by Marko Milovanovicfurther known in the world of football as Marez, could have caused this text to never be written. It was the 89th minute of Almería-Athletic (0-0) played this Monday. The Andalusians, with ten players in the 53rd minute due to the expulsion of Ramazani’s torpedo, managed to put together a counterattack that Gonzalo Melero driven splendidly. The ball ended up reaching Marezi’s feet, but Unai Simon He covered the space perfectly and his ball, instead of going into the net, kissed the post before going wide.
In the Mediterranean Games Stadiums they are already preparing to celebrate a goal by their team, a sensation that Almería fans have not savored from their seats since November 11, when Arribas scored in Real’s 1-3 victory. Society. . And, better yet, they already saw each other celebrating Almería’s first victory so far in LaLigaafter 23 days of continuous disappointments.
Seven draws and no wins
But Marezi did not hit the goal, a new regret for this Almería team that was hopeless at the bottom of the classification with seven points, obtained in as many draws against Cádiz, Valencia, Granada, Betis, Mallorca, Girona and, of course, Athletic. There are already 13 difference with the salvation, reaffirming the feeling of being, for a few days, a virtually Second Division team.
And, even worse, since this Monday Almería has the dishonor of being the worst team in the history of the First Division at this point. Never has a team gone the first 24 days of the competition without winning a single game. The record, until now, was shared with Sporting, who in the last 1997-98 season stood in this step of the tournament with just four points. On matchday 24, however, they achieved one of their only two victories of the season against Racing (2-1). The other, as a curiosity, would come against Espanyol (1-0) on matchday 32, closing LaLiga with a pyrrhic 13 points.
“We are last for somethingbecause we make these types of childish mistakes,” lamented the Almería coach, Gaizka Garitano, after the draw against Athletic, referring above all to Ramazani’s double yellow that condemned them to play almost the entire second half with one less. Vasco is the team’s third coach this season. Vicente Moreno started the season in charge, being dismissed after seven days. Afterwards, Alberto Lasarte acted as interim coach for two games. And for the 10th day Garitano arrived, unable to right the inherited course .
Barça and Madrid were on the ropes
“I don’t remember a game that we haven’t been close to winning.Even today playing with one less, we have been close to doing so and against a team that is very good,” Garitano added, in a sort of sad consolation after adding a point against Athletic. And the paradoxical thing about Almería is that it has harvested good performances against the best in the competition. He tied, it is written, against Almería, was very close to giving Barça an upset in Montjuic and suffered a catastrophic refereeing mistake at the Bernabéu, where he went on to lead 0-2.
Two performances against the greats, in any case, that ended up with defeats for Almería, for whom giving a good image has not been a consolation for some time. They have only suffered two defeats, one against Girona and another against Sevilla, but his continuous defeats by the minimum or by two goals condemn him. They are already the worst team in LaLiga history at this point and they still have a long third of the road left until the championship final.
