The leader kept an income of three points over Valladolid and four over Eibar, third in the LaLiga SmartBank classification.
Almería survived the harassment of their pursuers and continues one more day at the top of the Spanish soccer LaLiga SmartBank classification, after adding a valuable draw (1-1) on Sunday in their visit to the Las Palmas field, on a day in the one that Real Valladolid and Girona prolonged their excellent moment of form after beating Burgos and Fuenlabrada.
If the Castilian team has made José Zorrilla an impregnable fortress, as witnessed by the seven consecutive victories chained by those of the coach Pacheta In their stadium, Girona has found in the Uruguayan striker Cristhian Stuani their best argument to fight for promotion.
As the Uruguayan international showed again this Sunday when he signed 35 minutes into the first half the goal that ultimately gave the Catalan team the victory (2-1) over Girona.
The goal not only confirmed the excellent moment of form that Stuani, the top scorer in the category, is going through, who added his seventh goal in the last six games, but also the strength of a Girona, which consolidated in the promotion positions after chaining his third consecutive victory.
One more adds Valladolid, who linked their four consecutive league triumph by beating Burgos 1-0 on Saturday with a sensational goal from Cristo González with nine minutes remaining.
Despite clearly dominating, the Pucelano team could not finish until the final stretch of the encounter with the Burgos resistance. A wait that was worth it for the locals given the beauty of both Cristo González, who established the final 1-0 with a subtle shot that slipped through the squad.
That victory allowed those of José Rojo Pacheta position themselves in positions of direct promotion awaiting the match that Eibar will play this Monday in the field of Oviedo, ninth classified.
A whole warning for Almería, which is already just two points ahead of Valladolid, after drawing 1-1 on Sunday at the UD Las Palmas field, in a clash in which the Andalusians survived the absence of their main references offensive.
The losses of Nigerian Umar Sadiq, concentrated with his selection for the dispute of the Africa Cup of Nations, and the injured Dyego Sousa and Juan Villar seemed to leave the Indálico team orphaned.
A prediction that seemed to be confirmed after the failure of Largie Ramazani who wasted at 35 minutes an unbeatable opportunity to overtake Almería on the scoreboard in a heads up with the local goalkeeper that the young Belgian forward, with everything in his favor, did not know sort out.
The visitors did not take long to pay for this failure, since a minute later Jonathan Viera signed the 1-0 for Las Palmas, after showing all the quality and coolness that Ramazani lacked in the area.
But even so, Almería did not surrender, which not only managed to equalize the contest five minutes into the second half with a goal from Englishman Arvin Appiah, but in the 72nd minute they could take the victory in a shot by Sergio Akieme that forced them to show off to the goalkeeper of Las Palmas.
A valuable draw that allowed Joan Francesc Ferrer’s men Ruby keep an income of three points over Valladolid and four over Eibar, despite having one game less than the Castilian team and two less than the Eibar team.
A true reflection of the hard-fought fight for the two direct promotion places in which the fourth-placed Tenerife, after drawing 1-1 last Friday at the Amorebieta field, in a match in which Luis Miguel Ramis’s men crashed into a formidable Unai Marino under the sticks.
The young goalkeeper of the Biscayan team avoided Tenerife’s winning goal up to four times with four superb interventions, especially in a point-blank shot by Alex Bermejo to which Marino responded with a spectacular save.
That result was not able to take advantage of Ponferradina, fifth classified, to overtake the insular in the standings, after drawing 0-0 at home this Sunday with Zaragoza, which is still unable to distance itself from the bottom of the table.
At least the Aragonese team, which added its twelfth draw of the season, managed to break the streak of three consecutive defeats with which it reached Toralín in a clash in which goalkeeper Cristian Álvarez was the best of the visiting team.
In fact, the Argentine goalkeeper avoided the defeat of Zaragoza with a sensational stop at 22 minutes to a shot from Agus Medina, condemning Ponferradina to a draw that will not prevent, however, the Bercianos from continuing to be installed in the promotion positions. .
A qualifying round for promotion, which seems increasingly distant for Sporting de Gijón, who failed to take advantage of the boost of morale that qualifying for the second round of the Copa del Rey represented after eliminating Villarreal last Thursday, after drawing ( 2-2) in the Málaga field.
It was useless for Sporting, who came to lead the classification for several days, to go ahead up to two times on the scoreboard with the goals of Montenegrin Uros Djurdjevic from penalties and Ukrainian Vasyl Kravets, after seeing how Ramón Enríquez established at 87 the final 2-2 with a sensational shot from outside the area. (D)
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