He Proper Oviedo suffered a severe blow in his fight for stay in LaLiga by falling 1-2 to the Elche CF in the Carlos Tartiere, a result that leaves him at the bottom and a foot and a half away from relegation.
After a good streak of three games without defeat, The Asturian team once again showed a worrying fragility, especially at the start of the match, where they conceded two goals in just 16 minutes that determined the entire match.
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First it was Bigaswith a powerful shot from outside the area at minute 6, and then Gonzalo Villarafter an error in the release of the ball, who left Oviedo on the ropes from very early on.
A first half that condemned Proper Oviedo
The team led by the former coach of the Tuzos de Pachuca Guillermo Almada He had a first half well below the required level in a key match for permanence.
Without tips, surpassed in intensity and without the ability to react, the Proper Oviedo he could barely compete against a Elche who dominated clearly and even came close to extending the lead before the break.
The Uruguayan Fede Viñasremembered in Mexico for his time in América and León, was one of the few rescuers in attack, trying to generate danger in a team that seemed disconnected.
Insufficient reaction in the second half
In the second half, the Proper Oviedo He improved with the changes and managed to advance lines, getting closer to the rival area more frequently.
The entry of players like Ilyas Chaira gave some dynamism, and it was Chaira himself who scored 1-2 with 15 minutes remaining, returning some hope to the fans.
However, the reaction came late and was not enough to avoid a defeat that could prove decisive in the season.
Guillermo Almada admits the blow: “We gave away Forty five minutes”
After the game, the coach Proper Oviedo, Guillermo Almadawas clear when analyzing his team’s performance.
“From my point of view, Elche’s two goals so early on hit us hard. The most important emotional blow is to receive a goal early and it happened to us twice. “We played very badly in the first half, then we improved,” he said at a press conference at the end of the game.
The coach also left a message of resistance in the midst of the crisis: “The way to save ourselves is to win the five games we have left. We are going to continue fighting, I know the players and they are going to fight until what they don’t have,” he said.
Relegation, getting closer and closer for Proper Oviedo
With this defeat, the Proper Oviedo is seven points away from safety, a distance that, with five days to go, seriously complicates its aspirations to stay in LaLiga.
The margin of error has been reduced to a minimum and the Proper Oviedo is obliged to react immediately if it wants to avoid a decline that today seems increasingly inevitable.
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