Real Madrid B a obținut al patrulea triumf la rând în Primera RFEF, după ce trupa pregătită de Alvaro Arbeloa a învins-o, scor final 2-0, pe Real Aviles, grație golurilor marcate de Loren Zuniga în prima repriză a partidei care s-a disputat pe stadionul „Alfredo di Stefano”. „Castilla” a urcat pe locul al patrulea în clasamentul general și s-a apropiat la patru lungimi de liderul actual, Tenerife.

Real Madrid B achieved their fourth consecutive victory in the Primera RFEF, after the team trained by Alvaro Arbeloa defeated Real Aviles, with a final score of 2-0, thanks to goals scored by Loren Zuniga in the first half of the match that was played at the “Alfredo di Stefano” stadium. “Castilla” climbed to fourth place in the general standings and came within four lengths of the current leader, Tenerife.

Real Madrid B received the visit of Real Aviles in the ninth round of group 1 of the Primera RFEF, and at the “Alfredo di Stefano” stadium, in the capital of Spain, the students trained by Alvaro Arbeloa were looking for their fourth consecutive victory in this championship edition. In the most recent round of the domestic competition, “La Fabrica” ​​beat Ourense away by two goals, while “realavilesinos” drew at home against CF Talavera, with a final score of 1-1.

In fact, before this match at the “Ciudad Real Madrid” sports complex, the visitors were in fifth place in the general standings with a total of 14 points accumulated at the end of eight matches in which they were involved, while the Real Madrid youth team was positioned a few steps lower, two lengths behind their opponents in this stage. In the last five away games, the Asturian club had recorded three wins, one loss and one draw, while in the same period, “Castilla” had recorded two wins, two losses and a draw at home.

The match at the “Alfredo di Stefano” stadium was the third direct meeting between Real Madrid B and Real Aviles in all competitions, after those in 1991 and 1992. In the first match that pitted these teams “face to face”, the “blanquiazules” prevailed, managing to win on a no-show basis, with the second leg being won by “Castilla”, with a final score of 2-1. Cesar Palacios, from the home team, and Javi Cueto, from the “realavilesinos” team, were tied in the competition’s top scorers’ rankings, with four goals for each of the two players.

The duel at the “Alfredo di Stefano” stadium began with a free kick from the right by Pol Fortuny, but the ball thrown by the “Castilla” right winger into the penalty area was cleared by Borja Granero, who received a yellow card for a rough tackle on Lorezn Zuniga. The visitors’ reply came a few minutes later, when Oscar Carracedo crossed from a corner kick, and, from a drop kick, Jean Babin’s execution finished just wide of the goal defended by Fran.

Real Madrid B opened the scoring shortly after the first quarter of an hour, when a ball reached the home team’s left flank, where Cesar Palacios launched a cross in front of the “realavilesinos” goal, and Loren Zuniga, the Equatorial Guinean striker, finished off the move with a header. At the other goal, Fran boxed a ball that came from Isi Ros’s boot, thus managing to clear the danger from the area.

“La Fabrica” ​​increased its lead on the scoreboard in the 25th minute, after a well-constructed phase, at the end of which the Madrid team’s right-back, David Jimenez, crossed on foot, in front of the goal, and Real Madrid B’s centre-forward, Loren Zuniga, completed a simple formality, managing to send the ball into the net and count his “double” in this game. Thiago Pitarch, one of the central midfielders of “Castilla”, entered into a combination with Pol Fortuny, and then tried to score from a long distance, but his shot went well over the crossbar.

A new goal opportunity appeared in the 39th minute, when the filtering pass sent by Cestero Sancho had Loren Zuniga as the recipient, and the African forward intended to score spectacularly, with a lob sent over the opposing goalkeeper, but Alvaro Fernandez was on the post and prevented the “hattrick” of the striker of the home team. Immediately afterwards, Cesar Palacios shot from a volley from inside the box, but the execution of the best scorer of “La Fabrica” went past the guests’ goals.

The Asturian team missed their clearest chance to score at the end of the first half, when Quicala Bari was the protagonist of an exceptional foray into the left flank of the offensive, and the ball rejected by the home defense reached Oscar Carracedo, whose powerful shot went far beyond the goal of the team trained by Alvaro Arbeloa.

The second half of the match began with a constant presence of the group from the Spanish capital on the offensive, and Manuel Angel shot from close range, after receiving a pass from Cestero Sancho. The “Castilla” captain’s shot was blocked wide by the Real Aviles goalkeeper. Raul Rubio was close to reducing the deficit on the scoreboard when his shot hit Joan Martinez, one of the home team’s defenders, but Fran managed to keep the ball out of the net.

The away team came close to scoring when Raul Rubio entered the box and decided to shoot wide of the far post, but the left post of the goal defended by Fran was hit, so “La Fabrica” maintained its two-goal lead overall. Real Madrid B, with a quarter of an hour left in the match, missed another chance to score when Daniel Yanez, who had entered the game during the match, took over on the edge of the box and fired from distance, but his shot went wide.

The team coached by Alvaro Arbeloa obtained all three points at the end of the match, and this success allowed the players from “La Fabrica” ​​to climb to fourth place in the general hierarchy, accumulating 15 points, four lengths behind the current leader, Tenerife. On the other hand, Real Aviles dropped outside the places destined to dispute the promotion play-off, being one length behind those from “Castilla”. In the next round, Real Madrid B will play at home against CF Talavera, while the team from Asturias will play against Real Avila, in the Copa del Rey.