SPORTING 0 – OVIEDO 1 Oviedo de Ziganda repeats

It was Radomir Antic who, in his first stage on the Oviedista bench, suggested that he deserved a monument in the capital of the Principality as driver of that team led by Jokanovic and Prosinecki. Several decades later, Oviedismo will have to start thinking about whether José Ángel Ziganda deserves such recognition, the coach who has managed to add his third consecutive victory in the Asturian derby no less than in the feud of the eternal rival. Sporting, in a season to forget, was once again unable to beat Oviedo del Cuco Ziganda.

Neither Djukic, nor Gallego nor now Martí have been able to instill in Sporting the competitive spirit and the magic formula to avoid the greatest embarrassment for their fans, such as being defeated by Oviedo in El Molinón. And that this time it seemed in the first part that things could change. But the carbayón team felt superior after the break and took the three points, it must be said, in another unfortunate move for the rojiblancos.

Juan Berrocal, protagonist in more actions that have cost his team goals, failed to clear the umpteenth center from the left and what he did was mislead Cuéllar and introduce the ball into his goal. Babin arrived late and the goal went up on the scoreboard with Borja Bastón’s celebration that pushed the leather into the net. Oviedo always carried a lot of danger on the left wing with Frenchman Pierre Cornud who became a dagger for his team on that side.

The game was very balanced in the first half. Sporting had three actions to score, in headers by Bogdan Milovanov (10′) and Christian Rivera (15′) as well as a shot by Kravets (44′) that went near the right post of the Femenías goal.

change of decoration

A extraordinary volley by Luismi (32′), to which Cuéllar responded with the save of the night, and a header from Javi Mier (34′), which narrowly went high, were Oviedo’s chances before the break. Going through the changing rooms was going to change the decoration of this derby.

Ziganda’s Oviedo took a step forward, took control of the match and was favored by a fearful, shrunken Sporting, worse positioned on the field and more dedicated to running after the ball than controlling it and leading it to the visiting goal. Femenías only had to work hard on a hard shot from Uros Djurdjevic (77′). The rest of the rojiblanco danger came with two shots by Aitor García that went very far from the Oviedista goal.

Two expelled at the end

Oviedo, who had warned on several arrivals, especially on the left flank, found another action by Pierre Cornud that Juan Berrocal failed to clear and ended in the Oviedo winning goal. opposite was a rival that gave a worrying feeling of impotence.

So much so that all the sportinguista frustration came out on the pitch with a confrontation after the final whistle that left a sad epilogue for the Asturian derby. Several Sporting players went for Joan Femenías when the blue players tried to celebrate the victory in the background where the local animation stands are located. As a result of that brawl, referee Trujillo Suárez has reflected in the minutes the expulsion of the rojiblancos players Christian Rivera and Berto González for attacking the Oviedo goalkeeper.