Sunday, November 3, 2024, 9:35 p.m.
After two draws and a defeat in the league, Barakaldo returned to the path of victory in Lasesarre, with a victory resulting from commendable work and effort. It’s what he needed to overcome a tough Tarazona. After an even first half, the Gualdinegros tipped the balance in a brilliant second half, in which all the goals also came. In this way, they climb to third place, maintaining their play-off positions.
Unai Perez; De Jesus, Muguruza, Borja Garcia, Oier Lopez; Shipwreck, Jesus Martinez (Huidobro, min. 64); Luis Bilbao (Bujan, 64 mins), Uriarte (Molina, 82 mins), Pablo James (Txoperena, 86 mins); Sannadi (Revilla, min. 82).
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Lazarus; Camus, Juan Rodríguez, Vadik, Chechu (Llácer, min. 69); Areso (Marc Álvarez, min. 61), Rico, Buyla (Iker Gil, min. 82), Pepe Mena (Romero, min. 69); Cubillas (Javi Martín, min. 61) and Fuentes.
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GOALS
1-0; Luis Bilbao (min. 52). 2-0; Sannadi (min. 80). 3-0; The best (min. 90) -
ARBITRATOR
Crespo Puente, from the Cantabrian school, warned the visitor Pepe Mena (min. 25). -
INCIDENTS
2,550 spectators in Lasesarre.
Whenever Imanol de la Sota has been questioned about the success of this Barakaldo team in recent years, his response has been that it is the result of the internal competition of the entire squad, highlighting that all his players are equally deserving of minutes. Proof of this has been this week of three games, with the Copa del Rey in between, in which the coach has lined up 23 of his 24 players at the start, with the only exception of the Mexican Iñigo Ariztia, still without minutes.
In this case, against the Aragonese, only three of those who started in Wednesday’s cup match against Lleida repeated: Borja García, Beñat de Jesús and Unai Naveira. In front, an always tough Tarazona managed to neutralize the fang and verticality characteristic of the Gualdinegros, who could not generate everything they would have liked on the offensive level. Of course, they were the ones who commanded and carried the baton of the clash.
Splendid second part
They had several options to break the tie in the first half, although none of them put Diego Lázaro in excessive trouble. In fact, the clearest chance during the first 45 minutes came from the visiting team, which was very recessed and trying to surprise through direct play. He achieved it fifteen minutes into the match, leaving Arián Fuentes in front of Unai Pérez, but the Ondarroa goalkeeper overtook him perfectly to beat him.
The truth is that the first half did not give much more of itself. It was flat and warm. After passing through the locker room, everything would change with Luis Bilbao’s early goal. The winger made a good drive down the right side and scored to beat Lázaro, making his debut as a scorer with the black jersey in his first game as a starter. The goal had a positive effect on the factory team, who grew and were very incisive in attack, as if they needed to score another goal.
