The Maño team is at the top of the table after defeating Valladolid with a goal from France
The blanquillo central defender maintains the undefeated status of the Aragonese team
With a solitary goal after half an hour of Alexander French, Real Zaragoza extended its good start to the current season by beat Real Valladolidunsuccessful in attack and still fully established in the new category, and add his second victory in a row.
The clash was dominated by the locals, who they surpassed a serious and tough opponent, but who still assimilates his fall to the second category of Spanish football.
Both teams entered the match with identical numbers, after having added the three points in the first match of the championship, against Villareal Bin the case of premises, and against the sporting gijonin the visitors, with two goals in the locker.
on the field, Fran Escribá repeated the eleven that he beat against the Villarreal subsidiary, while Paulo Pezzolano introduced a single change in his starting lineup, to Quintana for Rofino in the center of the rear. The match began with both squads measuring themselves and testing the mettle of the rival, with incursions like the one starring Franchoin minute 3, the shot that went to the clouds of Squirein minute 6, and the foul kicked violently by Monchu from the left side that made Cristian work.
Valladolid pressed up, while Zaragoza responded with chances, the two clearest, a shot from Moya that hit the left post in the 24th minute and, shortly after, the Azón’s almost solo opportunitywho went to corner.
At the exit of a corner
It was precisely this corner kick that led to the first goal of the match, in the 31st minute, work of the French squad player after taking advantage of the rejection of the corner kick inside the area and that put the locals ahead.
The goal led to a rough final stretch of the first half, in which there were continuous stoppages, the longest, so that the referee asked the VAR to review a possible penalty in favor of the visitors which, in the end, was not granted. With these breaks, including the one for refreshments, and no less than 9 minutes of added time, the first half ended with the blanquillos winning by the minimum and a second half ahead that promised intensity.
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The most plugged-in locals returned to the field of play and theirs were the main occasions, among which stand out a low and adjusted shot to the left post of Bakiswho left narrowly, and the goal annulled in the 54th minute for offside by a teammate to Maikel Mesa.
In fact, the goal from the canary, who took advantage of a pass from Francho who walked through the area until he reached his feet, went up on the scoreboard, but it was the VAR that finally determined that it should be annulled due to an illegal position of Table.
After that, the game entered a phase of relaxation, more dominated by the whites, although Valladolid was very close to equalizing the score in the 75th minute, when a powerful shot by Iván Sánchez from the edge of the area hit the crossbar.
From that moment on, the pucelanos took control of the match and the chances, but their effort it was not enough to change a result that left the three points in La Romareda.