Match Report
| Sporting Gijón | Sporting Gijón |  |  | Racing Ferrol | Racing Ferrol | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rodolfo Ramos | R. Ramos |  | 53 | G |  | 1 | | G | 64 | | Francisco Saez | F. Saez | |||||||||
| Uwe Reimers | U. Reimers |  | 72 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 62 | | Nicolas Guerrero | N. Guerrero | |||||||||
| Arturo Rodriquez | A. Rodriquez | | 54 | D | | 3 | | D | 58 | | Felipe Galadames | F. Galadames | |||||||||
| Cedric van der Hoek | C. van der Hoek |  | 53 | D | | 4 | | D | 49 |  | Marama Dufournet | M. Dufournet | |||||||||
| Romero P. Garrido | R. Garrido | | 52 | D | | 5 | | D | 49 | | Eduardo Gomez | E. Gomez | |||||||||
| Alejandro Pena | A. Pena | | 59 | M | | 6 | | M | 65 | | Mauricio Herrero | M. Herrero | |||||||||
| Stuart Ritchie | S. Ritchie |  | 58 | M | | 7 | | M | 64 | | Elena Sanz | E. Sanz | |||||||||
| Juan-Carlos Peiro | J. Peiro | | 55 | M | | 8 | | M | 59 | | Jean-Pierre Perez | J. Perez | |||||||||
| Luis Marques | L. Marques |  | 55 | M | | 9 | | M | 54 | | Jose Javier Ferrer | J. Ferrer | |||||||||
| Luis Carcedo | L. Carcedo | | 72 | A | | 10 | | A | 62 | | Patricio Ruiz | P. Ruiz | |||||||||
| Albert Torres | A. Torres | | 71 | A | | 11 | | A | 61 | | Juan Gil | J. Gil | |||||||||
 today's match is sponsored by Green Towers Spa |
Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at El Molinon where Sporting Gijón play host to Racing Ferrol. A crowd of 9,452 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Sporting Gijón and Racing Ferrol are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Sporting Gijón and Racing Ferrol are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Racing Ferrol kick off and get the first half underway!
2.16
0-0Uwe Reimers knocks the ball to his team mate, Luis Marques. Luis Marques controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Albert Torres. Albert Torres tries a spectacular long range effort but it curls horrendously wide!
3.18
1-0Luis Marques makes a probing pass to Albert Torres. Albert Torres whips in a cross ball towards Luis Carcedo. Luis Carcedo connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
8.43
1-0Cedric van der Hoek knocks the ball forward to Stuart Ritchie. Stuart Ritchie makes a simple pass to Albert Torres. Albert Torres whips in a cross ball towards Luis Carcedo. Luis Carcedo directs the ball goalwards with his head. Francisco Saez easily smothers it.
10.11
1-0Jose Javier Ferrer comes in with a late challenge on Alejandro Pena. The referee calls over Jose Javier Ferrer and warns him to calm down! Alejandro Pena hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
12.32
Alejandro Pena makes a simple pass to Albert Torres. Albert Torres shoots from 20 yards but Francisco Saez is on top of it.
16.44
Jean-Pierre Perez brings the ball forward. Jean-Pierre Perez shoots from 20 yards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
18.51
Mauricio Herrero makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Patricio Ruiz. Patricio Ruiz sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
20.01
1-0Jose Javier Ferrer threads the ball through to Juan Gil. Juan Gil knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
22.01
1-0Sporting Gijón are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
32.31
Jean-Pierre Perez chips the ball to his team mate, Juan Gil. Juan Gil shoots from long range but it curls horrendously wide!
33.07
Luis Marques chips the ball to his team mate, Luis Carcedo. Luis Carcedo knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Eduardo Gomez.
40.37
Luis Marques kicks a strong pass forward to Luis Carcedo. Luis Carcedo knocks in a cross ball towards Albert Torres. Albert Torres directs the ball goalwards with his head. Francisco Saez manages to gather it comfortably.
42.43
Arturo Rodriquez makes a probing pass to Juan-Carlos Peiro. Juan-Carlos Peiro flicks the ball to his team mate, Albert Torres. Albert Torres goes all the way! Albert Torres shows great control and tries a shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
The second half starts with Sporting Gijón kicking off!
48.41
1-0Alejandro Pena clumsily knocks into Jean-Pierre Perez. Alejandro Pena is shown the yellow card! Jean-Pierre Perez runs off the knock.
54.44
Stuart Ritchie knocks the ball to his team mate, Albert Torres. Albert Torres shoots from 25 yards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
61.23
Jean-Pierre Perez decides to run forward with the ball. Jean-Pierre Perez goes all the way! Jean-Pierre Perez shows great control and tries a shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
65.24
Felipe Galadames knocks the ball to his team mate, Elena Sanz. Elena Sanz chips the ball to his team mate, Juan Gil. Juan Gil knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Arturo Rodriquez.
67.52
Alejandro Pena decides to run forward with the ball. Alejandro Pena finds some space and shoots from distance but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
69.55
Elena Sanz hacks Juan-Carlos Peiro from behind! The referee calls over Elena Sanz and warns him to calm down! Juan-Carlos Peiro runs off the knock.
71.11
Cedric van der Hoek knocks the ball forward to Alejandro Pena. Alejandro Pena takes it forward alone. Alejandro Pena knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
78.53
Stuart Ritchie passes the ball forward to Albert Torres. Albert Torres knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
79.12
Racing Ferrol are easily keeping Sporting Gijón at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
83.14
Mauricio Herrero threads the ball through to Patricio Ruiz. Patricio Ruiz controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
87.51
Elena Sanz kicks a strong pass forward to Juan Gil. Juan Gil goes all the way! Juan Gil shoots from just inside the box but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
4
0
Shots off Target
4
6
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
1
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
58.5%
41.5%
Play Area
24.6%
49.2%
26.2%
Scorers