The leader Almería, depleted by the Covid, kneels

A goal by the Uruguayan center-back Gastón Silva, shortly before the break, gave Cartagena a weighty victory (0-1) in the fiefdom of the prominent leader of LaLiga SmartBank, an Almería stuck and diminished by its numerous casualties due to COVID-19, which slows down the Andalusians and catapults the Murcians to promotion phase positions.

Cartagena, in the general calculation of a match ‘mediated’ by casualties due to covid in the premises, was not superior to a rojiblanco team in which its coach, Joan Francesc Ferrer ‘Rubi’, had to pull players from the subsidiary to face the Cartagena, who, however, were very effective in scoring 3 points of great value.

Even so, UD Almería commanded in the first half, but suffered from hitting as a result of the absence of strikers, and when their behavior was better, they took a blow by overtaking Gastón Silva, 6 from the break, to a Cartagena who knew put up with local attempts to tie the game.

The rojiblanco team, however, was losing physicality as the duel progressed, which contributed to the fact that the team trained by Luis Carrión did not suffer excessively in the last half hour.

In the first half, all were setbacks for Almería, who could not even complete the call, with only two team players on the bench and who, in addition, saw how José Carlos Lazo was injured in minute 13. Even so, he had the control of the game, but without the ability to create danger, with Portillo, Robertone and Appiah playing the false nine.

Almería did not stop believing, they even began to send in the match against a Cartagena without ideas in attack and that did not disturb Fernando, but, when the locals played better, at the exit of a corner Gallar’s ball touched Gastón Silva and advanced to Cartagena.

At the resumption, with the entry of Caballero, Almería had more presence up front and was able to tie with a shot from the squad, but Delmás sent the ball for a corner and, then, Robertone met Marc Martínez, in 70.

But the people of Almeria were wearing out the battery, with a lot of heart, but little physical capacity. Meanwhile, Cartagena controlled well and was able to increase its income in 74, although Dauda finished off.

On the contrary, in 80, the local Ramazani looked for what he could not find, the tie, and then little was played, although Cartagena also had arrivals, well cut by the rojiblancos, so as not to lose by more.