The firmness of Amorebieta puts him in the next round of the Cup

That Urritxe is being a fort this season is unquestionable. In the Cup, the zornotzarra stadium was again impregnable and the Amorebieta, who played a tremendously serious game showing enormous physical power, won in their own right be in the Friday draw of the next round of the KO tournament. What better way to say goodbye to 2020 for the zornotzarras, who will not play again until next year.

Mikel Álvaro’s goal in the first half added It was enough to give the victory to the Biscayan, who, however, did not escape suffering in the final stretch of the match. They were left with ten due to the expulsion of Saizar in 88 ‘. UD Logroñés, which until then had hardly disturbed excessively, tried by all means, but was unable to tear down the blue wall.

From the opening whistle, the two contestants showed their cards on the Urritxe table. A field of play that, after ending up badly punished the weekend against Arenas, had recovered a lot. The Amorebieta came out with that extra intensity that invite you to have these types of dates. Strong game, uncomplicated but effective. The people of La Rioja, well aware of what awaited them in the Biscayan fiefdom, they were also used thoroughly. Those of Sergio Rodríguez avoided the online media confrontation and bet on looking for the bands.

For much of the first half, balance was the dominant trend. The ball, without a clear owner, went from one side of the field to the other in a way as fast as it is imprecise at times. The first arrival of a certain risk was for the blue ones, more incisive than the red and white ones. Mikel Álvaro, one of the protagonists of the tie, sought to enter the baseline but his back pass did not find a finisher. The visiting response came shortly after, in a free kick from a three-quarter field zone that Zelu put in danger. Vitoria finished with great intention, but Saizar stopped with many reflections. However, the action was invalidated for offside. Midway through the first half, another new chance for Logroñés, with a half-scissors shot from Andoni López that ended up in the hands of the zornotzarras goalkeeper.

From there, the Amorebieta game began to be much more effective. The game moved to the field defended by Sergio Rodríguez’s men and the chances also appeared. Two were especially clear. At half an hour, Koldo Obieta, from the baseline, put the ball for the arrival from behind Storm Molina, but his hard first shot was lost at the near post. In the second, three minutes later, Mikel Álvaro picked up a ball in front, stepped on the area and, when he made the shot, the leather bounced him slightly, bringing his shot into a frank position he ended up marching over the crossbar.

When it seemed that the clash was going to go to rest with equality on the scoreboard, with the 45th minute already shining on the electronic, captain Iker Seguín, after an error from the visitor’s defense, took a good cross from the left wing that Mikel Álvaro, omnipresent, was in charge of shooting at the bottom of the Rioja goal to overtake the Zornoztarras.

After passing through the changing rooms, the red and white went out to look for the equalizer with decision. They put one more march and locked up the Amorebieta in their area with very dangerous lateral centers, but that did not end up becoming clear opportunities. They were minutes of overwhelm for Iñigo Vélez’s team, who he managed to recover little by little as the minutes passed. In fact, they came very close to scoring a second target at the edge of game time. In a rebound inside the visiting area, Obieta controlled his back and looked for the shot at the turn, but Gorka threw himself to the ground to clear the leather for a corner kick.

The good work of Amorebieta, with a tireless physical deployment, prevented Logroñés, despite his attempts, and with a change of system on the fly included, from getting to disturb the blues, very serious throughout the match. In the absence of a quarter of an hour, Obieta was able to score the second local goal again. The roles were exchanged with Unzueta, who combed backwards so that the ram spliced ​​a volley that Giménez diverted to a corner.

The epic came, however, in the final minutes. With two remaining before the regulation time was fulfilled, the goal Mikel Saizar saw the direct red after knocking Ander Vitoria out of the area in his attempt to clear a divided ball. Mikel Goiria, the substitute goalkeeper, had to enter without warming up to defend a foul practically on the lime line. Bogusz He tried to surprise by the outside of the barrier, but did not find a goal. Discount time, the Pole had another direct free kick very dangerous, this time from the right, his profile good, but I send him over the bar. What happened after the final whistle was a party.