Málaga and Ponferradina, who continue their journey to dispute the promotion phase and are fifth with 50 points, equaled zero goals in a game of excessive respect for both teams, with few chances for both teams and in which the team Blue and Whites continue to accumulate negative records, with seven games without winning at home and four months without winning at the La Rosaleda stadium.
The Leonese team took command of the match from the start against a Malaguista team locked in their area and who heard the disapproval of the public for their fearful bet, which continued for many minutes, and gave life to the rival, who was able to get ahead on the scoreboard with a play of markers that culminated with a shot hit the left post by midfielder Agus Medina and that thwarted goalkeeper Dani Barrio with a great intervention.
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Málaga did not wake up and continued with the same timid approach, with hardly any approaches to the Ponferradina area, which played at will, without opposition, although in the final meters they found themselves behind the Malaguista close to Dani Barrio.
The disappointment was absolute on the part of the Malaguista fans due to the play of their team, contemplative, practically without leaving their field, lacking in ideas and without a winning mentality.
It took Málaga 24 minutes to connect a cross from the left, which was cleared by goalkeeper Amir Abedzadeh just in case any Blue and White player tried to finish off. And the first corner in favor was in minute 32, which indicated the poor approach and excessive respect towards the opponent, which was mitigated in the final stretch of the first half, when he generated several dangerous chances with tackles on both sides when midfielders Jozabed Sánchez and Aleix Febas began to direct the ball.
The locals changed the scenery in the second half, in which they were more incisive at the beginning with a clear chance for striker Brandon Thomas, who was grabbed by an opponent when he was going to finish off. But the Catalan referee García Verdura ordered them to continue and, even so, the ball, touched by the Malaguista player with his back, hit the post.
La Ponferradina, perhaps seeing that the strategy of the first half with a brilliant start did not work, ceded dominance to Málaga, equipped themselves behind, saw as the match wore on how Málaga was physically consumed, and patiently waited for some action to uneven the tie to zero, although the end was approaching and that possibility did not come.
In the end, a goalless draw after a first half where Ponferradina was more incisive and a second where Málaga looked for the goal.
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ponferradina
0 – Malaga: Dani Barrio; Víctor Gómez, Lombán, Juande (Andrés Caro, m.35), Cufré (Javi Jiménez (m.77); Vadillo (Roberto, m.77), Escassi, Jozabed, Jairo (Paulino, m.63); Febas and Brandon (Chavarría, m.77).
0 – Ponferradina: Amir; Iván Rodríguez, Copete, Pascanu, Ríos Reina (Pujol, m.13); Agus Medina, Erik Morán, Cristian Rodríguez (Dani Ojeda, m.59), José Naranjo (Saverio, m.59); Edu Espiau (Baeza, m.75) and Sergi Enrich (Yuri, m.75).
Referee: García Verdura (Catalan Committee). He admonished the local Andrés Caro (m.64) and the visitors Pujol (m.62), Dani Ojeda (m.77) and Iván Rodríguez (m.89).
Spectators: About 12,000 at La Rosaleda
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