Amorebieta strikes again in Urritxe and assaults the play-off

Suffering until the last second and almost asking for the time, but Amorebieta achieved a very important victory against Calahorra on Wednesday. A victory witnessed by Gorka Guruzeta from the stands that was achieved thanks to another early goal scored by Rayco and that leaves the zonortzarras with 22 points in the table, in a momentary promotion play-off zone. Urritxe is being key to the rise of the blues in the table. With the disputed this Wednesday, there are five consecutive days without conceding a goal at home. A fort.

In the return of Haritz Mujika to the bench, Amorebieta appeared on the green with many novelties. Up to six regarding Sunday’s duel with At. Balearics. An important rotation looking to give the team some freshness in a week with three commitments. But beyond the new faces, the most noteworthy thing was that this time the blues did come out to the game with the intensity that is usual for them.

They quickly took control of the match against a Calahorra who played very orderly at the back and who trusted his luck to try to catch some counter. In this situation, the zornotzarras did not take long to give the first blow, also recovering that good habit of this season of getting ahead early. At the edge of quarter of an hour, in a corner kick executed by Seguín, Rayco hunted the ball down from a penalty spot and lodged it in the rojilla goal, thereby opening his scoring box.

Mujika’s men clearly dominated the game, but they weren’t able to kill him, as the Pasajes coach often claims. They prowled the area over and over again, but they needed to be more incisive. In fact, Calahorra was on the verge of equalizing in a direct free kick executed by Gil with great intention, but Magunagoitia flew to avoid the goal with a beautiful stretch.

After a phase without a clear dominator and a lot of play in the wide zone, Amorebieta stepped on the accelerator again in the final minutes before the break, although precision continued to be lacking when facing the area. He had Urko Izeta close to him for the second of the match, but crashed his shoe into the side of the net. And just before the referee declared the first period over, Calahorra enjoyed a good counter that they were unable to finish, much to the relief of the Zornotzarra crowd.

missed opportunities

At the start of the second period, Amorebieta was able to settle the match, but they didn’t and that condemned them to suffer. Much of the blame lay with the goalkeeper Limones, who disrupted a one-on-one from Izeta and a kick from Dorrio in the early stages of the restart. Rayco also forgave after a very good pass from Seguín, but the winger, after cutting inside the area, sent the ball wide.

After the hour of play, Calahorra took a step forward and their attacks generated more and more danger. It is true that they barely got to test Magunagoitia, but the nervousness was more than evident. Gorka Iturraspe was the protagonist in the last bars. First, because he was able to score the peace of mind goal with the game dying, but Limones kicked his header into the near post. And then, because he already avoided Calahorra’s draw in injury time in a ruckus inside the Zornotzarra area.