Orihuela loses (1-2) in front of 3,200 fans for attacking too late in Los Arcos | The truth

Despite yesterday's serious setback at home, the team he leads Sergi Guillówith two league games remaining, remain in the promotion position, four points ahead of the Eagles and two on him Esteponawhat's more, and with both the golaveraje in favor of Orihuela thanks to the crucial draws (0-0) in the first round of the team led by coach Óscar Sánchez, dismissed in December.

Right now, the Oriolanos, if they want to depend only on their own results, must at least tie on Sunday in Cartagena against Rácing Mar Menor, a team that competes to avoid relegation, among others, with San Roque de Lepe, visitor on the last day in Los Arcos, where the scorpions they must win the last league game to prevent Estepona from snatching the fifth and final place in the promotion if the Malaga team wins their last two games. Estepona receives La Unión on Sunday, which is fighting to avoid relegation, and on the last day they travel to the fiefdom of the Betis subsidiary that is also competing for a promotion position.

Play attack before

As Scorpions fans enjoyed quality football for decades, with teams and coaches fighting for promotions to Second and even First, yesterday, at the exit of Los Arcos, a group of faithful fans debated two questions that one of them asked: « Why do we lose more than half a game with slow play without dangerously reaching their area? And why do we only take risks with speed and a winning spirit, with courage to attack, only when we are losing like we did against Águilas when we came back from (0-1)?

Because it is very true that in the second half, after De las Cuevas entered with his speed and offensive daring, plus the forward Sebas, and Goyo with his quality and constant incursions down the left wing, it is very true that During the last twenty minutes, with a defeat (0-2), the Scorpions surrounded the Linense goalthey scored a goal (2-1) and were very close to a tie scoring chances by Hamza, Florián, De las Cuevas and Goyo. They could even have won if they had gone on the attack sooner.

Serious mistake by the referee

The referee of the Murciano School, Salvador Abril Portillo, perfectly assisted by Miguel Ángel Martínez and José Belando, only made one mistake, but it was serious. To the point that he was able to influence the final result, benefiting the offender, a Linense player, to the detriment of the victim, the young scorpion Goyo. Because, With his mistake, the referee frustrated the obvious scoring opportunity created by Goyo, perhaps the final tie (2-2), In a spectacular attack, the side defender stepped into the area with his usual progressions towards the attack on the left side.

He ran minute 93with the hopeful (1-2) thanks to Callejón's intelligent pass into the area that Florián headed into the back of the goal. When Goyó launched himself with speed into the attack on the left wing, he passed to Callejón, who, due to his technical quality, returned the ball to him in a perfect wall.

It was then that Goyo, with attacking daring, looked for one on one. He boldly launched himself face to face with the ball for a defender and overtook him. Then a second defender came out and grabbed him as he was also overwhelmed by the scorpion's change of pace, and then a third defender hit him outside the area, almost over the line. Goyo fell to the ground, but in split seconds he bounced off the grass, surprising everyone, and continued into the area towards the goal. either to shoot or to pass to Florián or Sebas, in a clear position to finish and score the tying goal (2-2).

But the referee, without granting the 'law of advantage', and on the contrary benefiting the offender, cut off Goyo's fast run towards the goal.and at the same time signaled a foul outside the area for the third defender's kick to the scorpion, when he, bravely, after overcoming a grab and suffering the harsh tackle, had progressed with the ball at full speed and was heading towards the goal in a obvious scoring opportunity.

Aitor could do little in the two goals

Goalkeeper Aitor Arias could do almost nothing yesterday in the two goals which he received yesterday in Los Arcos in front of La Balona. The first (0-1) in an impressive and powerful shot from outside the Pitu area, with the ball sliding over the grass and at high speed, entering his goal, grazing the base of his right post. Not even in the second (0-2) after a corner kick, with a loose ball inside the area that Carbía caught, who without opposition and even almost turning around ended up throwing the ball also close to the base of the right post.

Goalkeeper Aitor Arias, one of the idols of the fans and the Eskorpión Front, Just as in the promotion to Second RFEF with Óscar Sánchez, he is now decisive again due to his bravery and outstanding interventions. Because the young Valencian goalkeeper avoided at least six defeats since the arrival of the new coach, Sergi Guilló, in Decemberthat is, the defeat with one less player against Sevilla (0-0) (already champion and promoted), in La Condomina where he avoided two goals from UCAM (0-2), at Cartagonova (0-1) with a goal from Espejo in the 93rd minute and in The Arches (2-0) with 10 footballers against Palo and (1-1) with Marbellawithout forgetting their felines stops in Yecla (0-1) also with one less player throughout the second part.

