Match Report


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Match Report
The air is damp with a fine drizzle here at El Sardinero where Racing Santander play host to Real Zaragoza. A crowd of 19,751 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in poor condition.
Racing Santander are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Real Zaragoza appear to be shaped for 4-2-3-1.
Today's match is refereed by Rodolfo  Diez.


0.00
Racing Santander get the match underway!
2.00
Alfredo Mendez knocks the ball forward to Alfredo Gento. Alfredo Gento deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Jose Cano. Jose Cano shoots from 20 yards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
3.41
Alfredo Mendez chips the ball to his team mate, Lauren Bisan-E. Bigné. Lauren Bisan-E. Bigné flicks a high pass forward. Romero P. Mendez collects the pass. Romero P. Mendez lofts in a cross ball towards Jose Cano. Jose Cano jumps high and flicks the ball with his head but it's a woeful effort!
8.17
Alfredo Gento controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Romero P. Mendez. Romero P. Mendez knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Gregorio Medina.
9.36
With great vision, Sebastian Gil plays the ball forward to Mario Lalas. Mario Lalas finds some space and shoots from distance but it misses the target by a large margin!
12.21
Showing composure, Eugenio Lopez picks a pass forward to Hibram Guevara. Hibram Guevara shoots from distance but it sails harmlessly over the bar!
15.28
Gregorio Medina flicks a high pass forward. Sebastian Gil holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Sebastian Gil flicks a high pass forward. Hibram Guevara holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Hibram Guevara shoots from distance. The ball curls but the keeper is able to reach it. He makes it look easy!
20.07
Fouzi Sektioui advances with the ball. Fouzi Sektioui controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Tomasz Kozminski. Tomasz Kozminski shoots from outside the area. The ball swerves viciously but the keeper is on top of it. Quality keeping!
22.02
Youri Shoukov chips the ball to his team mate, Sebastian Gil. Sebastian Gil deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Hibram Guevara. Hibram Guevara whips in a cross ball towards Tomasz Kozminski. Tomasz Kozminski is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
30.02
Augustine Enyinnaya barges into Claudio Carrasco. Augustine Enyinnaya is given a warning by the referee! Claudio Carrasco gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
32.29
Rafael Mendez threads the ball through to Jose Cano. Jose Cano lofts in a cross ball towards Elena Vicente. Elena Vicente whips the ball goalwards with his head but it's well over the bar!
39.36
Fouzi Sektioui controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Eugenio Lopez. Eugenio Lopez knocks the ball to his team mate, Mario Lalas. Mario Lalas knocks in a cross ball towards Tomasz Kozminski. Tomasz Kozminski heads the ball goalwards. The ball skims just under the bar, beyond the keeper's outstretched hand. Goal!!
45.00
Gregorio Medina breaks forward. Gregorio Medina deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Hibram Guevara. Hibram Guevara knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Neil Cope.
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!

Both teams emerge for the second half. Racing Santander appear unchanged since the first half. Real Zaragoza also appear unchanged since the first half.

