Amorebieta says goodbye to the course with a victory in discount after a friendly and peaceful duel with Ponferradina, with nothing at stake for both teams. Unzueta’s goal in minute 93 gives the Blues victory in an afternoon of farewells. Mujika’s men say goodbye to professional football after their last game of the season in LaLiga SmartBank in Lezama in front of their fans. On the other hand, in the visitors, Jon Pérez Bolo ends his four-year stage in the Berciano team. With this victory, the locals finish 19th, that is, the first of those relegated. A no less important factor in case there could be any administrative decline of any of the teams in the category.
As for the initial bets, Haritz Mujika’s last eleven included several novelties in the last line-up of the season. Ownership for three of the veterans who leave the club such as Aimar, Mikel Álvaro and Saizar, who received an initial tribute with a gift of its president Jon Larreashirt framed with number of the number of games played as blue. In addition, Markel Lozano and Peru completed the line of three, with Larra and Seguín in the lanes. In midfield, San José in the pivot was accompanied by Ros and Álvaro. Upstairs, without Guru, two of the promotion’s forwards such as Obieta and Orozko formed a duo. So that six of the eleven were architects of the heroic ascent.
For its part, Jon Pérez Bolo’s last bet on the bench, which leaves the Bercian club after four seasons, was made up of Lucho García in goal, with Amo and Pascanu in defense and Castellano and Iván on the wings. Double pivot for Saúl Crespo and Paul Anton, with Naranjo on the left and Ojeda on the right. Upstairs, the attacking duo was completed by Agus Medina along with the legendary Brazilian striker Yuri.
The duel started with the low intensity and tension that was expected given how little was at stake in Lezama. La Ponfe took control of the ball, but without danger in the rival area. Agus Medina opened the ban on chances with a good shot that forced a meritorious save by Saizar. As a result of that, Amore stretched and had three really clear opportunities to unbalance the initial scoreboard. Even Orozko managed to score with a phenomenal definition in the heads-up, but it was annulled by a fairly tight offside. Immediately afterwards, the blue 20 had it again. Mikel Álvaro and Obi were also close to defining two good lateral centers. The visitors’ reply came with a shot by Paul Anton from the edge of the box that crashed into the crossbar. The halfway point of the duel was reached with a shot by Yuri from the top of the area that skimmed the post.
The second half began with alternatives on the part of both, who played with a little more ease. Obi was close to opening the can, but without much of an angle the shot went over the crossbar. In goal, Saizar successfully intervened again with a low shot. At game time came the clearest for Bolo. A Ojeda’s resounding failure, which sent it over the crossbar in a shot at will without opposition. The meeting followed a fairly peaceful path, but with serious rapprochement in both areas. In the substitution section, Mikel Álvaro and Aimar each received a standing ovation from the 1,218 fans who attended Lezama. Agus Medina had it inside the area in an excessive cross shot. Almost on the horn, Iker Unzueta broke the tables with a header after Iker Seguín’s cross. The striker from Abadiño thus gave his fans a farewell win. Fifth consecutive victory in the Zornotzarra feud.
With the final whistle of the match also came the blue goodbye of those on loan Larrazabal, Javi Ros, Moreno and Peru, in addition to the aforementioned honorees Saizar, Aimar and Mikel Álvaro. All of them and the entire Zornotzarra squad received a resounding applause from the zornotzarras fans in gratitude for the unforgettable year they have enjoyed in the silver category. Also the many Bercianos followers fired their players at the end of the clash that closed the campaign for Amorebieta and Ponferradina.