The yellow team added its third victory of the season in a survival exercise where it showed a version totally unknown to date, suffering without the ball and being forceful in the areas. UD was not better than Rayo and suffered more than 30 shots against, but it is no longer so easy to beat Cillessen’s goal. Fábio Silva, Aridane’s own goal and Manu Fuster scored the goals.
There is no doubt that Diego Martínez’s hand is already noticeable in this UD, which does not play particularly well, but competes as a competition like the First Division demands. That it is not superior to its rivals, but it is the typical uncomfortable team of which no fan says that “it is the best team that has ever been here” but of which they leave with anger for not being able to sink their teeth into it despite feeling superior. Job, as the oldest people in the place would say.
Furthermore, the Galician coach has made his preferences clear. Not because of his statements, but because of the eleven he usually has, which only introduced one novelty compared to the game a week ago with the entry of Javi Muñoz for Campaña in the middle. No sign of Mika Mármol in the eleven, indisputable until the injury that occurred in September. Nor of Mcburnie, who has been relegated to the role of substitute forward due to the good work of Fábio Silva, a player who without making too much noise is beginning to show that they were not wrong when they paid 40 million euros for him years ago.
And the game could have started with drama, when Camello, who gave the afternoon to Álex Suárez, stood up to Cillessen but failed to shoot between the sticks. The one who did it was Fábio Silva at the first opportunity and in a record that had not been exploited until now. Sandro’s measured cross to the near post and there the Portuguese striker emerges to head the goal in an unappealable manner. The dream start. Rayo wanted to respond quickly, but in a similar action, Lejeune’s shot crashed into the back of the crossbar.
early goal
Precisely from the corner, UD had the second, when Álex Muñoz also went forward to the far post but could not direct his shot well, which Fábio Silva found without time to react. UD tried to put the game to sleep, always uncomfortable with the high pace that Íñigo Pérez’s Rayo proposed, especially on the sides. Moleiro and Sandro did not appear, Kirian barely came into play and the yellows suffered running after the ball, but Essugo, without giving his brilliant version of days ago, appeared everywhere to put out fires.
Only after half an hour, Rayo had two consecutive chances that caused some attention-grabbing glances among the yellows. First Pep Chavarría ran into Cillessen after a great team play and just after Gumbau, in another great combination, crossed excessively in front of the Dutch goalkeeper. Luck also wore yellow and that’s how we reached the break.
After the restart, the same script with Rayo even more focused if possible, combining long shots, corner kicks and attacks of all kinds. The yellows suffered from the desperation of Fábio Silva, tired of fighting with Aridane and Lejeune without getting a proper ball. UD adapted to living in pain and playing on the counterattack, and so Sandro had a good chance to put the ball in the way, but the Gran Canarian player was not accurate with his shot. It was a mirage, since the yellows were barely surviving bailing out water in the face of the avalanche of rayista attacks.
Another lethal corner
Diego Martínez was going to make a move due to the need for a reaction… which came just before the change. Once again, a corner from Sandro at the near post ended in a goal, this time scored by goalkeeper Aridane into his own goal. Incredible but true, the most pragmatic UD in survival mode, without smelling the ball and being forceful in the areas. That second goal was a fatal blow for Rayo who, without time to recover, received the checkmate. Kirian puts it in depth for the recently incorporated Manu Fuster, who beats Lejeune in speed and from the front of the area hits Batalla with the outside. A great goal to make his debut as a scorer in the First Division and begin to justify the yellow team’s commitment to his arrival.
From that moment on, desperate changes from Rayo and UD finally playing feeling comfortable on the pitch, not without the usual saving hand from Cillessen with a shot this time from Embarba. Rayo took more than 30 shots and always gave the feeling that another 90 minutes could be played and they would still not find the net. In fact, it had to be McKenna with his own goal who managed to beat Cillessen. UD was also able to round off the game with a fourth goal, something that would have been as bloody as it was undeserved given what was seen on the pitch. A fortunate match but one that strengthens the yellows and Diego Martínez, who has given the team that point of competitiveness that it could not quite find with Carrión. This already looks better.
TECHNICAL SHEET
Rayo Vallecano vs Unión Deportiva Las Palmas
RAY VALLECANO: Batalla, Ratiu, Lejeune, Aridane (Guardiola 71′), Pep Chavarria (Pedro Diaz 76′), Alvaro, Gumbau (Trejo 71′), Oscar Valentin, De Frutos, Isi (James Rodriguez 76′) and Camello (Embarba 71′). ). COACH: Íñigo Pérez.
YOU LAS PALMAS: Cillessen, Viti, Alex Suarez, McKenna, Alex Munoz, Essugo (Benito 78′), Javi Munoz, Kirian (Marc Cardona 89′), Sandro (Manu Fuster 63′), Moleiro (Campagna 63′) and Fabio Silva (Mata 78′). ′). COACH: Diego Martínez.
GOALS: 0-1: Fábio Silva, min. 5; 0-2: Aridane own goal, min. 62; 0-3: Manu Fuster, min. 66; 1-3: McKenna own goal, min. 92.
ARBITRATOR: Francisco José Hernández Maeso (Extremeño Committee). He cautioned McKenna (10′), Gumbau (33′), Álex Muñoz (47′), Essugo (48′)
INCIDENTS: Match corresponding to the thirteenth day of LaLiga EA Sports 24-25, played at the Vallecas Stadium in front of 12,978 spectators.