45.00
The second half starts with Real Zaragoza kicking off!
48.42
Eugenio Lopez threads the ball through to Augustine Enyinnaya. Augustine Enyinnaya knocks in a cross ball towards Mario Lalas. Mario Lalas makes a deft header. What a cracker!! Rodolfo Zanoncelli had no chance!! Goal for Real Zaragoza!
51.07
Lauren Bisan-E. Bigné flicks the ball to his team mate, Romero P. Mendez. Romero P. Mendez knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Jaakko Gadd who gathers it comfortably.
55.16
Eugenio Lopez flicks a high pass forward. Mario Lalas controls it well on his chest. Mario Lalas knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Rodolfo Zanoncelli who gathers it comfortably.
57.49
Rafael Mendez clumsily knocks into Sebastian Gil. Rafael Mendez is shown the yellow card! Sebastian Gil hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
60.23
Gregorio Medina threads a neat ball through to Sebastian Gil. Sebastian Gil passes the ball forward to Augustine Enyinnaya. Augustine Enyinnaya sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it's drastically wayward!
61.52
With great vision, Rafael Mendez plays the ball forward to Jose Cano. Jose Cano shoots from long range but it flies just wide!
65.47
Alfredo Gento hits a low pass to Elena Vicente. Elena Vicente shoots from outside the area. It slams into the side netting. So close!!
72.17
Gregorio Medina flicks a high pass forward. Sebastian Gil easily holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Sebastian Gil flicks a high ball forward to Augustine Enyinnaya who takes it down. Augustine Enyinnaya lofts in a cross ball towards Hibram Guevara. Hibram Guevara makes a looping header on goal but Rodolfo Zanoncelli is on top of his game. Nice save!
73.24
Sebastian Gil deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Hibram Guevara. Hibram Guevara knocks in a cross ball towards Augustine Enyinnaya. Augustine Enyinnaya outjumps his marker and heads the ball goalward but is denied by Rodolfo Zanoncelli. Excellent save.
77.26
Racing Santander have made a substitution with Claudio Farinos replacing Alfredo Gento and appear to have rearranged themselves into a 4-2-4 formation.
78.33
Eugenio Lopez flicks a high pass forward. Hibram Guevara collects the pass. Hibram Guevara knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
79.07
Claudio Farinos makes a probing pass to Elena Vicente. Elena Vicente knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Youri Shoukov.
84.49
Fouzi Sektioui makes a probing pass to Sebastian Gil. Sebastian Gil makes a probing pass to Hibram Guevara. Hibram Guevara knocks in a cross ball towards Mario Lalas. Mario Lalas makes a convincing header but it is tipped over by Rodolfo Zanoncelli.
85.26
Corner kick to Real Zaragoza. Sebastian Gil plays it to the far post. Rodolfo Zanoncelli gets down and smothers the ball with his body.
87.18
Eugenio Lopez makes a probing pass to Mario Lalas. Mario Lalas tries a spectacular long range effort. It's miles wide!
89.05
Claudio Carrasco flicks a high ball forward to Claudio Farinos who gracefully takes it down. Claudio Farinos chips the ball to his team mate, Jose Cano. Jose Cano knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!

Match Statistics
Goals
0
2
Shots on Target
0
7
Shots off Target
5
5
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
40.5%
59.5%
Play Area
32.1%
40.5%
27.4%


Man of the Match
The man of the match was awarded to Mario Lalas of Real Zaragoza

Match Ratings
1.Rodolfo Zanoncelli (GK)
8
2.Claudio Carrasco (DEF)
6
3.Alfredo Mendez (DEF)
6
4.Neil Cope (DEF)
6
5.Juan Mora (DEF)
6
6.Lauren Bisan-E. Bigné (MID)
6
7.Alfredo Gento (MID)
6
8.Rafael Mendez (MID)yellow card
5
9.Romero P. Mendez (ATT)
6
10.Jose Cano (ATT)
6
11.Elena Vicente (ATT)
6
 
12.Leonardo Pena (GK)
0
13.Claudio Farinos (GK)
6
14.Ian Moore (MID)
0

1.Jaakko Gadd (GK)
6
2.Dmitri Blokhin (DEF)
6
3.Gregorio Medina (DEF)
7
4.Fouzi Sektioui (DEF)
7
5.Youri Shoukov (DEF)
6
6.Eugenio Lopez (MID)
7
7.Sebastian Gil (MID)
8
8.Tomasz Kozminski (ATT)goal scored
8
9.Mario Lalas (ATT)goal scored
9
10.Augustine Enyinnaya (ATT)
7
11.Hibram Guevara (ATT)
7
 
12.Eduardo Baez (ATT)
0
13.Henning Håland (MID)
0
14.Roberto Del Sol (MID)
0