Malaga and Extremadura tied at one goal, with so many from Armando Sadiki and Gio Zarfino, in a game of few occasions, in which both showed why they were fighting not to descend and their serious offensive problems.
The first minutes, by scoring by both teams, made two clear occasions for Malaga midfielder Hicham, who threw out in front of goalkeeper Casto.
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There were two warnings on the right wing of the Malaga attack, which with the Moroccan's speed, precipitated in both actions, found a vein and uncertainty behind the Extremadura team.
Extremadura, after suffering in those actions, began to dominate the game, with a lot of possession, against an imprecise Malaga that created sporadic danger from set pieces.
And when he least deserved it in a blocked game, a play by the left of midfielder Tete Morente and his pass was used by the Albanian striker Armando Sadiku in the small area to get ahead of the defense and beat Casto.
The Extremadura group continued at the same pace, dominated, played, but did not clearly reach the Malaguista area; Until the 42nd minute, in which he obtained a draw, but the shot by midfielder Nono was sent by Moroccan goalkeeper Munir for a corner.
The visitors continued to insist on their dominance, hanging around the rival area, but they were wrong and the lack of punch consumed them with Malaga, ordered and defending the spoils of the first half.
Both coaches, Sergio Pellicer and Manuel Mosquera, began to refresh their teams with the changes trying to offer a better show and looking for the sentence or the tie.
The equalizer came after a free kick by the side Álex Díez, who topped the midfielder Gio Zarfino with a header due to the lack of forcefulness of the Malaguista defense.
Málaga entered in a loop, at the mercy of Exremadura, more focused and eager for goal and victory.
The forces were decreasing, the game was broken, without systems and anyone could score, although the goal of Extremadura was closer, with another header from Gio Zarfino, which Munir cleared.
The final draw leaves Malaga two points down and Extremadura five points from salvation.
Data sheet:
Málaga CF: Munir; Ismael Casas, Lombán, Diego González, Juankar; Tete Morente, Luis Muñoz (Boulahroud, m. 59), Adrián, Hicham (Renato Santos, m. 59); Juanpi (Luis Hernández, m. 86) and Sadiku (Buenacasa, m. 73).
Extremadura UD: Chaste; Álex Díez, Pardo, Borja Granero, Bastos; Cristian (Kike Márquez, m. 61), Lomotey (David Rocha, m. 68), Zarfino, Nono; Olabe (Óscar Pinchi, m. 46) and Álex Alegría.
Goals: 1-0, M. 29: Sadiku. 1-1, M. 64: Gio Zarfino.
Referee: Díaz de Mera (Castilian-Manchego Committee). He warned locals Hicham (m. 22) and Diego González (m. 82), and the visitor Kike Márquez (m. 74).
Incidents: Match corresponding to the thirty-fourth day of the SmartBank League played without an audience at the La Rosaleda stadium in Malaga.