He has three assists and it’s only been two days. José Ángel paved the way for a Sporting team that thrashed Andorra in their home opener this season (4-1). Cote first assisted Djuka to open the scoring before the break and then Izquierdoz, putting the game back on track. Djuka, again, and Aitor extended the advantage against a rival who had a lot of ball but it was diluted in the last half hour. The goal of honor came in the discount after an oversight by Guille. Alejandro Irarragorri, new president of the club from Gijón, enjoyed the comfortable victory in front of almost 20,000 spectators.
Sporting entered spurred by a Molinón delivered from the first chord of the bagpipe band “Villa de Xixón”, protagonist at the team’s exit. The public, who sang the anthem to receive their own, roared with Juan Otero’s first dribble. Everything was will, like the one requested by Alejandro Irarragorri to the businessmen in the previous one. The success took time to emerge beyond a quarter of an hour of intensity and vigilance. Those of Abelardo took pains in the long possessions of Andorra not to find central corridors. The corridor, for the rojiblancos, emerged in the left lane.
José Ángel continued to amortize his signing with, until then, the second goal assist in two games. In a ball that seemed to go long, he put the toe of his boot to leave behind a confident Petxa and ride towards the peak of the area without opposition. He crossed low, for the arrival of Djuka who put her in the cage with a great technical gesture. At first, with the outside instep of his right boot, the Montenegrin sent it to the long post and placed Sporting ahead after twenty minutes.
Andorra grew with the ball but it was only enough to rush Mariño in a cross shot from Jacobo. Pitu’s men responded with a good header from Zarfino, to Guille’s cross, and a save from Lizoain, minutes later, which once again prevented the Uruguayan from making his debut as a scorer in his debut at El Molinón. Cristo triggered after an innocent clearance from the visiting defense at a corner kick, Zarfino deflected the trajectory with a header and the Andorran goalkeeper corrected in full stretch with a great hand that prevented a second goal. It would have been too much punishment for Eder Sarabia’s men, seeing what was seen in the first half, but in the rout I didn’t ask.
The second half began without changes and with Queipo mousing down the left flank between Andorra’s monologue with the ball. Sporting has found in him an interesting signing to try to grow through the wings, as Abelardo pursues. The script, with those of Pitu in the counterattacking role, could seem interesting for the interests of the Gijon team, but the truth is that there was no sense of control. He caressed the goal again, yes, in an action by band. Otero put a great ball to Guille so that, after winning the bottom line, he centered back to Djuka, who shot wide. The next approach was already inside.
Lateral foul in the right lane, José Ángel as chief of operations, and another goal. Cote armed his left foot to look for Izquierdoz’s header at the near post, which beat Alende and Lizoain, leaving them both on the ground and sending the second into the net. The match was entering a calmer phase for Sporting and the beating of José Ángel, who had already put Gragera half a goal in the head in Anduva, was elevated.
In the midst of a carousel of changes from one team to another, Sporting continued to party with the third goal of the afternoon. Lizoain, the savior in the first half, helped Djuka increase the score by measuring poorly on a long ball from Mariño. Outside the area, he did not get to clear his head and the ball overtook him so that the Montenegrin, on the run, pushed the goal. Ahead, still twenty minutes of play. The team from Gijón took advantage of them to make the fourth in another long ball from Mariño that Campuzano combed and left Aitor alone against Lizoain. Gibraleón’s man was able to make the fifth against an Andorra that had already lowered its arms. The relaxation meant that in discount time a bad transfer from Guille to Mariño served Alti on a plate the only visiting goal to Abelardo’s enormous anger.
