He Rayo Vallecano faced on Friday night the UD Las Palmas. A match that, a priori, and according to the classification, was not going to be a difficult task for the players led by Iñigo Pérez.
In the end it was not like that, and the fact is that those from the fringe tried it in repeatedlybut they were not successful in front of goal, while the Canarian team had its day and the ball went in without much difficulty.
Little gunpowder
Even though the result ended 1-3 in favor of the visitorsin the analysis of what the encounter is, the Rayo Vallecano he should have taken the duel because of his superiority inside him.
Maintained possession greater than 60% in the majority of the crash, which denoted that they were superiors in the party and they were the ones who had the rhythm of the game. Due to that, the chances were on the part of the rayistas who were able to make a total of 34 shotsbut only six of them were aimed at the goal, the shot having such precision only 18%.
For the islands as a whole, they had fewer chances, but of the 11 shots that they made, three of them were on goal, which further showed their effectiveness with a 27% shooting percentage.
With these data in the offensive zone, statistically speaking Rayo should have scored at least two goals while Las Palmas barely reached the expected goal.
However, Rayo’s defeat was not due to the lack of intensity excessively since he also wins in duels. He wins just over half of the duels, both aerial and on the grass. Defensively speaking follows the same tone, more than 63% of entries were won by the Rayo players while Las Palmas only won just over 50%.
Therefore, what is seen is that the leading role was played by the effectiveness within the areas. Even though they had control, they won in defensive duels and even caused more chances if in the end, you don’t put it into the rival team’s goal you end up losing and that is what has happened to the Vallecano team.
“The dead ball hurts us”
After the game, the coach of the Rayo Vallecano, Inigo Perez He went to the press conference to explain what happened on the field. It was mainly based on the issue of effectiveness and that, even if you are superior “Effectiveness is king today in football”.
Furthermore, he commented that the fact of having conceded two goals from set pieces is “painful” and that is something that they have to take into account for the next matches because there are already three goals conceded adding the goal conceded against Mallorca.
With all this and in view of the national team break, the Rayo coach commented that these weeks will be good for “soften” the result and continue preparing for the following league clashes.
The UD Las Palmas coach, Diego Martínez, He stressed that despite having won nine points out of 12 possible “They have been very different games”. This one in particular, his team was “concentrated” and it was “forceful within the areas”
Regarding the luck that the Canarian team could have had, Martínez commented that “The more I work and the more we work, the luckier we are”. In addition, he commented that the classification did not matter, that now they had two weeks to prepare for the next game and in the meantime what they have to do is “row and continue in the same line”.
Stop and continue
From now on, both teams will be able to prepare for the next matches with a lot of preparation time due to the national team break. He Rayo Vallecano,For your part, you will have to visit the Ramon Sánchez Pizjuan to be able to return to the path of victory.
The UD Las Palmas will return to the islands to prepare for the clash against the RCD Mallorca. A key match to continue the positive streak of the team that is already out of the relegation zone.