The Orihuela CF goalkeeper stands out much more because The current coach Sergi Guilló, assistant to Óscar Sánchez until December, in order to climb positions, opted in his debut in the Second RFEF to defend the goal from the opening whistle and establish the 0-0, as a priority. All in all, the young coach from Elche has great attacking potential as a result of the arrival of seven reinforcements from the president in January.

Goals is promotion

Now, the technical team that commands Sergi Guilló must reflect and train to maintain defensive security (11 goals conceded in 18 games for the new coach) and make the most of the offensive and scoring capabilities of the players on their team (scored 20 goals in 17 games)with the objective of score two goals per game to increase the chances of promotion.

Scorpion football, with Eloy Moreno at Orihuela CF and the conversion into a public limited company, now only lacking the approval of the Higher Sports Councilwants to recover the third category of Spanish football where it played in the most brilliant stages of its history during the eighties and nineties. And he disputed the promotion to Second with Asier Garitano (today Tenerife coach) and two more in a row with the Oriolano coach José Francisco Grao 'Pato' (today at Real Murcia in the Youth Honor Division).

Brilliant story

In the history of Scorpion football, the 1984-85 season, with coach Enrique Mateos (five-time European Cup championfrom 1956 to 1960, as a winger and scorer in the Real Madrid of Di Stéfano and Santiago Bernabéu), when the Orihuela Deportiva qualified just 2 points away from direct promotion to Second that the first two, Rayo Vallecano and Albacete, won. In that memorable team the goalkeeper Goyo, Mario Jaquet, Piñero, Reche and Chinchilla, Ginés, Miguel, Sánchez Corona, Mateo and the ex-Murcia players Macanás and García Murcia played. Also remember that the now professional and Alicante coach Bordalás (Getafe) was a player for Orihuela Deportiva, As well as Orihuela CF technicians, the current professional coach Juan Ignacio Martínez JIM and Asier Garitano were also present.

In the medium term, the current Orihuela CF that manages Eloy Moreno seeks promotion to Second, where Scorpion football competed in 1951 and 1952 and in the brilliant 1990-91 season, when Orihuela Deportiva qualified fifth, behind Real Murcia and Málaga one place away from promotion, and only five points from the promotion to First Division achieved by Depor coached by Arsenio Iglesias and Albacete Balompié by Benito Floro. The historic Orihuela Deportiva chaired by José Esquiva was sanctioned with an administrative relegation on July 31, 1991after being one step away from promotion to First, as a result of complaints in the AFE for non-payment of a total of 102 million pesetas.

Higinio, Subirats and the scorer García Pitarch

The template of unforgettable Orihuela Deportiva (1990-1991), full of former Primera footballers, which achieved the best classification in the history of scorpion football, one place away from promotion and 5 points away from promotion to First Divisionit was directed in the preseason and 8 first games by the veteran Basque coach Nando Yosu (Oviedo, Granada and promotions with Rácing de Santander, 7 seasons in the First Division and 8 in the Second), and 36 games by Llompart, a Mallorcan midfielder with the most games in the First Division. with Elche CF (Elche CF and Mallorca in First and Second).

The Scorpions fans enjoyed the goalkeepers Espín (Elche, Albacete, Ceuta and Real Murcia) and Marcos (Albacete and Mallorca), with Higinio (Valencia and Real Murcia), Vlaho Macan (Hajduk Spilk and Racing de Santander), Sagarduy (Cartagena) , Latorre and Ramos (Hércules), Casuco (Zaragoza), Manolo (Elche), Javi Rey (Rayo Vallecano and Real Murcia), Andrés (Barcelona Atlético and Recreativo), Subirats (Valencia), the scorer García Pitarch (Valencia and Logroñés) , Juan Mata (Burgos and Salamanca) father of the international Mata who was born in Orihuela, Mauri (Dépor and Rácing), Chaparro (Salamanca and Rácing), José Luis (9 campaigns for Dépor, Betis and Granada), the Elche scorer Sigüenza (Albacete , Cartagena, Lleida, Toledo, Hércules and Real Murcia), Córcoles (Real Murcia, Castellón and Torrevieja), Francisco (Cádiz), Aguilar, Rocky and Verza (father of former professional Verza, midfielder for Orihuela Deportiva, Villarreal, Levante and Almería in First and Second).