Getafe qualified for the round of 16 of the Europa League after winning the Krasnodar 3-0, which held the score until the final leg, when Jorge Molina and the Brazilian Robert Kenedy jumped to the pitch to revolutionize the match.

Until the departure of the two players of the Azulón set, Getafe lived on the wire. He played with fire and came out alive. The Krasnodar, who needed to win to survive and eliminate his rival, sniffed his goal. But Bordalás reacted and with his changes he turned around a dangerous situation.

Before, with a lot at stake the coach of Alicante did not want to risk with his less usual players and opted for his eleven gala, the most visible in the League and without names such as the Brazilian Robert Kenedy, the Moroccan Fayçal Fajr, the Argentine Leandro Chichizola, Francisco Portillo or Bruno González.

All participated in the previous five duels of a group stage in which Getafe punctuated undeservedly in his two games against Basel. Without them, with the best, the whole Madrid set was before an all or nothing unfair that had to have solved before.

That was the script. A trap script, in which any mistake could leave Getafe without his ticket for the round of 16. But, on the eve of the meeting, he got the unexpected help of the weather, which forced the Krasnodar to land in Madrid eight hours later than planned with a three-hour bus trip to get to another Russian airport in which to take off.

With the players of Sergey Matveyev's team tired, and without Ari, his most decisive man out of the game by penalty, Getafe had a lot in favor to return to a round of 16 almost a decade later. The economic prestige was added to the economic one: up to two million at stake for passing the round. A lot for a humble club.

Those spurs spurred the Getafe, which controlled without problems a perfect first to yawn. The Krasnodar, who needed a yes or yes victory to pass the round, surprised with his approach. He barely left his field. He did not fire once at the door.

Nor did Getafe have many, happy with his domain and the result. Only two innocent shots by Ángel Rodríguez and a clear occasion on the edge of Jaime Mata's rest were added to the Bordalás team's list of opportunities. Nothing else. The second act was going to decide the future of the two teams.

The Krasnodar, against the ropes and against the clock, stepped forward and went for the game. He stretched his lines, squeezed the exit of the Getafe ball and, now, approached the goal defended by David Soria, who had to intervene soon to a distant shot of the Dutchman Tonny Vilhena.

Getafe, a little frightened by the situation, was unable to control the situation one hundred percent. He remained in a dangerous limbo, classified with the draw but on the verge of elimination. And, worst of all, with few signs of turning off alarms that were preparing to sound.

Then, Bordalás moved the bench and everything changed. With just under twenty minutes left, Kenedy and Jorge Molina jumped into the field and Getafe acquired a speed that ended, in just a few minutes, with any doubt.

First, with the goal of the Uruguayan Leandro Cabrera, who, as before Levante two weekends ago, opened the can with a big header at the exit of a corner. And, minutes later, Jorge Molina, already in 78, scored with a good shot after a cross from the left wing of Allan Nyom.

At that moment, all doubts for Getafe were over and Kenedy joined the party with a shoe from outside the area to mark territory next to Jorge Molina. Both were key in the revolution of an off team that changed with their presence on the grass.

The goal of the South American end ended the crash and Getafe sealed without any problems his ticket for the round of 16, finished second in group C behind the Basel and returned to a double play eliminator eleven years later. The Bordalás team, this season, has no roof.

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