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promotion gained for both teams today was going to be a time for the players to
enjoy themselves without too much pressure. It was also a time for Javier Gracia
to change a number of the normal players giving a chance to some of the less
regular players this season. First change was to play Dani in goal with Casilla
on the bench, Delgado started in the middle of the defence with Mansilla on the
bench, at left back David Garcia starts in place of the injured Raul Lopez and
suspended Cifuentes. In midfield Fran Cortes and Erice start with Enrique and
Fleurquin rested and up front is Rubiato instead of Toedtli who is also rested.
From the first whistle it was clear that this was going to be a football fiesta
with both teams spraying the ball about and looking for goals and it was Cadiz
who were the first to strike when after just 8 minutes Caballero crossed from
the left and Rubiato headed the ball home to make it 0-1. The home team however,
with their stadium full of their supporters dressed in the white and black
colours of their team cheering them on, wanted to continue the celebrations of
their promotion by pressing forward and eight minutes after going behind Tato
went down in the Cadiz area after a clash with Fragoso amidst shouts of a
penalty the referee waved play on. Los amarillos played their part in an
enthralling first half contest and doubled their lead after 26 minutes when a
good play through the middle of the park ended with Caballero slipping the ball
through to Lopez Silva, which allowed the left
winger to square the ball to Rubiato again who made no mistake from a couple of
yards out with an open goal in front of him to make it 0-2
to Cadiz. From then on until the end of the first half Dani, in the Cadiz
goal, became the man of the match for los amarillos by pulling off several great
saves from Nano, Falcon, Sanchez and Mena and with the woodwork also helping on
a couple of occasions Cadiz held on to their narrow two goal lead at the break.
 The
second half began with the home team powering forward looking to reduce the
deficit, which left plenty of space for Cadiz to try and take advantage of and
shortly after the second half began Rubiato almost got his hat trick when he
fired in a good shot that was diverted for a corner. At the other end Dani
continued his heroics with another fine stop from a Mena shot. Shortly after
coming on Alvaro found himself in space in a one on one with Oscar Mateo, who
had taken over in the Cartagena goal, but it was the keeper who just managed to
thwart the Cadiz player and keep the score at 0-2. In the 72nd minute Addison
went down in the box as he tried to reach a cross from the right with Fragoso
looking as if he just eased the forward off balance but this time the
referee pointed to the spot for a fairly dubious penalty but then, rather harshly, also showed the Cadiz
central defender a straight red card reducing los amarillos to ten men for the
final twenty minutes or so. Nano stepped up to take the penalty and fired it
home to make it 1-2. With the numerical advantage the home supporters were
hoping that their heroes would score more and Delgado had to head a dangerous
cross from Nano behind for a corner but despite being a man down Cadiz did not
always defend and they controlled and passed the ball well and in one
superb movement with virtually every Cadiz player getting a touch Erice played
the ball through to Alvaro whose effort was well saved by Mateo. With time
running out Dani was again called to action to thwart another goal bound effort
from Mena and then in the final seconds of time added on Cristian raced down the
right with Fran Cortes putting the ball into Alvaro in a good position but the
home defence were able to stub out the threat as the referee blew the final
whistle.
The second leg of the champion of champions of the Segunda B takes place next
Saturday, 6th June 2009 at the Carranza kicking off at 19.30 with entry free to
season ticket holders and at a reduced price for anybody else who wants to come
along and enjoy the celebrations.
Check out the goal highlights by clicking on the following link:-
(After watching the video to get back to your favourite English Cadiz FC site
just click on your back arrow)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCf09OeMwf0
The Team
Dani
Cristian Delgado
Fragoso David Garcia
Fran Cortes
Ormazabal Erice
Caballero(83mins Rosu) Lopez Silva(60mins Alvaro)
Rubiato(74mins Mansilla)
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