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Malaga sent crashing back to earth with defeat in Ponferrada
frank gavurin
A glum Víctor watched from the stands as his side fell to a late Yuri goal against Ponferradina on Friday night. The game proved something of a reality check for a Malaga who “only lasted 10 minutes” in León, in the sober assessment of SUR’s Sergio ... Cortés. The result put an end to Malaga’s recent renaissance, placing them back in the drop zone after not even a week outside of it. 1 Ponferradina Yuri (81') 0 Malaga The game’s opening stages, however, augured well for the visitors, ... first half, while Ponferradina had accrued some momentum of their own, and this pattern only continued after the break. Munir made a crucial intervention to deny the impressive Son on 48 minutes, before David Lombán, so solid in recent weeks, was