Report: El Madrileño claim historic first win in Alcalá | OneFootball

Following the first and highly important home victory of Betis Deportivo, Atlético Madrileño returned to Alcalá de Henares to host UD Ibiza this Sunday starting at 20:30. A high-stakes match against one of the rivals we already faced in preseason, with a defeat in Los Ángeles de San Rafael; where both teams are obliged to secure the 3 points. The red and whites, to get closer to the top of the table. The Ibizans, to regain the leadership that Europa held until this very morning (and, after falling, was occupied by Atlético Sanluqueño.

Fernando Torres' team lined up as follows: Salvador Esquivel; Javier Boñar, Aleksa Puric, Ilias Kostis, Dani Martínez; Javi Serrano, Martín Bellotti; Iker Luque, Jano Monserrate, Arnau Ortiz; Omar Janneh. With the already known absences of Julio Díaz and Rayane Belaid who will play the U-20 World Cup with Spain, the Niño opts to place Dani Martínez (center back) as left back, while Jano Monserrate returns with the group and starts. On his part, Omar Janneh repeats as the starting center forward after the penalty goal and the assist last weekend.

In the first half, both teams carried out a back and forth that seemed advantageous for the rival due to the technical and individual quality of the Ibizans. Arnau Ortiz warned of what was coming at 5′ after dribbling past the goalkeeper but was offside at the start. The next one, in the 10th minute, was definitive to take the lead. Martín Bellotti pressed Ramón Juan like a hunting dog, who took too long to get rid of the ball, stole it and pushed it at will for the first goal of the match. A few minutes later, after a lash from Iker Luque with his left foot that crashed into the woodwork, Iker himself cut back and assisted Arnau Ortiz to extend the lead on the scoreboard.

As the second half began, the game script remained the same. The dominance was red and white at times, but where Torres' pupils did the most damage was on the counterattack with Jano Monserrate as the launcher to activate Iker Luque and Arnau in the 1 vs 1, along with Omar Janneh near the penalty spot to load the area. All of them had multiple chances but could not materialize them.

Torres made a move in the 72′ introducing Javi Morcillo and Mati Barboza for Javi Serrano and Ilias Kostis, who put in a very serious performance as left center back. Later on, Jorge Castillo, Koke Mota and Miguel Cubo came on for Jano Monserrate, Arnau Ortiz and Omar Janneh. The reserves continued attacking, without luck in front of goal.

The referee signaled the end of the match and the 3 points stayed at home. With this victory, the reserves move up to the 3rd position with 8 points out of a possible 15 and will visit Villarreal B next Friday, October 3rd at 19:00.

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