The numbers don’t lie. 38%-62% in ball possession and 8-19 in approaches the Malaguistas made at the ‘Ché’ stadium in the 14th match of LaLiga Santander.
Pablo Fornals opened up the scoring in the first few minutes of the match. Indeed, in minute 3, he took a shot from the area that flew into the net. With this goal, the Malaguistas gave their rivals a morale blow but they quickly recovered when the locals drew, thanks to a goal by Rodrigo in minute 7.
With things now equal on the scoreboard, the game was ‘back to square one’ and Málaga led the way in terms of possession. The Andaluces tied to take charge of the rhythm of the match but Valencia got a ahead again with another goal, this time by Álvaro Medrán. And it was with a 2-1 result that the half time whistle was blown.
With the score against them and far from home, Málaga wasn’t going to be knocked-off course by the situation and maintained possession in the second half. Juande Ramos’ lads went on the attack on the rival’s goal. The visitors took 13 corner kicks.
Finally, and in the game’s last breath when we thought it was all over, Pablo Fornals took advantage of a bit of great play from En-Nesyri and in minute 93 shot the ball to the back of the rival’s net at Mestalla.
Málaga CF now has 20 points from the 14 LaLiga Santander matches played are remain in 11th place on the table.
