He Salernitana ended a streak of three defeats after achieving a draw this Saturday on their visit to Udinese (1-1), a bittersweet result for the team of Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo “Memo” Ochoawho missed a good opportunity to regain victory in Serie A.
The bottom of the Italian championship He did not know how to get the most out of playing with an extra man after Festy Ebosele was sent off for a double yellow in the 64th minute.. Udinese’s Irish defender had already been cautioned in the first half (m.16).
In a duel between urgent teams, Salernitana started winning thanks to the goal scored by Loum Tchaouna just 10 minutes into the match. The French striker received the ball on the right wing and He settled in to take a powerful and placed shot from the edge of the area.
Things were starting in the best way for the Salerno team, which was excited about adding three points again this season, something that has not happened since last December 30 when they won by the minimum in their visit to Hellas Verona (0-1).
However, the local team managed to level the actions with a spectacular goal of which Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa was the victim. The Mexican goalkeeper could do nothing about the masterful execution of a bicycle kick by Hassane Kamara at the end of the first half.
The Ivory Coast winger finished with his back inside the area located between two Salernitana defenders a cross from the left wing launched by the French midfielder Florian Thauvin (m.47) leaving the Mexican goalkeeper without a response and putting definitive figures to the match.
Although this point is positive because they managed to break a negative streak of three losses, It also knows little for a Salernitana that is sunk at the bottom of the classification. The team led by Fabio Liverani has just 14 points after 27 games played.
The duel against Udinese had a lot of value taking into account that they are also fighting at the bottom of the table this season in Serie A. Now they have 24 points in 15th place, four above the relegation places but waiting of what Frosinone does, which has 23 points.
With each passing game and each negative result, The ghost of Serie B increasingly haunts Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa’s Salernitana. Last season the Mexican goalkeeper was able to do his part to achieve permanence but this campaign they seem destined for failure.
Salernitana’s next match will be next weekend against Cagliari, second from last in the Calcio standings, which would be a good opportunity to shake off the bad moment or on the contrary fall a little further down in the fight to achieve salvation.
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