Andorra earned a point in Granada, allowing them to maintain their good streak of results in recent weeks. The tricolors, who once again played a very serious match, could have taken all three points in the final play, but the referee decided to disallow Olabarrieta's goal for a very marginal foul.
The tricolors started well and already in the 6th minute had a good chance to open the scoring: Gael and Alende, in a fairly clear double opportunity, were denied by goalkeeper Luca Zidane. The Andalusians responded a few minutes later with a great play by Arnaiz that Owono saved, but in the next opportunity, the same local attacker sent the ball into the back of the net with a somewhat fortunate shot (22’).
Luckily, the team from the Principality reacted quickly and, just five minutes later, Imanol picked up a loose ball at the edge of the box and sent a powerful shot into the back of the net.
In the second half, the match followed a similar script, and Andorra continued to show seriousness and composure on the pitch. The problem was that as the minutes passed, the game started to open up, and Granada found spaces in the tricolor defense. But when needed, Andorra found Owono, who with two spectacular saves denied the home side a second goal.
And when everything seemed headed for a 1-1 draw, in the final moments of added time, came the play that could have changed everything. In a long ball, Olabarrieta outpaced his marker and, in a one-on-one with the goalkeeper, sent the ball into the back of the net. However, the referee, who had allowed the play to finish, blew for a foul and thus denied the visitors the 1-2.
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