First Division - Day 23

Málaga 3 - Getafe 0

Málaga: Kameni; Rosales, Miguel Torres, Filipenko, Boka; Juanpi, Recio (Pablo Fornals 61’), Camacho, Christian Atsu (Ricardo Horta 46‘); Charles (Santa Cruz 77’), Duje Cop. 4-4-2.
Getafe: Guaita; Damián Suárez (Yoda 67‘), Vergini, Velázquez, Vigaray; Lacen (Alvaro Vázquez 46‘), Juan Rodríguez (Medrán 76‘); Pedro León, Víctor Rodríguez, Moi Gómez; Scepovic. 4-2-3-1.

Goals: .
1-0. 09. Juanpi. Picked up Rosales pass and cut past two defenders to score.
2-0. 23. Atsu. Controlled square Charles pass and steered shot wide of Guaita.
3-0. 43. Charles. Turned shot back past keeper after Duje Cop crossed from left.

Yellow cards: Lacen 27’, Recio 29’, Juanpi 47’, Juan Rodríguez 51’, Ricardo Horta 82’, Vergini 88’.

Málaga’s revival continues, and they made it six wins in nine games after they beat Getafe 3-0 on Friday evening. All the goals came in the first half, Juanpi starting things off early on with a run past two defenders before slotting a shot past Guaita. Filipenko went close before new signing Atsu latched on to a square pass from Charles to make it two, and Charles himself got on the end of a Duje Cop cross to score the third on the stroke of half time. Pablo León did go close a couple of times with long free kicks, and Moi Gómez tested Kameni before the break, but the result was never really in doubt, and Charles and Cop both had chances to extend the lead after the interval. Having started the season at the bottom of the table, the Andalusians are up to tenth, now four points above their opponents in the table.