The Almería Gazette
Match3 Nov 2027
Almería bow out of the cup
Málaga go through and Almería go home, 3‑4 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Match8 Nov 2027
Almería sink to position 19
7 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Marc Bernal in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Almería this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings8 Nov 2027
Brian Cipenga in the eights
A performance of 9.92 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match6 Nov 2027
Almería come up short against Getafe
Getafe left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad8 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Vladyslav Krapyvtsov
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings8 Nov 2027
A masterclass from Ibrahima Koné
Marked 8.13 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings8 Nov 2027
Nico Melamed runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Fernando lets one through his hands
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
In brief
- Player ratings A costly moment from Arnau Puigmal
- Squad Andrés Fernández knocks on the manager's door
- Market The Daijiro Chirino talk will not go away