Rayo 3 - 1 enmaromado (382934857)

Clear skies welcomed the 29498 spectators who had made their way to Municipal Castejón Carrasco. Stanislav Kando was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mario Pedroni and Theofanis Thanos. Rayo had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Pomonis - Artzallus, Giovannoni, Guzun, Galinsola - Trindade, Humeres, Rebelo, De Pascalis - Belizón, Latomäki.

enmaromado decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Hamza - Rizzello, De la Corte, Carlos - Schärer, Wynants, Urquijo, Fariñas, Ramos - Dobija, Zahonero.

After 4 minutes, Ó. Carlos made a complete fool of himself when he presented the ball to the feet of C. Belizón who smashed it into the open goal for Rayo. 1 - 0. C. Belizón should probably have put his team up another goal after 22 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by G. Hamza kept the visitors in the game. enmaromado mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 23 minutes, but X. Zahonero was unable to convert from short range. The referee showed Rayo's E. Giovannoni the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. With 25 minutes played, the visitors almost levelled the score. J. Dobija shot a hard curved free kick, striking the post. enmaromado's J. Dobija was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 29 minutes. Halftime score was 1 - 0. enmaromado claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

F. Trindade's speed is always a threat when he gets a little room to move, and 64 minutes into the match was no different as he broke free of his man to send a delightful through ball to J. Latomäki who knocked it in for Rayo. 2 - 0! The visitors replied 66 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 2 - 1, as D. Fariñas dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. Cheers filled the stadium as F. Trindade broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 1 to Rayo. The players of Rayo now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

A. Humeres performed admirably for Rayo. On the other hand, O. Artzallus's play was disheartening. enmaromado's best player was J. Dobija. However, A. De la Corte made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 1.