by Cartagena scored a great comeback in the second half against Villarreal B and won (4-1), their fourth in this league, which allows them to leave the bottom position.
Julián Calero’s men are now penultimate, with 18 points and five of the places that give salvation.
The Castellón team is seventeenth with 24, only one above the relegation positions.
Efesé, who already won the first round at the Estadio de la Cerámica and also coming back, then by 1-2, showed that the goal of permanence is possible.
Calero opted for Andy Rodríguez, who debuted after being signed in this winter market, and Iván Ayllón, accompanying Alfredo Ortuño in the attack, as the main novelties with respect to his eleven type, from which Isak Jansson fell at the last minute due to illness .
In the yellow reserve, Miguel Álvarez arranged a lineup with only one change compared to the one he used in the 1-1 match against Real Oviedo and Pablo Íñiguez entered the center of defense in place of Antonio Espigares.
Villarreal B attacked more from the beginning although without much finishing and a deflected shot by Jorge Pascual was a warning of their intentions. In Cartagena, Luis Muñoz, with a muscle problem, ended his participation half an hour into the match and Juanjo Nárvaez came on in his place.
In the 36th minute, a late start by Marc Martínez led to a penalty against Cartagena by throwing Álex Forés in an action without discussion. Javi Ontiveros, from 11 meters, deceived the goalkeeper and placed the ball to his right to establish the 0-1.
Cartagena, without a response, could have conceded the second, but Rodrigo Alonso’s shot from the edge of the area went high.
Andy Rodríguez, in the last play of the first half, took a direct free kick and hit the ball into the left post of the goal defended by Iker Álvarez.
Andy himself, with his good ball stroke, created danger by launching corner kicks and in one of them Alfredo Ortuño failed in a way that is difficult to explain when he was in the small area to finish off a header from Damián Musto.
Efesé improved a lot in the second half, in attitude and football, and achieved the tie after another penalty committed by Iker Álvarez when he stepped on Iván Ayllón inside the area. Alfredo Ortuño took advantage of it with a strong and placed shot. The Yeclano’s sixth goal of the season earned the tie and was a boost for his team.
Musto, with a cross shot that went wide, sought the second local goal. Iván Calero did the same, who ran into the yellow goalkeeper; and Juanjo Nárvaez, whose touch after another corner ended up hitting the crossbar.
Andy Rodríguez’s mastery with the centers was aided by the misfortune of Alberto del Moral, who put a new corner into his goal by what is today the only signing of the black and white in the winter market.
Villarreal B looked for a reaction and just two minutes after conceding the 2-1, a cross-shot from Carlo García forced Marc Martínez to intervene, but what came was Efesé’s third goal on the counterattack, scored by Juanjo Nárvaez after a great ride with a lethal pass from Jairo Izquierdo.
Yes Yes. Another corner taken by Andy allowed Tomás Alarcón to make it 4-1 with a good kick. Lautaro de León “Lauti” and debutant Mamadou Cellou forgave the home team’s fifth goal against Iker Álvarez, while Álex Forés was also able to reduce the deficit for a Villarreal B team that was at the mercy of its rival in the second half.
