The return of Umar Sadiq the eleven of Almería changed this Friday the face of the rojiblanco team, which defeated Ibiza (2-0) to end a bad streak of five games without winning in LaLiga SmartBank and achieve the first victory, moreover, so far in 2022.
Almería was the one that tried to generate the most danger throughout the match. In the first half, first with a couple of hanging balls through Portillo and then with a gallop from Ramazani, that he left it to Same Costa, who ran into Alex Dominguez, the best, by far, of the Ibizans.
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The first half ended with controversy. First, in a dangerous against Almería, in superiority and with Sadiq on the run. Moreno Aragón cut it off due to a clear grab by Cifuentes on Ramazani that led to a brawl with three cautioned and that served Ibiza to cut off a dangerous move against him.
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Moreno Aragón would take more whistles at the break: with five yellow cards and two stoppages to go to VAR, he did not extend the first half by more than two seconds. Rubi, coach of Almería, would end up being expelled for protesting, seeing himself clearly harmed both by the previous action and by the decision not to give a discount.
Almería came out in the second half enraged by this fact and had the best opportunities to get ahead, but Álex Domínguez avoided the goal first against Sadiq and minutes later against Ramazani.
Sadiq’s return has been providential for Almería, who have missed him during their stay in the Africa Cup. The Nigerian provoked in the 56th minute the play that would do justice to the game. Álex Domínguez failed to catch a long shot from Akieme. The rebound came before Sadiq, who was knocked down by the goalkeeper. Ramazani made it 1-0 from eleven meters.
Sadiq stepped into the area again in the 73rd minute and was brought down again, this time by Gálvez, who had seen a yellow card a minute before and who saw the second one for this action. Although Almería forgave the opportunity to sentence at this moment, by blocking Álex Domínguez who would have been the second for Ramazani.
In the final stretch of the match, with Ibiza pushing hard in search of an equalizer, Sadiq, who minutes before had missed another opportunity, killed the match in a three-on-one counterattack. The striker, after two cuts, shot Álex Domínguez to close out the game.
– Datasheet:
2 – UD Almeria: Fernando; Álex Pozo (Curro Sánchez, min. 90+2), Chumi, Babic, Akieme; De la Hoz, Samú Costa (Javi Robles, min. 90+2), Arnau Puigmal (Eguarás, min. 71); Ramazani (Appiah, min. 80), Portillo (Juanjo Nieto, min. 80) and Sadiq.
0 – Ibiza: Alex Dominguez; Cifuentes (Miki Villar, min. 71), Goldar, Gálvez, Escobar; Diop (Rubén González, min. 80), Manu Molina (Appin, min. 59); Cristian Herrera (Álvaro Jiménez, min. 59), Guerrero (Javi Pérez, min. 59), Davo and Sergio Castel.
Goals: 1-0, min. 58: Ramazani, the penalty; 2-0, min. 90 + 2: Sadiq.
Referee: Moreno Aragón, from the Madrid committee. Yellow card to Portillo, Ramazani and Arnau Puigmal for Almería and to Diop, Cifuentes and Cristian Herrera for Ibiza. He expelled Rubi, coach of Almería, at the break, and Gálvez, of Ibiza, for a double yellow card (min. 73).
Incidents: Match of the 26th round of LaLiga SmartBank, played at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos (Almería). 7,993 spectators.