Marbella need a miracle

The scores did not remain level for long, however. After approximately 10 minutes, in which Marbella had hardly stepped foot in the oppositions half, Willy put Extramadura ahead with his third shot on goal. A cross from Carlos Rubén on the right wing found the strikers head at the back post and there was little Manu could do to keep the ball out of his net.

The play continued in a similar way for much of the first half with Marbellas Zé Turbo alone in creating any kind of work for the Extremadura defence.

After the break, Marbella looked a little more threatening as Kike Márquez helped to fire the side up. Extremadura keeper, Doblas, was finally forced into action by Turbo a few minutes into the second half shortly before the forward created the visitors best chance of the game, thwarted by the crossbar.

With the clock ticking down, Marbellas main threat in the closing stages came down the left wing. There were calls for a Marbella penalty after a clumsy tackle from José Rodríguez, as the visitors continued to push for an equaliser.

However, the equaliser never came. Instead Willy and Pierre continued to challenge Manu on the counter-attack, the keeper maintaining his resolve until the 93rd minute, when he left an open goal for Extremaduras Miguel Rubiá to seal the hosts victory.

The defeat keeps Marbella in seventh place and prompted Miguel Álvarez to offer his resignation.