Upon his arrival, David Navarro did not want to talk about a miracle, but what is guiding this Royal Zaragoza, with three victories in four games, with nine out of twelve points when the calendar presented a Tourmalet of rivals, After defeating the leader Racing de Santander in a match with Cierzo as the protagonist, it begins to have that aroma, because this team was dead and now oozes life from all sides to believe in a permanence that seemed impossible and is now perfectly possible when there are 10 games left and Valladolid, which we must go visit in Pucela, is three points away in the table. It remains to be rowed, of course, but with that intensity, with this football, with the push of the Ibercaja Estadio and with this new Zaragoza that permanence is yet to come.
Except at the start, Zaragoza was better than Racing and deserved to defeat the leader in a field where they had previously knocked out another contender for promotion, Almería, when before it was an infernal sinkhole. It is another of those miracles that have been brewing since the arrival of David Navarro. Dani Gomez, who was ostracized for almost three months due to an arbitrariness by Sellés, scored the first after an assist from Francho, while Sangalli, with his own goal, on a cross from Keidi Bare made it 2-0 so that the end of the game was calm on the scoreboard with Ibercaja beating strongly after a new demonstration of faith and football from this Zaragoza de Navarro, organized at the back and with the talent of Rober or Pinilla, in addition to the good performance of the full-backs, Aguirregabiria and Larios, within the general good tone of a team that believes and loves. And above all, it can. Wow if you can…
The salvation that Valladolid marks, which you have to go visit, is already only three points away after adding three victories in four games with Navarro in a very complicated schedule
With four changes in the eleven, El Yamiq, Larios, Saidu and Keidi Bare, with a novelty in the drawing, playing only with Dani Gómez in point and With a draw of fields that meant that Zaragoza began attacking with the wind against, the match started, with a Racing in which José Alberto surprised with Santi Francoforward of the reserve team, as striker and who took possession of the starting ball, playing closely together and looking for the interior corridors with Andrés Martín and íñigo Vicente. The Cantabrian team tested Andrada several times from afar, taking advantage of the favorable wind and Andrés sent a whip to the side of the net at a start where the leader was superior.
However, Zaragoza soon balanced their forces, with the push of the stands and began to do damage with the deployment of their full-backs, Aguirregabiria in particular, and with the details of Pinilla and Rober, especially the latter, in addition to the unchecking of Dani Gómez so that Zaragoza almost scored in an own goal shot by Manu from Aguirregabiria’s center that Ezkieta aborted. Francho had a scare with his knee touched, another El Yamiq, recently recovered in the ischium, after a corner, but Zaragoza was increasingly comfortable and a huge cross from Rober after a play by Pinilla had a bad shot from Francho and Ezkieta’s reflexes so that it did not reach 1-0 at half an hour.
Zaragoza, with many people always around the ball, had more intensity in their football and deserved to score with a magnificent counterattack by Rober in which Dani Gómez cut back and his shot hit Manu Hernando before the break arrived with a weak shot by Francho after a good action by the youth player after a pass from Dani. Navarro did not play anything at half-time and José Alberto did with Maguette and Sergio Martínez.
The match continued to be tied, but Zaragoza, now with the wind in their favor, maintained a very lively style, in the dispute and in football, Rober, after a great play by Pinillawas able to score and the youth player made a good one-two with Dani Gómez before the prize came for a Zaragoza team in which David Navarro endured the changes while José Alberto pulled Villalibre in attack.
A good play from his Aguirregabiria band ended in Pinilla, who relied on this cierzo that also believes in the miracle so that his shot dislocated Ezkieta, who cleared it as best he could so that Francho could assist Dani Gómez and deliver the first and decisive blow. Navarro opted for Tasende and Cuenca to give Francho and Pinilla a rest, then he gave oxygen with Moya and Kodro, always playing with a single striker and without Racing, collapsed, worrying, except for a shot by Villalibre in a final stretch ofwhere Insua and Aguirregabiria saw the fifth (very significant casualties in Butarque on Thursday) and Néstor Pérez, David Navarro’s second, was sent off.
There came the second, a good play between Aguirregabiria and Cuenca ended in the center of Keidi Bare in which Tasende pressed for Sangalli’s error and to seal a vital victory in a week that is also vital, with Leganés on Thursday and Mirandés on Sunday. The path is this. Faith and football, too. Even the wind helps.
