Isco lights to Malaga in Europe with two goals flag

Last update 16 November, 2012 by Julio Muñoz

Malaga debuted in the Champions League with a clear victory against the Zenit of St. Petesburg for 3-0, in an extraordinary match in which the Malaga midfielder Francisco Alarcón 'Isco’ was decisive with two goals, one of them with excellent execution with a shot into the top corner.

The Russian team appeared with the loss of Belgian midfielder Axel Wistsel, injured, for which he paid 40 million euros to Benfica, but with the great news of another of the recent reinforcements, Brazilian forward Hulk, who formed up front with former Sevilla player Alexander Kerzhakov.

The Malaga coach, the Chilean Manuel Pellegrini, He only made one change compared to those who played against Levante in the Spanish League, right back Jesús Gámez, by Sergio Sánchez.

The Malaga team started the game very focused, warning with a corner, until Isco's personal move arrived, to the left, avoided defender Anyukov, and inside the area he launched with effect hitting the left post and scoring the first goal of the game in the minute 3.

Zenit was surprised, but it's a good team, with an outstanding player like Hulk, who caught a ball outside the area and his shot was repelled by the crossbar a minute later. Málaga with the score in favor, he gave the ball to the Russian team, and began to suffer with some dangerous arrival.

Despite this incidence, Málaga maintained its balance, and in another hospital, but this time on the right, Gámez's pass, Saviola took advantage of it, to beat low and after hitting the goalkeeper Malafeev on the post, in the minute 13. The Malaguistas took the lead and the Argentine striker had the third and fourth, but one went wide and the other hit a defender when the ball was going into the goal.

Málaga gave the ball to Zenit again, retreated ten meters, and the Russian team tried to close the gap. Even so, When the locals had the ball they created danger and Saviola, was able to score the third after a pass from Joaquín, but the shot went wide.

The Malaguistas slowed down a lot and the visitors began to dwarf Málaga. Hulk, Kerzhakov, Shirokov and Lombaerts, They had the opportunity to bridge differences, but between Caballero and poor aim they left the score at half-time 2-0.

Pellegrini, seeing the serious problems in the center of the field, He left Portillo on the bench and gave Chilean midfielder Miguel Iturra his debut. Málaga had gone out, because again Bystrov, had the opportunity to bridge differences. It was a wake-up call, because the Malaga team woke up.

In a counterattack, Elisha, only in front of Malafeev, what would have meant the third goal failed, after a great intervention by the Russian goalkeeper. Zenit dominated, Málaga waited and stung in the opposite area, with damage, but without effectiveness until Isco, He caught the ball on the edge of the area and his shot went through the entire corner in the minute 76.

The match was broken and sentenced and Málaga offering a football lesson, of courage, from heart, compliance, of strength and fight. Joaquín wasted the quarter, that Malafeev stopped. In the end, a great Malaguista debut in Europe with a fair and hard-fought victory.