It can be called luck, good management or, perhaps more correctly, simply football. Whatever the best definition, the truth is that the team led by Paulo Pezzolano has today ratified its particular ‘yes, I want’ to promotion to the First Division. Real Valladolid has managed to take the three points in a cathedral victory in order to achieve its aspirations in this silver category.
With the 0-1 victory against CD Mirandés in Anduva, Pucela are the sole leaders, with one more game than CD Leganés, and six points behind third place, SD Eibar. And the game couldn’t have started in a better way. In the second minute, Raúl Moro, one of the most electric and dribbling players in the category, collected a long ball to place himself alone in front of the local goalkeeper, who saw how the white and purple attacker managed to surpass him, scoring the first and only goal of the game.
From here on, Pezzolano’s team dominated the game, to the point that in the 5th minute Lucas Oliveira was about to extend the lead, but Ramón Juan prevented it with a splendid dive that thwarted the chance and sent the ball to the corner. .
However, the match would not be absent of scares, since one of the Mirandés attackers would send the ball to the post in the 22nd minute after a header and a bad start by Jordi Masip, which came close to causing displeasure to the Pucelana parish. . Even in the 34th minute, the visiting goalkeeper had to work harder to prevent the ball from entering after a powerful shot from outside the box by the Jabato team.
The Pucelanos arrived at half-time with the victory tied up, something that became increasingly clear-sighted with the expulsion of Mathis Lachuer in the 72nd minute. However, CD Mirandés would not abandon their aspirations either, in the final stages of the match they would insist on the goal of Jordi Masip.
But finally, fortunately for Real Valladolid, the Catalan goalkeeper would manage to close his sixth consecutive game with a clean sheet. This would also mean the fifth consecutive victory for those from Pucela, who are currently the most in-form team in the Second Division and main candidate for promotion to the First Division.
Next week, on Saturday at 6:30 p.m., they will have to face another of the category’s roosters, RCD Espanyol, who will visit the José Zorrilla with the aim of breaking the Blanquivioleta’s streak and preventing them from extending their good form. shape. The truth is that Pezzolano has managed to get back on track for a team that for part of the season seemed to be failing.
But Real Valladolid, for whatever reason, ends up taking the games forward and is now the main candidate to return, a year later, to the highest category of Spanish football.
