Razak Braimah"s Heroics Restores Cordoba"s Qualification Hope In Spain

Black Stars shot stopper Abdul Razak Braimah steered Cordoba back into the qualification zone with a vital win at Ponferadino.

The veteran custodian manned the sticks with precision for his Segunda division as they ended their poor run of results in the second tier league.

The nation’s number one shot stopper kept his side in the game in the opening half with series of jaw dropping saves before the visitors succumbed to defeat on Saturday night as they posted a 1-3 away win.

Cordoba headed into the fixture on the back of disastrous run of results that has seen them relinquish their place at the top of division and dropped into fifth place.

The promotion chasing side however held off early threats from Ponferadino to pick the three points with a heavy away win and returned to the top three.

Cordoba now remains four clear adrift of leaders Alaves with 15 matches to play for im the division.

The veteran custodian leads the division with nine clean sheets under his name after a strong start to the season.

Braima has been the number one shot stopper for Cordoba on his return to Spanish football as they push for a place in the Spanish La Liga.

Razak Braimah"s Heroics Restores Cordoba"s Qualification Hope In Spain

Braimah"s expulsion cost Cordoba second place in Spain

The experienced shot stopper  Razak Braimah was shown the red card very late into the game as Cordoba suffered a 2-3 home defeat to surrender their strong hold of the second automatic qualification slot in the second tier league.

Cordoba welcomed third place Leganes to the Neuvo Acangei with their sight on first place in the league but ended up dropping a step back in a game marred by a flurry of cards.

Raul Thormas opened the scoring for Cordoba from the spot midway into the first half but Alexandeer Szymanowski’s equalizer two minutes into the recess drew party for the visitors.

Unai Martinez then opened the floodgates for an eventual three red cards with a 67th minute sending off. Cordoba capitalised on their numerical advantage and duly went ahead through another spot kick from Raul with 20 minutes to go.

Razak Braimah became the second casualty to be sent off in series of cautions leading to his departure. The black stars shot stopper was given his marching off orders with seven minutes to go forcing Cordoba to concede 2 goals in one minute. Omar Ramos Suarez scored twice within 60 seconds to turn the tie on its head as Leganese leapfrogged their host into the second slot.

Hector Rodas Ramirez joined his goalkeeper in the dugout moments later in a game dented by 13 cards and 5 goals.

Braimah"s expulsion cost Cordoba second place in Spain

Razak Braimah surrenders top spot in Spain

Black Stars goal keeper Abdul Razak Braimah suffered a home reverse defeat in the Segunda division to surrender their lead at the top of the table.

The Cordoba shot stopper lasted the full duration of the game as his side endured two successive defeats in front of their fans.

Mirandas inflicted a 1-2 reverse away to the then table topping side in Spain second tier league to blight their brilliant run of results.

The experienced and nomadic shot stopper lasted the full throttle of the game but could do little to prevent Cordoba from dropping points in their quest to consolidate the slim lead at the top of the division.

Mirandas shot into a well deserved lead seventh minute after kick off and built on it for the rest of the game. A striker’s goal from Nestos Salinas destabilise the defensive orientation of the high flying home side.

Junior Lago then compounded the missery of the puzzled home side with a second for the visitors before Xisco registered his routine goal in a well deserved win for the visitors

Cordoba dropped into second place in the segunda as Alaves surge top of the top. Braimah has since managed division best 9 clean sheets in his 16 appearances in the second tier league.

Razak Braimah surrenders top spot in Spain