ANDhe Deportivo Alavés won and convinced Laguardia, in the friendly match that faced Mirandés. Those of Javier Calleja played in an orderly manner during the ninety minutes, and they were the ones that led the most danger to the opposing goal. For their part, it was difficult for the rojillos to generate play and they could hardly generate danger with the ball, in a game in which the heat affected the players of both teams.
The first half passed in a very calm way, with the two teams feeling each other during the 45 minutes. There was no action of too much danger, and the most remarkable thing is that the Deportivo Alavés player Mamadou loum he had to ask for the change due to “muscular problems”, although the extent of these complaints is not yet known.
In the second half the Albiazules came out somewhat more aggressive and hurtful and caused more threat to the defense of Mirandés, so much so that in the 48th minute the referee annulled a goal to Iván Martín, who had beaten goalkeeper Aritz after being alone against the goal. As it was, the goal would not arrive until minute 78 of the match, when Georgian Gio Gagua (who had entered the second half) perfectly headed a good cross that Ximo Navarro had served him from the right. That was the only and definitive goal of the match, which helped Deportivo Alavés win the XX. Edition of the Villa de Laguardia Trophy.
The name of Joselu Mato shone again by its absence in the call of the Vitoria, something already common this preseason. It is known that Sevilla continues to try to convince Alavés to get the Galician footballer to play on the banks of the Nervión this year, but the Albiazul club explains that the fact that he has not been called up is due to the fact that “he continues to recover from muscular discomfort”.
In addition, a detail: the number 9 (the one used by Joselu throughout his stage in Vitoria-Gasteiz) was carried by Gagua against Mirandés, when the rest of the players used the numbers that they have usually had at Deportivo Alavés.
DATA SHEET
Mirandés: Lizoain; Carreira, Sanchís, Olguín, Alex López; Meseguer, I. Vicente, Simón, Capellini; Iago López, Letic.
Aritz De Miguel, Ramón, Odei, Rementería, Imanol, Óscar, Eric, Oriol Rey also played.
Deportivo Alavés: Sivera; Martín Agirregabiria, Tachi, Lejeune, Javi López; Iván Martín, Manu García, Toni Moya, Loum, Edgar and Guidetti.
Pina, Lucas Pérez, Pere Pons, Duarte, Gagua, Laguardia, Abqar, Ximo Navarro, Saúl, Borja Sainz also played.
Referee: Jonay Ríos (col. Alavés).
Goal: 1-0. Min 78. Gagua.
