Photos: Sergio Betancort
It was a first half of clear local dominance, where the Ciudad Deportiva gathered around 300 fans for the restart of this league day. The first half would see Marítima make several incursions by attacker Abraham, who created serious danger in the 31st minute when he broke down the right wing and crossed a ball that wandered alone through the area, and Rosmen was unable to finish. The same happened in the 39th minute when, in the center of the area, Abraham himself took advantage of a failure by the Celta defense and, alone in front of the rival goalkeeper, sent a weak shot. In the 43rd minute, the aforementioned player would ask for a change due to discomfort in his ankle, and coach Machín replaced him with Francis.
Already for the second half, Marítima very early, in the 5th minute, put the score at 2-0, when Aridani dribbled past the entire Celta defense and inside the area very relaxed, he calmly finished at goal and achieved one of the most beautiful goals seen in Arrecife.
But the situation became complicated for those led by Juan Antonio Machín, in just 3 minutes the Galician team tied the game with two penalties, the first of which was questioned because the play was not very clear, however the referee decreed the sanction and Celta equalized the actions in the 57th with a penalty converted by Richi, and in the 60th another penalty converted by Matías after a previous foul by Quique who would see the yellow card. 2-2 and there was still a lot of game left.
However, Orientación Marítima was not in this day to lose and even less against the rival on duty, this victory means passing Celta in the table and being better placed in the general standings. The change made by coach Machín, of bringing in Rubén Rodríguez and Ito in the 62nd for Rosmen and Nacho Castro, had an effect, because in the 81st minute, from a direct free kick by Rubén, Marítima savored the final victory by 3-2.
Animated afternoon for the fans of the red and blacks who, suffering from the equalizer in 3 minutes by Celta B, see how their team gains confidence and returns to the path of victory, very appropriate at the start of this year since the team was bordering on the relegation places.
