English:
Valencia and Elche Draw in Tense Mestalla Encounter
Valencia and Elche played out a 1 to 1 draw in a hard-fought match held at the Estadio de Mestalla, in the 19th round of La Liga. The match, refereed by Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias, was characterized by Elche’s high ball possession (62%), although Valencia generated more danger with 16 total shots, 4 of which were on target.
Elche, despite having fewer clear chances, took the lead in the 75th minute thanks to a goal by G. Diangana, assisted by A. Pedrosa. However, the joy was short-lived, as Valencia equalized in the 87th minute through a penalty converted by Pepelu.
The match was tense, reflected in the yellow cards shown to A. Nuñez and V. Chust for Elche, and to Pepelu and L. Ramazani for Valencia. Despite their dominance in possession, Elche only managed one shot on target from their four attempts. Valencia, for their part, had 8 corners in their favour, while Elche had 6. Regarding fouls, Elche committed 13, while Valencia made 14. In the end, a point for each team in a very tight game.
Substitutions valencia: at minute 17 T. Correia came in and D. Foulquier went out., at minute 65 A. Almeida came in and A. Danjuma went out., at minute 65 L. Beltran came in and U. Sadiq went out., at minute 77 F. Ugrinic came in and J. Guerra went out., at minute 77 D. Lopez came in and L. Ramazani went out.
Substitutions elche: at minute 60 P. Bigas came in and D. Affengruber went out., at minute 60 Y. Santiago came in and A. Boayar went out., at minute 74 A. Nunez came in and A. Pedrosa went out., at minute 74 M. Neto came in and G. Diangana went out., at minute 83 A. Febas came in and F. Redondo Solari went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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