A goal of Lucas Boyé andn the minute 77 has allowed the Elche CF sink to Yellow Submarine, achieve two wins in a row for the first time in the season and move away from the relegation places. In a very close match in which the defenses prevailed over the attacks, the departure of the Argentine, who was returning after overcoming Covid and an ankle injury, was providential. Francisco’s team confirms in this way his improvement and once again demonstrates that it is a brave, cohesive and brave team.
Francisco kept, practically, the starting eleven that beat Espanyo the day beforeI (1-2). The only changes occurred in defense. Barragan replaced the Colombian on the right side Helibelton Palacios, convalescing from covid. Gonzalo Verdu, which in Cornellà-El Prat had to replace Peter Bigas due to some inconvenience in the warm-up, on this occasion, he did the same with the Chilean Enzo Roco. The player from Cartagena formed the central couple together with Diego Gonzalez, who went back to serve a sanction.
The two teams had a clear game plan from the beginning: very high pressure so that neither could organize their game. The intensity was capital and during the first 45 minutes, the defenses surpassed the attacks. Neither the franjiverdes nor the yellows managed to create scoring chances, except in set pieces.
A shot of Gerard Moreno offside and a cross from the left by Mojica that touched Raul Albiol and to which he did not arrive by little Tete Morente Those were the most dangerous times. Gumbau He also tried it with a free kick, which went just over the crossbar. The break was reached with the score unchanged.
At the beginning of the second, Villarreal seemed to put one more gear. But Elche knew how to endure and suffer in difficult times. On a throw-in, Yeremy Pino had the best chance of Emery’s team. Edgar Badia hesitated at the start and luckily the new international striker was not successful and Mojica cleared the ball.
With 25 minutes to go, Francisco believed that the time had come for Lucas Boyé. And the Argentine did not disappoint. In minute 77, after losing the ball, he fought with his usual pride, recovered it, made the wall with Gumbau and hooked a shoe from the edge of the area that bent the hands of the visiting goalkeeper Rulli and introduced the ball into the bottom of the net.
From there, with the advantage on the scoreboard, Elche dedicated themselves to maintaining the advantage and with a serious and supportive defense they let the minutes pass until in minute 95 the referee decreed the end of the match. Three points that allow the franjiverdes to take a giant leap in the classification and move away from relegation.
DATASHEET:
ELCHE: Edgar Badia, Barragán, Gonzalo Verdú, Diego González, Mojica, Omar Mascarell, Gumbau (Marcone m.83), Tete Morente (Josan, m.75), Pere Milla, Lucas Pérez (Lucas Boyé, m.65) and Guido Carrillo .
VILLARREAL: Rulli, Foyth (Mario Gaspar, d. 74), Raúl Albiol, Pau Torres, Estupiñán (Pedraza, d. 74), Parejo (Vicente Iborra, d. 84), Capoue, Moi Gómez (Jackson, d. 68), Alberto Moreno (Rabaa, d. 84), Yeremy Pino and Gerard Moreno.
GOAL: 1-0m. 77, Lucas Boye.
REFEREE: Pizarro Gómez, from the Madrid school. He showed yellow cards to Gonzalo Verdú (m.9). Parejo (m. 80), Mojica (m. 86), Capoue (m. 92), Diego González (m. 92), Iborra (m. 93) and Pere Milla Milla (m. 93).
STADIUM: Martínez Valero, before 12,433 spectators
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