goalkeeping coach. He also admonished the Riojan team players Bobadilla, Jaime Sierra and Leo Ruiz; and the Cartagena players, Nacho Gil and José Ángel
Incidents: Match corresponding to the thirty-sixth day of the SmartBank League played in Las Gaunas without an audience.