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first starting line up in this seasons Segunda A challenge saw Casilla in goal,
new signing Alvaro Silva joining Fragoso in the heart of the defence and
Cristian continuing at right back with Cifuentes at left back. Across the middle
Enrique was on the right, Lopez Silva on the left and across the middle were,
new signing Abraham, Caballero and Jon Erice, whilst, unsurprisingly, upfrong
was Toedtli. With a 9,000 strong crowd inside a blistering Carranza the game
kicked off at 17.00 with Cadiz dominating from the start with the visitors
looking happy to get numbers behind the ball, playing very deep and looking for
the quick break. This meant that los amarillos had plenty of the ball with Lopez
Silva and Cifuentes combining well down the left and the little left winger
causing all sorts of problems for the Salamanca defence and on three occasions
he managed to wriggle free into the box by the bye line but the final ball
across just would not go to a Cadiz player. Although on one of these forays his
cross was pushed out by Ribas, the Salamanca keeper, and Caballero following in
fired a shot goalwards but his effort was well blocked by a defender. In the
20th minute the ball came out from a corner to Cifuentes some 30 yards out, he
ran forward five yards before launching a great right foot shot that was
arrowing straight for the top corner but Ribas just managed to get fingertips to
the ball that was enough to divert the ball onto the bar and behind for a
corner. In the 41st minute it was Cadiz again who hit the crossbar when a corner
from the left was finally headed to the far post where Toedtli leaped and back
headed the ball onto the bar and it looked as if it was just going to be one of
those days for Cadiz. Casilla was a virtual spectator but when he was called to
action he seemed a little nervous and indecisive, whilst the normally strong
relationship between Cristian and, captain for the day, Enrique, was producing
absolutely nothing and the first half ended as it had started at 0-0.
 The
second half was much the same, although Cadiz were not dominating quite as much
and on occasions it looked as if a bit of desperation was affecting los
amarillos and they did allow the visitors a few chances to break, the most
dangerous of which saw Cristian hooking the ball just wide of the goal to thwart
an inrushing Salamanaca forward, but the back four held strong and the game did
have a 0-0 result written all over it with neither keeper being called to
action. However the tide turned with half an hour still to play when the young
Nigerian, Akinsola, was sent on as sub for the visitors. Within ten minutes of
coming on the ball was played long to the right of the Cadiz box and the
Nigerian raced to it and fired in a great right foot volley that flew inches
over the bar and onto the top of the net. Shortly afterwards Cadiz won a free
kick just outside the Salamanca box and from eighteen yards out Caballero curled
a smashing free kick over the wall but the effort went agonisingly the wrong
side of the post with Ribas looking beaten. Gracia made changes to try and force
a result firstly Velasco went on for the lacklustre and ineffectual Enrique,
then Ormazabal went on for Caballero and finally Tristan came on with just 10
minutes left for Abraham. But with just 9 minutes left the only goal of the game
was to come from Akinsola who picked up the ball to the left of the Cadiz area
and managed to out pace Cristian in the area before firing in a left foot shot
from a very narrow angle that beat Casilla at the near post before bouncing in
to the goal off the far post. Despite throwing everything forward Cadiz were not
able to break through the defensive wall set out by the visitors, although Lopez
Silva fired well over from a tight angle when played in, and the match ended
disappointingly with Cadiz unable to pick up anything from a game that they
certainly deserved to get something from.
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
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPWjV7gK6Ho
The Team
Casilla
Cristian
Alvaro Silva Fragoso Cifuentes
Enrique(66mins Velasco)
Abraham(80mins Tristan) Caballero(76mins Ormazabal)
Erice Lopez Silva
Toedtli
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