Guardiola turns off the alarms – AS.com

Vallecas knows what it is to suffer and what it is to celebrate, he knows how to live on the edge of the abyss and take flight. Sergi Guardiola rescued a point, which a priori would have meant nothing, but it ended up being everything, after Carlos Soler allied himself with luck to overtake Valencia. Rayo continues without winning in this 2022 (there are already twelve games: eight defeats and four draws) and that -once again and there are a few- deserved more loot. This point is not a big step for any of the contenders in their fight for Europe and salvation, but it helps. The che chained six days without falling and with their minds irremediably set on the final of the La Cartuja Cup. That appointment dreamed of by rayismo, guilty to a certain extent of this loop of bad results.

The match promised to be high voltage and it did not disappoint, exuding intensity from the first moments. Soon Isi warned from the front and Óscar started the first oops to the Vallecas stands with a low shot adjusted to the post that forced Mamardashvili to dive, although the Georgian did not touch the ball. Quite the opposite of theirs, the che, who had taken possession in this phase, but did not worry the rayistas. Very serious at the back, with a fairly fine-tuned defense despite the news, Maras and Rodrigues. The main rival was Captain Gayà.

Valencia’s first shot between the three posts — centered and without too much danger — was signed by Guedes and ended up dying in Dimitrievski’s mitts. It was minute 25. Isi had the reply from a free kick. His first attempt crashed into the barrier and the Murcian caught the rebound to put together a missile that Mamardashvili captured based on reflexes. That spurred the red-haired, increasingly present in the enemy area. Danger erupted from all sides. The last chance before the break came with a lateral cross by Sergi Guardiola, from the right, which crashed into the crossbar.

Bordalás moved the bench looking for Valencia’s reaction and it came in minute 57′. Guedes assisted Carlos Soler and his shot hit Catena, who deflected the ball and ended up deep in the goal. Fortune smiled at the che and turned its back—once again—on the rayistas. Just a few minutes later, on the first ball he touched, Pathé Ciss headed the equalizer, but did not get on the scoreboard due to the midfielder being offside.

The redheads did not give up. Balliu brujuleó Álvaro and the Valencian defense prevented the winger from finishing between the three posts. The clock was ticking and the pulses were shooting up. Rayo went with everything for 1-1. Isi and Mamardashvili were the protagonists again, as in the first half. The Georgian flew to deflect the Murcian’s whiplash, while the stands raised their hands to their heads. Racic’s chance didn’t help either, as he went wide. And in the middle of Holy Week, the Lightning found the resurrection after penance. An omnipotent Isi served it to Sergi Guardiola so that he overcame Gabriel Paulista and beat Mamardashvili with a cross shot. His face smeared with lime, his shout, his goal, drove Vallecas crazy.

Isi, sir I’m wrong, returned in search of the goal and ran into his worst nightmare, goalkeeper Che, who also became a wall for Nteka, who could get nothing out of his one-on-one. Vallecas shouted, Valencia recoiled and Rayo drowned him. Faith moves mountains, but could not do it with the scoreboard, although the locals made merits to take the three points. Until the end there was push and fight. Until the end there will be a fight for permanence. At the moment, the descent follows six…