Elche and Mallorca sign tables in a duel full of tension and with a lot of VAR

MADRID, 10 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Elche and Mallorca closed this Monday the eighth day of LaLiga Santander 2022-2023 with a one-goal tie at the Martínez Valero Stadium, after a very tense duel that ended with both teams with ten players after the intervention of a VAR that He was very protagonist.

The franjiverde team continues without knowing what victory is this campaign and could not change its dynamic in the premiere of Alfonso Gallego, interim substitute for the dismissed Francisco Rodríguez. He had the lead on the scoreboard, but an inopportune action by Lucas Boyé complicated things for him and in the end he had to settle for a point that was not worth much.

The match already warned of emotions when it had to delay its start for half an hour due to rain and began with a vermilion team warning in a very serious way with two very clear chances, both in the boots of Vedat Muriqi.

The Kosovar striker forgave a one-on-one against Edgar Badía at the minute of play, but the one he had minutes later was better when Pizarro Gómez, via VAR, signaled a Bigas penalty on Antonio Sánchez and the visiting scorer could not beat the local goalkeeper either.

The punishment that Mallorca received for these unsuccessful occasions and their was severe since Elche, who had also sent some warning, went ahead on the scoreboard with a great header from Ezequiel Ponce at the exit of a corner kick, a luck in which those of Javier Aguirre had also threatened.

The advantage on the scoreboard gave the Elche team some peace of mind, which replied with order to the greater dominance of a rival, who then did not find the way to Badía's goal and who lacked some finesse in some of his transitions.

After the break, the game changed before game time. Gallego put in Lucas Boyè, but the Argentine did not measure well in a divided ball with Valjent and the VAR intervened to send him off when he had been on the field for a couple of minutes. The superiority gave wings to Mallorca, who managed to tie with another penalty after a Badía exit that collided with Raíllo and that this time Muriqi did not forgive.

Elche suffered when the video arbitration warned of a blow from the Kosovar striker to Pere Milla and that he also sent the shower. The equality of troops gave the locals air and opened up the game a lot in the final minutes, but neither Roger Martí nor Pere Milla, for the franjiverdes, nor Ángel, for the vermilion, took advantage of their options to give the three points.