Albacete Balompié scored a big victory yesterday during his visit to Real Zaragoza, a historic and award-winning club which has played in the second division for 12 consecutive seasons and whose La Romareda stadium is currently undergoing very extensive renovation works which have recently begun. summer and will last until 2029. The match took place in very visible fog, but not enough for it to be suspended. The Castilla-La Mancha team now looks towards the top of the standings after winning two consecutive victories.
Before arriving at the first quarter of an hour, there were already two clear options for “Alba” to take the lead on the scoreboard and both with Higinio as the protagonist. However, the Murcian striker each time hit the posts defended by goalkeeper Poussin. The first of these was following a transfer from the right by Agus Medina, and the second following a ball after a local rebound. The reaction of the Zaragoza team came after half an hour of play following a shot from the edge of the area from Aketxe which forced a good intervention from Lizoain with a deflection which also grazed a post.
After the restart, at the end of the hour of play, Higinio suffered a muscle injury and left the field on a stretcher. The game was open and it was “Alba” who could have changed the score with a shot from Quiles which hit the wood of the local goal. Albacete team’s third position in the match. This led to the 72nd minute, when an innocent slap from Tasende led the referee to punish him with a penalty against Real Zaragoza. At 11 meters, Alberto Quiles was unforgiving to make the score 0-1. From now until the end, it was Real Zaragoza who dominated the match and forced Albacete to defend their advantage with all their soul and physical effort.
Albacete’s next league match will take place on Sunday and will host CD Castellón at the Carlos Belmonte (6:30 p.m.).
Technical sheet
Royal Zaragoza: Chick; Luna, Luis Lopez, Bernardo Vital, Tasende; Francho (Adu Ares, m. 65), Keidi Bare (Marí, m. 65), Toni Moya, Aketxe; Iván Azón and Bazdar (Liso, m. 40).
Albacete Balompié: Lizoain; Javi Rueda (Rai Marchan, died 89), Jon García, Gonzalo, Alcedo; Agus Medina (Álvaro Rodríguez, died 89), Pacheco (Lazo, died 77), Riki, Juanma (Javi Villar, died 77); Hyginius (Morci, died 59) and Quiles.
Arbitrator: Guzman Mansilla. Andalusian Committee. Yellow to locals Luis López, Luna and Tasende. On the visitors’ side, Javi Rueda.
Goals: 0-1, m. 74: Quiles, penalty.
Incidents: “La Romareda” municipal stadium in front of 18,014 spectators (official figure).
