Sergio González’s men added three vital points against a Rayo that hardly created any danger
The three points allow the cadistas to virtually leave the red zone of the table
A solitary goal from Guardiola in the second half gave Cádiz three vital points in their battle for permanence. The Andalusians put the finishing touch to their particular carnival by beating an inoperative Rayo in a Nuevo Mirandilla surrendered to his team and momentarily leaves the red zone.
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Cadiz
Ledesma; Carcelén, Hernández, Fali, Espino; Escalante, Alcaraz (San Emeterio, 67′), Bongonda (Iván Alejo, 73′), Sobrino (Andrés Fernández, 78′), Guardiola (Ramos, 78′) and Roger (Lozano, 67′).
Ray
Dimitrievsky; Balliu, Catena, Lejeune, Fran Garcia; Óscar Valentín, Comesaña (Unai López, 52′), Isi (Andrés Martín, 78′), Álvaro; From Tomás and Camello (Falcao, 78′).
Referee
Muñiz Ruiz (Galician). TA: Rubén Alcaraz (54′), Pacha Espino (59′), Escalante (102′)/ Raúl de Tomás (51′), Catena (2A, 96′)
Stadium
New Miranda. 16,703 viewers.
Ready to celebrate their carnival in style, commemorative shirt included, Cádiz jumped onto the pitch convinced and setting a high pace. Sergio had proposed several novelties, with ‘Pacha’ Espino on the left side and the attackers Rubén Sobrino and Sergi Guardiola, who seemed to work well. The people of Madrid, for their part, had with the novelty of Raúl de Tomás in the starting eleven, and his was precisely the first occasion. El Rayo, who had limited himself to defending himself, se found himself awarded the Madrid striker’s goal at minute 20, although the goal did not go up on the scoreboard due to offside.
A wake-up call for the Andalusians, who little by little lost their initial verve, giving way to a calmer final stretch of the first half, and with hardly any chance of danger, beyond some attempt by Camel that did not end between the three sticks.
Little changed the picture in the first bars of the second half, although it could change after a few minutes. Sergi Guardiola also had a clear shot at 56′ of the game, which was in charge of disrupting Dmitrievski. Immediately afterwards, Rubén Sobrino also had his in the most incisive minutes of the Andalusians.
Only the goals were missing to round off the party, and although he resisted, he ended up arriving at 74′ of the game. And he did it from Guardiola’s boots, taking advantage of a pass into space, winning the game over Lejeune and Catena.
An action that put Rayo to sleep, that barely approached the domains of Ledesmabeyond some set piece action.
Sergio couldn’t believe it when the fourth official showed the sign for nine minutes added. It was then that Ray had the clearest. A dangerous action that ended up taking Pacha over the line, while those from Iraola asked for a possible penalty and Ledesma ended up on the ground. Even with the scare in the body, an incident in the stands forced the match to stop for a few more minutes, while the assistants attended to a fan who had received a ball.
A parenthesis to face an intense final stretch, in which Rayo went on the attack, desperately looking for a goal that ultimately did not come. Cádiz thus maintains its fort, where it has not lost since September.