El Anguiano achieves glory

Anguiano is a Second Federation team. The mountain side drew 1-1 against Ardoi and made good the 3-0 win in the first leg in Zizur Mayor. The club from the town of half a thousand inhabitants thus writes its brightest page in its history before nearly 1,500 spectators who packed the small Isla. When referee Sánchez whistled the end of the match, around 7:25 p.m. this Sunday, the mountain field went mad. Players and fans became one, another example of the communion that has existed in this campaign.

And Anguiano didn’t start off comfortably. Too trapped, he turned to defend his goal from the first attacks of an Ardoi who went in search of ‘all or nothing’. The mountain team closed well, but suffered excessively. Azkue, Gurpegui, Asín, Armendariz and Eder tried their luck from outside, but either Heras closed his goal or the balls passed nearby.

Isla was a silent place despite the large number of people who came up to see Anguiano make history. Only after a quarter of an hour did Azofra approach the visiting area with a timid shot that Jordán caught without problems.

The minutes passed and the scheme proposed by Héctor Urquía seemed to work, with a line of five defenders and in front, one of the heroes of the azulón team. The forward played with discretion, holding off the entire visiting defense.

After the first twenty minutes, the Rioja team gained positions as if the game were about chess. In this way, with the ball further from their area the mountain team had fewer hot flashes.

In the second half, everything turned upside down for Anguiano. Ten minutes after passing through the locker room, a gallop by Joel Barcina was going to lead to the winning goal. The winger left his mark on the right and crossed for Olarte, completely alone, to score at will. The tie was 4-0 for the Riojans, who a few minutes later saw Ardoi cut the lead with a goal from Lizárraga, who had just stepped onto the field.

Far from being intimidated, Anguiano played with a draw, kept his cool and took the ball. He had it in his pocket. It was just a matter of time