Two penalties in the last five minutes of the game resurrected Lugo, who came back against him Mirandés (2-1) and re-engaged in the fight for permanence when he already had a foot and a half in the bronze category.
Chris Ramos caused the maximum penalties, one of them indicated by the VAR, and Lugo thus broke a streak of sixteen games without winning, although it is still in relegation places.
With an audience for the first time this season in the Carriage width, Lugo played it before a Mirandés already saved and away from promotion promotion. The tranquility of the Burgos and the fear of failure of the people of Lugo was transferred to the grass, who, at the beginning, prioritized not to make mistakes.
The Mirandés, played with the anxiety of the locals, gave the ball good treatment and had the first option in the seventh minute with a deflected header from Pablo Martínez on a corner kick.
The rojiblancos loosened up a bit, Gerard Valentine He gave, as always, depth to the game and a center of his connected him in the area Manu Barreiro, who fired centered, into the hands of Lizoain in the 28th minute.
Lugo was so afraid of failing that he made a flagrant mistake from which he benefited Pablo Martinez five minutes from the break. The people from Lugo set the mark and the offside line wrong and Mirandés did not forgive.
The Galicians, against the ropes, returned from intermission with another score. Rubén Albés introduced two swaps, they advanced the pressure and a few seconds were worth the Panamanian ‘Puma’ Rodríguez to warm up Lizoain's gloves with a left foot.
They were the best moments of Lugo, who loaded the game at the ends. Gerard Valentín shot centered and minutes later he fell in the area before Javi Jiménez and the referee, at the request of the assistant, pointed to the penalty spot but was corrected by the VAR.
The downturn that meant the annulment of the maximum penalty affected the game of Lugo, very emotionally touched. They lowered the intensity in the pressure and the Mirandés cooled the game with possession. He even had chances to sentence, but he found Cantero in the shots of Jirka and Javi Muñoz.
Miranda de Ebro's team did not seal the victory and Lugo got up with two penalties in the last five minutes of the match against Chris Ramos, one for grabbing and the other for a slap from Lizoain -who reviewed the VAR to correct the referee-. From eleven meters, Manu Barreiro, with cold blood, did not fail and put Lugo squarely in the fight for permanence when he seemed evicted.
(+) See the summary of Lugo – Mirandés
2-Lugo: Stonemason; Campabadal (Chris Ramos, m.80), Venancio, Diego Alende, Luis Ruiz; Juanpe (Xavi Torrres, m.60), Seoane (Borja Domínguez, m.46); Gerard Valentín, Hugo Rama (Cristian Herrera, m.74), El Hacen (’Puma’ Rodríguez, m.46); and Manu Barreiro.
1-I lookeds: Raúl Lizoain; Víctor García, Berrocal, Vivian, Jiménez; Javi Muñoz, Meseguer (Mario Barco, m.94), Álex López (Genaro Rodríguez, m.64); Pablo Martínez, Cristo González (Simón Moreno, m.75) and Djouahra (Jirka, m.75).
Goals: 0-1, M.40: Pablo Martínez. 1-1, M.87: Manu Barreiro, from a penalty. 2-1, M.92: Manu Barreiro, from a penalty.
Referee: Ais Reig, from the Valencian Committee. He showed yellow to Venancio (m.63) and Gerard Valentín (m.66), from Lugo; and Djouahra (m.65), Javi Jiménez (m.85), Pablo Martínez (m.85), Genaro (m.87) and Lizoain (m.91), from Mirandés.
Incidents: Match of the thirty-ninth day of LaLiga SmartBank played in the Anxo Carro before some 1,800 spectators.