MADRID, 4 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish striker Asier Villalibre lived a dream debut with Deportivo Alavés this Saturday when he came off the bench and scored the two goals in the victory (2-0) over Eibar, which brings his team closer to the direct promotion marked by their neighbor after matchday 26 of LaLiga SmartBank.
The reinforcement from Vitoria fell to their feet at the Mendizorroza Stadium, where Eibar played with 10 in the last half hour due to the expulsion of Sergio Álvarez. Alavés burned ships with the entry of Villalibre and the player on loan from Athletic Club scored the two goals of the night, which reduced their fight for direct promotion to one point.
Meanwhile, Tenerife stopped short (1-0) the aspirations of an Albacete, still in the ‘Play-Off’, which had gone seven games without defeat. Enric Gallego’s goal from a penalty in the first half allowed the islanders to get closer to the top positions, unbeaten in their last eight games.
Thus, Luis Miguel Ramis’ men became strong at home to dominate the match from the beginning. At minute 13, Glauder brought down the forward of the Tenerife team in the area, who did not miss from eleven meters. Although Rubén Albés’ men had the equalizer through Dubasin first and then Higinio, the first half ended with the threat of rain on the Heliodoro Rodríguez López pitch.
Despite the disadvantage, Albacete did not lose face in the game and although the chicharrero team came to have the second in the boots of Borja Garcés, who narrowly missed finishing off a great ball from Waldo, the visitors did not stop in their endeavor. Even so, the lack of success and a good performance by Soriano allowed Tenerife to leave the three points at home.
For their part, Leganés achieved a victory (1-0) of merit against Sporting de Gijón in Butarque after making effective the solitary goal by Juan Muñoz in the first moments of the first half, despite playing with a man less during an hour after Gaku’s expulsion.
A key victory in the aspirations of the people of Madrid to get closer to the ‘play-off’ positions and that leaves Miguel Ángel Ramírez Medina’s men very touched, who are beginning to look down after reaping only one victory in the last five games.
The cucumber team took advantage of the initial momentum to hit a somewhat hesitant Sporting at the start. Thus, the locals took the lead when not even five minutes had elapsed with a goal from Juan Muñoz, who put the toe of his boot into Raba’s shot to finish deceiving Cuellar.
Although the Idiakez men’s proposal was being effective, the expulsion of the Japanese player on the brink of halftime completely disrupted the plans of a Leganés who had to defend themselves tooth and nail throughout the second half. Sporting tried by all means, but the marker did not move again. Guille Rosas also saw the red at the end.
Lastly, Huesca won (1-0) against Mirandés at El Alcoraz, after an even match that Samuel Obeng decanted with a genius in the form of a Chilean kick after 73′, to settle the team from Huesca in the middle of the match. table and put a stop to a streak of six games without winning in the league.
Although Joseba Etxeberria’s men put up a battle and did not stop trying in the final minutes, the local defensive solidity and the heat of the public finished doing the rest to add the third consecutive defeat for those from Burgos, who did not manage to move away from the positions of below.
–DAY 26.
– Friday the 3rd.
Malaga-Oviedo 0-1.
– Saturday 4.
Huesca-Mirandés 1-0.
Leganes-Sporting 1-0.
Tenerife-Albacete 1-0.
Alaves-Eibar 2-0.
– Domingo 5.
Villarreal B-Granada 2:00 p.m.
Andorra-Zaragoza 16:15.
Cartagena-Levante 18:30.
Ponferradina-Racing 18:30.
Lugo-Ibiza 21:00.
– Monday 6.
Burgos-Las Palmas 21:00.