Olot added the first point of the season by drawing to zero against Teruel, evidencing above all the lack of success in front of goal and not being able to fully recover from the defeat a few days ago in the first day in the visit to Espanyol B. Manix Mandiola lined up an eleven full of debutants in the official match at Municipal d’Olot after a transfer market moved in the club’s offices.
In a first half equal in terms of play and possession, the Garrotxins had the first opportunity to open the can after a header from Ernest Forgas, this season’s bet at the point of attack , but the Barcelona player was unable to complete the play. Despite the first warning, Teruel was the team that enjoyed the clearest options to start the scoring. However, he ran into a great Albert Batalla, who was Olot’s best on the grass. He was right under the posts and made useless all the arrivals of the Aragonese.
In the second half, Teruel made a similar approach and came dangerously close to the goal. Olot had to limit himself to removing water from his area on several occasions. Only when a minute of the restart had been played, the crossbar prevented the 0-1. After this new warning, Batalla intervened once again diverting the arrivals of the Aragonese, which the Olotins only managed to respond with timid approaches. Mandiola made changes to the backs, which served to keep the team fresh against the opponent’s attack. In this way, Olot added a valuable point against a rival who gave him a complicated afternoon in his debut at Municipal. “We are doing an accelerated course of adaptation to the category against teams that were at the top last season. We have to accept the tie for good”, concluded Manidola at the end of the match.
Next Sunday, the team will try to add the first victory at the Ebro stadium, at 12 noon.
