Gerard Moreno gives points again in Almería
MADRID, 4 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Getafe and Elche defeated Girona (3-2) and Mallorca (0-1) this Saturday with a good dose of suffering to feed their chances of salvation on matchday 24 of LaLiga Santander, while Villarreal won (0- 2) to Almería with prominence for a Gerard Moreno who recovered his relationship with the goal.
The Madrid team left the relegation zone for the moment, with the day still to end, thanks to a victory that pointed to placido with a 3-0 at halftime. Enes Ünal signed a double in 15 minutes and the Coliseum rubbed their eyes with Borja Mayoral’s third against a Girona that has been surpassed like few times.
In the second half, Míchel seemed to correct his scheme, with three central defenders, and the Catalan team reacted from the 3-1 draw that Taty Castellanos signed thanks to Riquelme and Tsygankov. With 10 minutes to go, Miguel Gutiérrez put the nerves to the surface with the 3-2, but in the final exchange the score did not change.
Meanwhile, in Son Moix, Elche did sweat a lot when the VAR began to review Muriqi’s 1-1 in the 97th minute. The referee canceled the equalizer due to a previous foul by Maffeo and the Elche team breathed with his first victory at home, the second in total of the course, to give life to the miracle. Mallorca accepts its third defeat in four games.
Pablo Machín’s men, with 14 games to come back from 13 points, began suffering before the Balearic chances of Maffeo, Kadewere and Kang-In Lee, plus a providential save by Nteka from a sung goal by Dani Rodríguez. In the second half, Elche equalized the battle and the match reached the final stretch even, where Boyé made it 0-1 at 88′ and the VAR this time smiled at Elche.
In addition, the gradual return of Gerard Moreno after injury paid off this Saturday in the victory of the ‘submarine’ in Almería (0-2). The Spanish international jumped off the bench again this time to make it 0-1 in the 76th minute. Shortly after, Morales sentenced an Almería team that defended itself from the yellow dominance until Moreno’s aim and did not make good their recent victory over Barça .
With their second victory in a row, Quique Setién’s team joins the fight for the Champions League zone, while Rubi’s men remain on the brink of relegation.