Hugo Duro, with an exquisite Vaseline, and the Georgian Giorgi Mamardashvili, with meritorious saves, upset Getafe this Saturday in Mestalla, who ended up losing in a tied match against and Valencia who wins again more than a month later and clings to the fight for Europe.
José Bordalás returned to Mestalla this Saturday for the first time with the aim of “certifying permanence” and the possibility of surpassing his rival in the table, but without their two top scorers, Borja Mayoral and Mason Greenwood. Meanwhile, Valencia wanted to win again after more than a month without tasting victory to dedicate it to Mouctar Diakhaby, seriously injured in his knee against Real Madrid.
Under the rain and with the sound of the ‘mascletá’ in the background, the match between Rubén Baraja’s team and José Bordalás began with the first arrival of the locals after three minutes. Foulquier, ready to repeat his great performance of the day for Real Madrid, crossed into the area, but the Azulona defense repelled the shot.
Getafe, tough in marking the Valencians, was also able to reach Mamardashvili’s area early. The rain, smoke and smell of gunpowder made the game difficult at Mestalla and, although it seemed that Valencia started dominating with a header from Cenk that crashed into Maksimovic and a shot from Canós that went high, Getafe knew how to snatch the ball away.
At eighteen minutes the Madrid team’s first shot on goal came. Juan Iglesias tried his luck from afar, but he slipped and Mamardashvili was able to stop the ball without problems. Valencia knew how to get rid of the pressure from their former coach’s team and he recovered the ball again with Canós who tried and tried.
Very incisive in the area and attentive in the second plays, the Nules footballer sent the ball over the crossbar twice and ran into Djené on another until Hugo Duro arrived to shake up a duel that had fallen into tempo.
Five minutes before the break, the forward punished his former team with a delicate Vaseline that Alderete tried to avoid, but the former Valencia player couldn’t and saw from the front row how the ball entered David Soria’s net.
Hugo Duro not only celebrated the goal with his teammates, but he also remembered Diakhaby and celebrated the 1-0 with the center-back’s shirt. Getafe only had the option of pressing in the final stages in which Cenk became big. The center-back rejected the Madrid team’s attempts to the area, which returned strongly after passing through the locker room.
The game resumed with a great chance from Mata that Mamardashvili took under the sticks and the black and white defense rejected in the area. Immediately, Javi Guerra responded with a cross that Soria caught and then it was Pepelu who tried his luck, but his shot went wide.
Now it was Getafe who sought to beat Valencia in search of a tie and began to besiege the black and white area. Despite the insistence, Mamardashvili remained firm in the set-piece actions. And the game stopped again.
Diego López looked for the goal of tranquility, but could not score the 2-0 and, as he did in the first half, he Getafe He pressed again in the final minutes in which Mamardashvili became the other hero of the afternoon with Hugo Duro, as he maintained the result with two key stops at the end of the game.
2024-03-09 15:28:09
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