Summary, highlights and goals of Elche

Morente rescued a point in added time, neutralizing Cyle Larin’s 0-1

The franjiverdes deserved much more in the second half and had the 2-1 in the boots of Raúl Guti

Elche will die with their boots on, who do not plan to give away another point until the end of the season. He demonstrated it against Valladolid, when he was desperate and on the canvas with the 0-1 of Canadian Cyle Larin -what a great signing-. Tete Morente picked up a loose ball and hit it with her soul into Asenjo’s net. The Pucelanos goalkeeper saw how Raúl Guti was able to make it 2-1 with two consecutive shots that found no reward.

The match, with hardly any intensity and easily controlled by José Rojo ‘Pacheta”s team, unstitched unexpectedly at discountwhen Elche’s goal came accompanied by two expulsions that gave the local team the option of adding a victory that seemed impossible.

The match began in the worst possible way for Elche and in the best for Valladolid, since in minute 4 a shot from Larin, after a pass from Olaza, ended up in the net after hitting Magallán before the impotence of Edgar Badía.

The goal woke up Elche, who seconds later and as a reflex act had the option of drawing after a personal action by Lucas Boyé that Asenjo neutralized with a great save.

After the initial shootout, Real Valladolid slowed down the game by stretching their possessions at the rate set by Aguado.

Elche, without the vertigo or the depth of other occasions, found in the actions from set pieces, as a Mascarell free kick or a Boyé header after a corner kick, the possibility of surrounding the Valladolid area.

With the passing of the minutes, Elche advanced linesalthough without creating danger, against a Valladolid team that was content to handle the ball without ambition or depth.

The match was losing intensity, possibly due to the heat, which forced them to recover the hydration break, after which Valladolid returned better.

Pacheta’s team was once again close to the goal in an action in which Larin, with everything in his favour, did not know how to control and resolve against Badía in the last dangerous action of the first period.

Elche did not improve after the break despite the entry into the field of Tete Morente and Ponce, and Valladolid, little demanded, was encouraged to show something more ambitious with an omnipresent Aguado in the preparation and Larin always threatening up front.

The meeting was consumed without anything happening in the areas until a double opportunity starring Morente and Boyé, aborted by Asenjoignited the Elche spark again.

Elche, spurred on by their fans, went ahead with everything and began to produce arrivals and crosses into the area, although without a shot.

The new hydration break, protested by the Elche players, and the experience of Valladolid, who knew how to anesthetize the game in the last minutes with changes and loss of time, neutralized the local rush.

Elche, an orphan of football, pulled caste to the end against Valladolidin inferiority due to Machis’s injury.

Morente’s goal, after a rebound, in the 95th minute rewarded the local tenacity and sent Valladolid off center, who lost Hongla and Roque Mesa in a brawl shortly after, sent off. Elche, unleashed, went for the game and had the chance to win with a shot from Guti that Asenjo caught.

The final point was a slight reward for the Elche team and a harsh punishment for Valladolid, who paid for their lack of ambition in the second half with a tie.