The Andalusian club came back from 3-1 down to earn a respectable draw against Greek outfit, Olympiacos, in their preseason friendly fixture.
With the world to look forward, Malaga have a conspicuous year ahead of them. The Andalusian club stands at the same juncture where they were a couple of years ago, pondering about their future with dark clouds hovering over them.
The bank accounts of Malaga’s hyped up millionaires have become public spectacle, casting dubious looks over their future in the current troubling economic climate.
With first team players put up for sale by the club’s hierarchy, the air of uncertainty is damaging the morale of players in pre-season training, a fact acknowledged by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Manuel-c23383 Pellegrini in a recent press statement.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santi-Cazorla-c32505’s hurried departure from La Rosaleda to the Emirates Stadium to be a part of Arsene Wenger’s squad has been the worst knockout punch for the fans, who were on a high after earning UEFA Champions League qualification.
Performances of the team have taken a blow, which is evident from casting an eye on their preseason friendlies, their outing against Juventus raising quite a few eyebrows about their ambitions in the coming season.
Los Anchovies returned to their previous semblance in their friendly fixture against Olympiacos, coming from a 3-1 down to draw the match, getting much needed applause from the fans. Malaga were left with a draw in injury time thanks to the efforts of Joachim and Seba.
There were too many defensive problems on show, with both teams feeling comfortable on the counter attack. Malaga took the lead through a Papazoglou own goal after three minutes. The scored remained the same before a goal scoring extravaganza being put on show after the interval.
Mitroglou brought back the hosts into the match on 57 minutes and gave them the lead six minutes after the hour mark, hitting the visitors on perfectly executed counter attacks.
Manolas made it 3-1 as an error by Kameni made matters worse for them. However, writing off the Andalusians was wrong as they clawed back into the match with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Eliseu-c12315 and Sebastian Fernandez hitting the back of the net in the final minutes of the fixture.
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