A goal by Sergi Guardiola in the second half he tipped the balance in favor of Cádiz (1-0) in a very open match against Rayo Vallecano, who pressed until the end but could not beat the Argentine goalkeeper Ledesma, with which the Andalusian team provisionally left the relegation places.
This result breaks the positive streak of the Madrid team away from home and maintains the local trend of Cádiz, which escape the relegation zone waiting for other results in this day.
They returned to their old stadium Alvaro Garcia and Salvi Sanchez, wingers with a past from Cadiz who now defend the colors of a Rayo Vallecano in which Raúl de Tomás started ownership. On behalf of Cádiz, the Uruguayan Brian Ocampo fell out of the squad due to injury and his place in the eleven was taken by Rubén Sobrino.
A Cádiz forced by the classification was looking for the goal and pressed Rayo, who easily solved several corner kicks against in a row. However, Rayo was about to get the best prize after twenty-two minutes of play. After two corner kicks in a row, Comesaña hit the back-heeled ball and De Tomás appeared to send it into the net, but his scoring debut was annulled for offside.
Once again, De Tomás starred in a dangerous action when, hindered by Iza Carcelén, he headed a good lateral cross wide. The Lightning went up and Cádiz suffered in a game with clear dominance phases in its first half hour.
With better work from both defenses on the attacks, the first half passed until in the last minutes Sergio Camello tried his luck with a shot that went wide by very little.
After the restart, the match gained in intensity and both teams openly sought the goal. The goalkeeper Dimitrievski saved a one-on-one against the cadista Sergi Guardiolawhile Comesaña gave up his place due to injury to Unai López.
The carousel of changes continued with both managers taking precautions when retiring players with yellow cards. At Rayo, Trejo replaced De Tomás and Pathé Ciss replaced Óscar. On the Cadista side, Lozano and Fede San Emeterio entered in the positions of Roger and Alcaraz.
Despite this greater intensity and rise in revolutions in both teams, we had to wait until minute 74 to see a goal. Was work of the newly signed Cádiz striker Sergi Guardiola, who timidly celebrated and apologized to the fans of his old team. The striker took advantage of a deep pass from Espino to win back the Rayista defense and stand up to Dimitrievski, who this time lost the game.
He defended himself trying to hold the ball and cut the rhythm of Cádiz, whose bench and fans did not understand the announcement that the extra time would be nine minutes. In that addition, Rayo locked up the local team, which a counter-start by Alejo caused the second warning to Catena.
With a man less, Iraola placed the center back and great spiker Lejeune well ahead, but Cádiz knew how to endure the result in a game that finally lasted for 103 minutes.
Datasheet:
1 – Cadiz: Conan Ledesma; Iza Prison, Luis Hernandez, Fali, Hawthorn, Ruben Alcaraz (Faith San Emeterio, m.67), Escalante, Bongonda (Ivan Alejo, m.73), Nephew (Alex Fernandez, m.77), Roger (Lozano, m. 67) and Sergi Guardiola (Chris Ramos, m.77).
0 – Vallecano Lightning: Dimitrievsky; Balliu, Catena, Lejeune, Fran García, Santi Comesaña (Unai López, m.51), Óscar (Pathé Ciss, m.67), Isi (Falcao, m.77), Álvaro García, Sergio Camello (Andrés Martín, m. 77) and Raúl de Tomás (Trejo, m.67).
Gol: 1-0, M.74: Sergi Guardiola.
Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz (Galician Committee). He admonished Raúl de Tomás (m.50), Rubén Alcaraz (m.55), Espino, (m.58), Falcao (m.89) and Escalante (m.102) with a yellow card. He sent off Rayista Catena (m.57 and 96) for a double yellow card.
Incidences: LaLiga Santander matchday 23 match played at the Nuevo Mirandilla stadium in front of 16,713 spectators. Presence of numerous Rayo Vallecano fans. Cádiz did not play in yellow and released a shirt specially designed for Carnival.
