Th article here on the La Voz de Almería site has details of the coronavirus cases having an impact on UD Almería. Outr team wanted the match in 2 days time to be postponed. As yet, this has not been allowed.
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According to the article here Sadiq is going to join the Nigeria squad for the African Nations Cup on 29 December 2021. He may not be back in Almería until February 2022. Depending on when/if Nigeria get knocked out of the tournament.
That will leave us Villar and Diego to cover the centre forward position.
One possibility is Almería dispute his participation. They have done this before. Saying that it was too dangerous due to coronavirus.
If they do not follow this route I think they may try to bring in another centre forward on loan in January. I guess we will have to wait and see.
The next match is on Sunday 2 January at home to FC Cartegena kicking off at 14:00.
Looks like the UD Almería match against Lugo tomorrow night (20 December 2021) will be postponed. Due to coronavirus being found in the Lugo squad.
The article here on the La Voz de Almería site has the details.
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Jacqui and I are a bit busy at the moment. As we are working as volunteers at the senior professional golf competition that is taking place at Almerimar at the moment. So I have not had a chance to publish much on this site.
Just a quick mention that UD Almería won their second round Copa del Rey (cup) game away at Amorebieta on Thursday evening. The ground used was so small and the pitch so bumpy that Amorebieta are not allowed to use it for their league matches.
You can see highlights of the game here on the Diario de Almería site.
Our two goals were good ones. Theirs was a little lucky I think. As the ball took a bit of a bad bounce just in front of our keeper. Then bounced over his diving figure into the goal. With our keeper only being partly responsible for their goal in my opinion.
Just home from our latest home match. We missed a lot of chances in the first half. In the second half our first goal was a bit lucky. The second one was great and the third one was not bad.
It is really worth watching the highlights in the article here on Diario de Almería. Even if you have to wait a bit for the advert to finish first.
Thanks to our close friend Alan for pointing out this story about the next UD Almería home match. Asking people to donate toys to give to disadvantaged children.
A very worthwhile initiative. I will be purchasing a gift in time to deliver it at the stadium this coming Saturday.
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UD Almería have faltered a bit in their last 2 matches. In part due to a missed penalty in each of the matches.
On Saturday night we played out a 0-0 draw at home against Huesca. Sadiq (who has failed to score recently) missed a penalty in this pretty one-sided match. The result means that 2nd and 3rd places in the league have edged a little closer to us.
Last night (Tuesday) we played Aguilas away from home in the Copa del Rey (cup, not the league). This team is owned by the person who sold UD Almería to a Saudi sheikh called Turki a couple of years ago. We went ahead in the match. They then equalised. After that Samu Costa missed a penalty for us. We then played a goalless 30 minutes of extra time. We then won the penalty shoot out 5-4 with Samu scoring on his shoot out penalty.
Next match is away at Fuenlabrada on Saturday 4 December 2021 at 17:15. Fingers crossed for a good result.
The photo above of the inside of the UD Almería stadium is not far away from the view Alan and I have from our season ticket seats. We are just a little lower down and a little further left of the centre line. The photo is from the article here on the La Voz de Almería site.
The stadium was built for use when the Mediterranean games were held in the province of Almería in 2005. Alborán golf course was built for the same set of events. With the athletes village being built close to the 10th hole on the golf course.
The article is an interesting read for anyone who follows local football here. It describes refurbishment and improvement work that is underway. To change the stadium to be more suitable for football. Plus increase the number of seats in the stadium. Along with many other improvements.
It also describes a music event being scheduled for May next year. To celebrate completion of the first phase of the work on the stadium.
Read More for a Google translation of the article.
The regular season ticket holders Alan and myself were joined by two friends who came to the UD Almería match last night, Peter and Ger.
We got our 7th victory in a row with a 3-1 win. Keeping us at the top of La Liga 2.
The video of the highlights here on the Diario de Almería site is worth watching. Particularly for the celebration of our equaliser.
