On February 25, one of the matches of the 23rd round of the Spanish Football Championship took place. Met Cadiz (Spain) and Rayo Vallecano (Spain).
Spanish Championship, round 23
"Cadiz" (Spain) — "Rayo Vallecano" (Spain) — 1:0 (0:0)
Goals: S. Guardiola (74)
Warnings: R. de Tomas (51), Ruben Alcaraz (55), Alejandro Catena (58), Alfonso Espino (59), Alejandro Catena (90+7), Falcao (90)
Cadiz and Rayo Vallecano faced each other at the Nuevo Mirandilla stadium in La Liga. The match turned out to be very balanced, without goals at half-time. Both teams had their chances in the game and Rayo Vallecano had some dangerous chances in the first half but the score was still 0-0 at half-time. The situation changed in the second half, when Cadiz put more effort into scoring the all-important goal. 51 minutes into the game, R. de Tomas from Rayo Vallecano received a yellow card for a foul. Soon after, Rayo Vallecano was replaced by S. Comesan and U. Lopez. Cadiz responded with a yellow card to R. Alcaraz and soon after A. Espino was booked for a foul. Rayo Vallecano tried to get back into the game, but Cadiz continued to press and in the 67th minute they made two substitutions with F. San Emeterio and C. Lozano.
Then Rayo Vallecano responded with two substitutions of his own: R. de Tomas gave way to O. Trejo, and O. Valentin was replaced by P. Ciss. Then, in the 74th minute, S. Guardiola scored the winning goal for Cadiz. Rayo Vallecano tried to bounce back with two more substitutions, but it was too late and they ended up having to settle for a 1-0 loss. Both Rayo Vallecano and Cadiz made four substitutions each, with Cadiz making an additional substitution in the 78th minute with A. Fernandez in place of R. Sobrino and C. Ramos De la Flor in place of Guardiola. In the end, Rayo Vallecano had two players sent off: R. Falcao and A. Catena both received warnings in the 90th minute, then Catena received a red card for a second yellow card. G. Escalante of Cadiz was also booked in the 90th minute as the match drew to a close and Cadiz had all three points in the match.
In the next round, the opponents are waiting for such matches: Real S-dad - Cadiz, Rayo Vallecano - Athletic.
| Cadiz | Rayo Vallecano | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | shots on target | 1 |
| 5 | blows | 10 |
| 2 | Blocked punches | 6 |
| 4 | Kicks from the box | 4 |
| 1 | Kicks from outside the box | 6 |
| 18 | Violations | 18 |
| 4 | corner | 5 |
| 2 | offsides | 1 |
| 41% | Ball possession | 59% |
| 2 | yellow cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red cards | 1 |
| 1 | Goalie saves | 2 |
| 287 | Total transfers | 412 |
| 182 | Accurate gear | 311 |
| 63% | Gear Accuracy | 75% |