Getafe CF, with the Paraguayan Omar Alderete throughout the match, celebrated its first victory away from home in LaLiga 2024-2025 by surprising UD Las Palmas at the Gran Canaria Stadium (1-2), on the last day of the first round of the Spanish championship, which ends outside the relegation places thanks to three golden points.
The two goals for the Madrid team, scored by Coba (70th minute) and Borja Mayoral (86th), came after the yellow team missed a penalty on the boots of the Portuguese Fabio Silva, rejected by goalkeeper David Soria in the 56th minute.
Belgian Adnan Januzaj’s final goal for Las Palmas, in the 88th minute, gave a lot of excitement to the final stretch, but Getafe maintained its minimal advantage to celebrate its first foreign success of the season when it needed it most.
The Madrid team’s staging was remarkable, imposing a low pace of play, with little continuity in actions, a lot of pressure on the rival and advanced defense, which allowed them to live with a certain comfort, despite an early yellow card to the Uruguayan Mauro Arambarri.
Furthermore, in the 12th minute he had the best chance of the first half, very clear, when Aleñá took advantage of a gap in the yellow defense, dragged by a break from Bertug, so that his teammate could shoot with his good leg, the left foot, although The ball did not hit the goal.
Las Palmas, who changed their lineup at the last minute with the entry of Juanma Herzog on the right side for Marvin Park, injured during the warm-up, had a hard time getting into the game and only tried their luck in the 32nd minute with a shot from Kirian Rodríguez from the front of the area, although it came out very focused and was rejected by David Soria.
Getafe did no damage from set pieces, one of their strong points, and despite having two improvised full-backs like Djené and Iglesias, they did not suffer excessive difficulties in defense either.
After the break, and with the entry of Manu Fuster for Herzog and the subsequent readjustment of up to four positions, Las Palmas began worrying with a shot from Moleiro that found the same response from Soria.
Sandro Ramírez, who had not appeared in the entire match, generated a penalty in the 55th minute when he was naively knocked down by the Paraguayan Omar Alderete, but David Soria made up for his teammate’s mistake with a great save, in two halves, in Fábio Silva’s low shot from eleven meters.
It was the island’s great opportunity to open a match that in the second half already had a different dynamic, with more approaches to both areas, more shots and, consequently, more work for both goalkeepers.
The changes suited Getafe very well and the match opened with a textbook counterattack: a gallop from Peter Federico on the right and a cross that extended Uche’s header towards the far post. Borja Mayoral did not catch it but Coba did to anticipate it. Javi Muñoz, and also with his head, overtake Cillessen on the wrong foot.
The missed penalty and the conceded goal were a very important loss for Las Palmas, who tried with a triple change in the final minutes, and the ideal scenario for a Getafe that felt very comfortable and stretched its lead with a goal from Borja Mayoral , past Coba.
The match seemed doomed, but Januzaj, Las Palmas’ last bullet, appeared to hit a great volley and add excitement to the game in the almost seven minutes of added time, but David Soria appeared again to deny Kirian Rodríguez the goal, and his team defended with the knife between their teeth to take the spoils of the three points.
– Technical sheet:
1. Las Palmas: Cillessen; Herzog (Manu Fuster, min. 46), Álex Suárez, McKenna, Mika Mármol; Essugo (Loiodice, min. 80), Javi Muñoz (Januzaj, min. 87); Sandro (Jaime Mata, min. 80), Kirian, Moleiro; y Fábio Silva (Marc Cardona, min. 80).
2. Getafe: Soria; Djene, Duarte, Alderete, Iglesias; Aleña (Peter, min. 63), Milla, Arambarri, Coba (Sola, min. 90); Uche y Bertug (Mayoral, min. 63).
Goals: 0-1, min. 70: Try. 0-2, min. 86: Borja Mayoral. 1-2, min. 88: Januzaj.
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas (Committee of Castilla-La Mancha). He showed a yellow card to the local players Essugo (min. 46) and Álex Suárez (82), and to the visitors Arambarri (16), Milla (64) and Coba (82).
Incidents: match of the nineteenth day of LaLiga EA Sports 2024-2025 played this Sunday at the Gran Canaria Stadium with the presence of 23,698 spectators. EFE
