He Sports of La Coruña He broke, thanks to Vallejo's goal in the second half, a bad dynamic of seven games without winning and moved away from the descent after winning on his visit to a Elche that he takes a step back in his promotion aspirations and that he did not know how to take advantage of his numerical superiority for 45 minutes.
The expulsion of Gaku half an hour into the game, he forced Fernando Vázquez's team to appeal to the heroic defense and wait for his chance to surprise Elche, who overused the center-backs and barely generated, despite his dominance, clear scoring chances.
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The team from Ilicitano started the game well and in the first minutes managed to threaten Deportivo's goal with a shot by Josan after a rehearsed play and, later, with a weak header from Jonathas at the hands of Dani.
The team of Fernando Vázquez gradually tamed the match and managed to keep Elche away from their area, although without offensive ability to scare the illicit defense, who lost Óscar Gil due to injury.
When Deportivo was most comfortable, just moments after the hydration break, the action that marked the match came. Gaku made a strong entrance to Josan's ankle, still in the field of the ilicitano team, which the referee sanctioned with a direct red for the Japanese.
Moments later, Elche, before a bewildered Deportivo, managed to score through Jonathas, but the referee finally canceled the goal for offside.
The illicit team, obsessed with throwing centers to their striker, ended up locking Deportivo, although without producing clear scoring chances to score before the break.
In the second part, Pacheta modified his game system, recovering the defense of four, and gave exit to Folch and Fidel to give control and imbalance to his team.
The Illegal team cornered their rival with arrivals by band, but without success in the auction. Deportivo, hunkered down and refreshed with the changes of Mollejo and Vallejo, knew how to wait for his only opportunity to hit the counterattack.
Merino won a divided ball to Tekio and opened to Mollejo, who centered from the wing so that Vallejo, with his head, scored from the small area to Badía.
Pacheta tried to make his team react with the entry of Nino and Escriche, two of their scorers, but Elche continued without finding the goal from A Coruña. Tekio's expulsion for a double yellow equalized forces 12 minutes from time.
In the final siege, Josan and Escriche brushed the tie, although the clearest occasions were for Deportivo, who had several options in the discount to expand their income, but Badía and Josema avoided the goal.
0 – Elche: Edgar Badía; Óscar Gil (Tekio, min. 30), Gonzalo Verdú (Fidel, min. 46), Dani Calvo, Josema, Andoni (Escriche, min. 65); Josan, Manuel Sánchez (Ramón Folch, min. 46), Iván Sánchez; Pere Milla (Nino, min. 65) and Jonathas de Jesús.
1 – Sports: Dani Giménez; Bóveda, Mujaid, Bergantiños, Montero, Luis Ruiz (David Simón, min. 55); Uche Agbo, Vicente (Mollejo, min. 58), Gaku; Sabin Merino (Aketxe, min. 65) and Borja Valle (Vallejo, min. 58).
Goals: 0-1, min. 64: Vallejo.
Referee: Arcediano Monescillo (Castilla-La Mancha). He showed the yellow card to Luis Ruiz of Deportivo de La Coruña, and to Manuel Sánchez, Tekio (2) and Fidel for Elche. He sent off a red card to Gaku, from Deportivo, for a tackle on Josan in the 31st minute, and Tekio, from Elche, for a double yellow card in the 78th.
Incidents: Meeting corresponding to the thirty-fifth day of the SmartBank league played at the Martínez Valero stadium behind closed doors.