Alaves Beats Castellón with Double from Lucas Boyé and Goal from Mariano
What happened?
Deportivo Alaves beat Castellón 0-3 with double from Lucas Boyé and goal from Mariano.
Why it matters for Alaves?
The Alaves team, settled in Primera, made the difference in categories.
The Castellón of the first part: Matthys, Juanjo Nieto, Alberto, Sienra (José Albert, min. 30), Rego; Barri, Álvaro Martín; Fran Castillo, Jakobsen, Iñigo Córdoba and Camara.
The Alaves team, settled in Primera, made the difference in categories: castigated the opponent's area with the same intensity as they used to neutralize the Castellón's attack, which seemed very soft. Lucas Boyé's ferocity dominated the game both near and far from the area. He won duels, kicked balls from behind and saw the goal, at a superior level. Before halftime, Boyé scored two goals. The first, in the 21st minute, was a penalty. Mañas took advantage of a double error from Sienra (bad clearance) and Matthys (tackle) to provoke the maximum penalty. Lucas Boyé scored with an uncontested shot. Shortly after, before the hydration break, he took advantage of a loss from Barri to run against Alberto and cross the perfect shot. The 0-2 explained why the Castellón's plan had failed (too many forced inaccuracies and without forcing, arbitrariness in the fouls that were robberies, good level of the rival, etc.) and the Alaves had clearly known what to do.
The Castellón of the second part: Pablo Hernández gave the ball to Gala in the midfield, ahead of Jakobsen; stabilized the left flank with Lucas Alcázar and opened the field with the world-class Mabil on the right.
The second half, from the Alaves' perspective, began with novelties. The Alaves' victory took them to 8th in the league, 33 points, 8W-9D-14L from 31 games, recent form DDWDL. The Alaves team faces Getafe in the next match, on February 28, 2027.
