Elche is no longer hiding (2-3)

The ilicitano team takes Vallecas in a great second half and presents its candidacy for promotion to Primera. Óscar Gil, who scores his first goal, Pere Milla and Escriche violated Mario Suárez's opening goal. Rayo, who lost Isi sent off, brushed the tie at the end

Elche will start from the next day, against Extremadura, a new competition whose final prize will be to fight for promotion. The ilicitano team finally loosened ties in Vallecas, where he subdued Rayo in an excellent second half. With 46 points, and after seven wins on the road, the time has come to look up and hope for the jackpot.

In addition to its qualifying impact, the victory in Vallecas multiplies its value by the entity of the rival, the setting and development of the match, since everything went against Elche in the first half, who closed without Jonathas, injured, below the scoreboard after a maximum penalty indicated against and several controversial arbitration decisions that did not benefit him.

But after going through the locker room, Pacheta's team was different. He threatened, tied and knew how to take advantage of the expulsion of Isi to sentence a game that, however, he did not know how to button, which caused some difficulties in the discount.

The meeting, in which Pacheta repeated alignment, responded to expectations. Both teams went to the open grave to get the game with their weapons. Rayo's high pressure forced Elche to look for alternatives with balls to the space. Pere Milla and Óscar Gil warned the people of Madrid, who responded with shots from Mario Suárez and Isi, well saved by Edgar Badía.

When the match seemed more balanced, a hand from Dani Calvo, after slipping inside the area, was penalized with a penalty. Mario Suárez was in charge of putting his team ahead of an Elche that, soon after, lost to Jonathas due to injury. The first act was closed with controversy, since Advíncula had to be expelled with an elbow to Manuel Sánchez.

REACTION

The action must spur the illicitians, who left determined to look for the Lightning in their own area. Josema warned with a volley to the post and, shortly afterwards, it was Óscar Gil who riveted a cross from the other side of Juan Cruz to the net. Rayo lost his way and Isi was sent off with a red card for a hard tackle from behind to Fidel.

Elche smelled blood and went for everything for the goal, which came unexpectedly after a serious mistake by goalkeeper Dimitrievski, who after stumbling on a teammate gave the ball to Pere Milla, who only had to push it into the net. Rayo, without ideas in attack, ended up collapsing after a book against in which Josan gave the ball to Escriche, who scored the third with pleasure.

Everything was under control, but it appeared at the party in Elche Jonathan Montiel, Rayo's youth squad, to ruffle the game with an extraordinary goal after a shot from an angle from 25 meters. El Rayo, a volcanic team like few others, believed in a tie and went for it all. Qasmi, in the discount, had the opportunity to equalize, but his shot went to the clouds to the joy of his former colleagues. Elche, despite the difficulties, knew how to protect a result that puts it in orbit, closer and closer to a dream.