Santos Laguna loses against Sporting de Gijón: Result and goals

Santos Laguna is struggling to play at home, even in friendlies, because last night they were surprised by their sibling Sporting de Gijón, who were practical in winning 2 goals against 1 in front of a regular crowd at the Corona stadium.

An unprecedented match that marked the beginning of the 40th anniversary celebration of the Laguna club, whose coach made changes to the team that has been used in the Apertura 2023 Tournament, where the novelty was Alejandro Gómez, assigned to play alongside Hugo Rodríguez in defense.

This has been the first occasion that these two teams face each other, which has been possible thanks to the brotherhood between the two institutions belonging to the Orlegi Group, so it was a festive night that highlighted precisely that closeness and relationship between La Laguna and Asturias.

At the start of the match, as is customary for the green and white team, they had a timid performance that allowed the visitors to take the initiative and in just 7 minutes they were already ahead on the scoreboard with a goal scored by Uros Djurdjevic.

There was a dominance from the visiting team, although the Laguna team had their chances in the first half, they continued to struggle to finish the plays, there was no depth and the Spanish team showed better arguments.

After the first half-hour of play, the visiting coach made a change by taking out Nacho Méndez and bringing in Christian Rivera. He maintained his formation and closed out the first half in control before going into halftime.

In the second half, Real Sporting immediately made changes and remained a dangerous team. Santos pushed forward trying to equalize, but they did not have any freedom or space, the opponent was well organized and dynamic.

Sporting de Gijón settled much better on the field and in the 47th minute extended their lead to 0-2 with a goal by Gaspar Campos, which was quite disappointing for the Santos fans who had hoped for a reaction from their team.

To the delight of those in attendance, the home team was able to score a goal, as they sought and tried by all means until they achieved the 1-2, a goal scored by the Argentinean Juan Brunetta, giving a moment of joy and hope.

However, nothing more happened, Gijón stood as rightful winners against a Santos Laguna team that leaves doubts ahead of the Leagues Cup.

Santos Laguna started with: Gibrán Lajud, Ismael Govea, Hugo Rodríguez, Alejandro Gómez, Alan Cervantes, Javier Correa, Pedro Aquino, Jair González, Emanuel Echeverría, Santiago Muñoz, Diego Medina. Coach Pablo Repetto.

Real Sporting de Gijón took to the field with: Rubén Yañez, Guille Rosas, Carlos Izquierdoz, Pablo García, Nacho Méndez, Diego Sánchez, Juan Otero, Fran Villalba, Uros Djurdjevic, and Leo Miguel. Coach Miguel Ángel Ramírez.