A new blow of reality for Deportiva

At the perfect moment to show their best face and attack the playoff positions, Deportiva failed to deliver once again. Javi Rey’s team, which arrived in Eau Couto buoyed by two wins in a row, was unable to beat the more dominant Orense and ended up losing (2-1), ending the positive streak it had carried throughout the season. month of November.

Javi Rey’s side took to the O Couto pitch with a more attacking line-up than usual, switching to a 4-4-2 formation with Yeray Cabançon alongside Alex Costa at the point of attack and showing their bold stance by continuing to add three from three. The initial attitude was not in line with the chosen system, as Deportiva remained in a low block in the early stages against the local team’s monopoly of possession.

Ourense strikes first

This dominance in the first minutes led to the first dangerous actions in front of Andres Prieto’s goal. The Bercians did not wake up, but Pablo Lopez’s team was not afraid to take a step forward and take advantage of it. In the eleventh minute, Andrada ran down the right flank and crossed to Carbonell, who, faced with the blue and white’s passivity in defense, completely alone made an acrobatic strike from the center of the penalty area and scored the first goal of the match.

Influenced by the context of the match, having seen themselves behind, Javi Rey’s men pressed forward in search of an equalizer, stringing together goals, although not showing strength in the final third of the field. Yeray, despite his leading position, took advantage of the offensive need to hold his position and look to cause damage with his accuracy between the lines, becoming the only player capable of looking for something different in Bercian’s attack.

La Deportiva does not respond

After half an hour of the match, the blue and white players seemed helpless in the face of the impossibility of creating danger, despite the fact that they had controlled the ball longer. Orense, aware of the weaknesses of Javi Rey’s side when it comes to creating dangers that had been repeated at the start of the season, felt comfortable on the pitch, defending together with their ranks and managing the timing of the game.

The ineffectiveness of Javi Rey’s team’s attack was so great that it was not until the 39th minute that Deportiva made its first shot on goal with Sibylla’s header without any problems for the local goalkeeper. The break began without any sign of threat from the Bercian attackers and, as happened on the final day against Amorebieta, the match scenario forced the visiting coach to make a decision to turn the tide and improve the game.

Defense problems are returning.

This time there was no reaction at half-time, signaling another display of home team dominance on the pitch after the restart. As happened at the beginning of the clash, the locals quickly attacked and in a scenario copied from the original, the light changed again in favor of the locals. With a dead ball, defensive problems were once again evident at the Estadio O Couto and Zalaya took advantage of this to open an opening on the scoreboard.

Sibille once again stood out in the scoring play, as had already happened for the first goal, and this led to a reaction from Javi Rey, who sent the Bercia center back to the bench to bring on Douai and finally go in search of a draw. . The Frenchman’s appearance, added to those of Ernesto and Borja Valle, represented a slight improvement in a Bercia team that had seemed livelier in attack as time went on.

Ponferradina gets closer on the scoreboard

In Alvaro Ramon’s first dangerous run down the left flank, the blue and white winger made a measured low cross, finding Ernesto to send the ball into the net. The Andalusian footballer did not need even ten minutes on the field to show his scoring instincts and reduce the gap. This goal was the impetus for the Bercians to stop relying on the defense of Raul Barqueta, who is responsible for the constant support of his team.

Good work from the Ourense goalkeeper and changes in the local ranks gradually dampened the momentum of the blue and white, who continued to dominate the ball, although again without success in the final stretch. The last minutes showed that Deportiva was looking for a formula to break through the defense without losing its solidity. Despite the final attacks of Javi Rey’s team, the Galicians’ defensive work kept the score until the referee’s final whistle.

Thus, the Bercian team returns to its special reality of the beginning of the season and breaks the streak of two victories in a row, thereby missing the opportunity to storm the playoff positions. Javi Rey, despite the team’s improvement over the last two matchdays, has again found himself in the spotlight for the attacking and defensive shortcomings of a Ponferradina team that is not quite on the pitch.