Well, the third time is the first defeat of Albacete Balompié, in a match where everything went well from the beginning. In fact, it was barely the 10th minute of the match. A mistake in the exit of the ball of the Malaguista team led to a good pass from Fidel Chaves to José Carlos Lazo who beat the Toledo goalkeeper Alfonso Herrero. It was the 0-1 of the hopes, which could lead to a “nine out of nine” for Carlos Belmonte’s team. However, the draw came four minutes later, when Dioni took advantage of a bad clearance from Ros to shoot at Raúl Lizoain.
The match was approaching half-time with alternating domination when in the 39th minute there was an almost wild tackle by Álex Pastor on Javi Rueda. This cost the Malaguista central defender a direct red card and left his team with ten players for the rest of the match.
After the restart, Albacete Balompié dominated against a numerically inferior opponent on the La Rosaleda turf. And this domination earned them a penalty in the 51st minute following an innocent tackle by Einar on Javi Rueda. Huelva’s Alberto Quiles made a wrong “panenka” throw, which was a gift for Alfonso Herrero and the 1-2 fell into limbo.
Despite everything, the Castilla-La Mancha team once again came close to the winning goal, but had no luck or success with the clear shots of Quiles, Javi Rueda and Higinio. To make matters worse, and already in added time, a tackle by Juan María Alcedo on Gabilondo was punished quite severely with a maximum penalty. The play was reviewed and confirmed by the VAR. The young Antoñito, 17, scored the winning goal from eleven meters for the team from the capital of the Costa del Sol.
TECHNICAL DATA SHEET
Malaga CF: Alfonso Herrero; Víctor García (Dani Sánchez, m. 62), Nelson, Álex Pastor, Carlos Puga (Gabilondo, m. 82); Sangalli (Castell, died 62), Larrubia, Molina, Dani Lorenzo (Einar, died 43); Dioni (Luismi, died 62) and Antoñito.
Albacete Balompie: Lizoaine; Javi Rueda, Jon García, Ros (Diego González, m. 46), Jaume Costa (Juan María, m. 46); Agus Medina (Pacheco, m. 79), Riki, Fidel, Lazo (Morcillo, m. 46); Juanma García and Quiles (Higinio, died 74).
Arbitrator: Palencia Caballero. Gipuzkoan Committee. Yellow to locals Dani Lorenzo, Antoñito and Molina. On the visitors’ side, Ros, Jaume Costa, Juan María and Javi Rueda. Direct red towards the local Álex Pastor in the 39th minute.
Goals: 0-1, m. 10: Loop; 1-1, m. 14: Dani Lorenzo; 2-1, m. 93: Antoñito (penalty).
Incidents: Match of the third day of the Second Division played in the evening this Saturday at the La Rosaleda stadium in front of 25,894 spectators (official figure). Almost full.
