C.D. Leganés closes the year with a draw in Gijón (1-1)

From the outset, José Luis Martí made two changes with respect to the last league match against R.C.D. Mallorca: Omeruo replaced a Rodri Tarín who was staying in Madrid with problems in the center of defense, and Sabin Merino took the place of the sanctioned Róber Ibáñez, forming the point together with Borja Bastón.

Good start for the pepineros in a first half in which Rubén Pérez had the best chance

The pepineros came out well, trying to combine on the inside or coming in through the sides and recovering quickly on the opposite field. However, the first shot would come in the 17' for the locals through a distant shot by Gaspar that could not find a goal. The first shot of the pepineros would arrive in the 27' with a shot from outside the area of Jose Arnaiz that caught without problems Mariño.
In the 33rd minute, C.D. Leganés had the clearest shot up to that moment, with a long shot by Rubén Pérez that brushed the left post of the red and white goal. With equality in the game and in the result, the break was reached.

Djurdjevic, after a penalty, overtook Sporting in the 85th minute

The C.D. Leganés was intense in the second half, with two opportunities for Borja Bastón and Shibasaki in the first five minutes, to which the Asturians replied through Babin. Javi Hernández, in the 58th minute, also tried it from the front in a few good minutes of Marti's. Djurdjevic responded in the 64' with a strong right that left deflected.
C.D. Leganés enjoyed another great occasion in the 67th minute, with a header in a small area from Arnaiz to Borja's center that came out grazing the post. In the 73rd minute, it was Omeruo who was close to scoring with another header from Gaku. Everything seemed to be heading towards a draw when, in the 83rd minute, the member of the Pulido Santana team pointed to a penalty at the request of VAR in an action between Cuellar and Borja Lopez. Djurdjevic shot and Cuellar stopped, but the striker himself rejected the penalty and made it 1-0.

Borja Bastón, from penalty in 95', got the draw

The C.D. Leganés attacked and, in 89', Mariño made a save from Ignasi Miquel to avoid a draw. With the pepineros overturned, almost on the last play of the match Rosales centered from the right and Marc Valiente committed a penalty on Borja Bastón. The striker himself was in charge of transforming it with tranquility to establish the tie.
There was no time for more, and C.D. Leganés added a point that placed him with 33 in the classification. His next match will be on Saturday, January 2 (14:00) against C.F. Fuenlabrada.