Alavés and tied a match marked by the lack of success of both teams in the rival area, although the match began with a frenetic pace: as soon as the referee whistled the start, in the first seconds, Javi Guerra stood alone in front of the goalkeeper after a defensive mess by Alavés, but he sinned in generosity and instead of defining he preferred to give the ball to Danjuma, who arrived very forced and could not define comfortable against a defeated Sivera who watched the ball walk across the goal line before being cleared by his defense.
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Antonio Sivera, Jonny, Nahuel Tenaglia, Abde Rebach (Carles Alena, min. 59), Antonio Blanco, Pablo Ibáñez (Denis Suárez, min. 59), Youssef Eríquez, Calebe (Carlo Vicente, min. 60), Caleb.
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Julen Agirrezabala, Copete (Eray Cömert, min. 79), José Gayà, César Tárrega, Thierry Correia, Javi Guerra (Baptiste Santamaría, min. 79), Luis Rioja, Pepelu, Arnaut Danjuma (Dani Raba, min. 70), Hugo Duro (Lucas Beltrán, min. 79) y Diego López
Referee Iosu Galech Parish
yellow cards
Youssef Enríquez (min. 28), Diego López (min. 81), Baptiste Santamaria (min. 84)
After the scare, he took control of the match thanks to the suffocating pressure he exerted throughout the match against the Valencia ball, although he did not generate clear chances except for a shot by Lucas Boyé inside the area that went over the crossbar and a couple of good interventions by Aguirrezabala, the Che goalkeeper, who was the best player on his team. Valencia, for its part, enjoyed its best opportunities thanks to Danjuma, who tested Sivera with a shot from outside the area and made several dangerous attempts that were not rewarded with passes due to the offensive passivity of Corberán’s team in the League.
The second half began as the first ended, with Alavés hovering around the Valencian area, but without creating much danger until after the 50th minute, when Aguirrezabala had to work hard to stop and send for a corner a point-blank header from Toni Martínez after a great cross from Rebbach.
Valencia, for its part, limited itself to defending and trying to go on the counterattack, although without much success. The babazorro coach, Eduardo Coudet, moved the bench midway through the second half, bringing on Guridi, Denis Suárez and Carles Aleñá to give his team more oxygen, but Corberán’s team remained very serious in defense and barely let their rival get close to the area.
It was in the last minutes when Alavés had their best chance: Denis Suárez hit a ball in the heart of the area that was poisoned and ended up crashing into Valencia’s goal post, to the exasperation of the public, who saw how the three points were slipping away from an Alavés team that did not stop trying. The match ended with the feeling that Valencia, who did not create a single chance in the entire second half, had added two points while Alavés lost them, by missing the opportunity to enter European positions after the final whistle and the score being 0-0.
