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Week  13	Cadiz	0	v	0	Numancia
Date 18th November 2007
	Rivas				Juanra
	Lopez				Boris
	Lobos				Pavon

Team news this week sees Calderon putting out the same starting line up that opened last week against Albacete. After two successive victories Cadiz were hoping for another three points against high flying Numancia, who were coming to the Carranza with 4 wins out of 6 on their travels.

With Diego Rivas beginning to fit in well with the team and showing a good footballing brain combined with a great engine he is helping los amarillos to control the centre of the park and that is exactly what happened in this game. Cadiz created more chances than the visitors but their biggest problem this season and last season has been to convert their dominance into goals and victories.

The first opportunity fell to Cadiz in the seventh minute when Rivas collected a short corner and centred well for De La Cuesta to rise and head the ball goalwards but his effort was easily held by Jacobo in the Numancia goal. Most danger from the visitors came from dead ball situations and in the 14th minute Juan Carlos Moreno struck a free kick that flew high and wide but it was an indication of what he was capable of. With the fans singing loud and clear Cadiz continued the pressure on the field with Enrique volleying a cross from Lobos but it was off target, this was followed by Gustavo Lopez crossing to Casas but his effort was also off target. With neither side able to break the deadlock the half finished 0-0.

At the start of the second half the visitors seemed to come out stronger and Numancia were clearly the more likely to open the scoring and in the 55th minute Contreras was beaten but the ever reliable Paz was there to clear off the line. From that moment on Cadiz again took control of the game and once again it was Paz who was showing the way when he had two occasions to score in quick succession but his efforts were just over the bar. Another good effort came from Gustavo Lopez when his shot, after Christians cross, was just wide of the mark. Finally with just seconds left of the time added on Lobos got into the act by firing in a powerful shot from the right that Jacobo had to palm away for a corner and the game ended as it had started at 0-0.

Cadiz certainly deserved more out of the game but unfortunately the old problem of not scoring enough goals is not going to go away and until they find some solution los amarillos are going to struggle to keep collecting three points and next weeks match away at third placed Sporting Gijon is going to be another tough challenge.

The Team 

                                                                                     Contreras

                                             Vella(80mins Pavoni)         Paz          De La Cuesta       Vicente

                              Enrique(72mins Christian)        Bezares       Rivas        Lobos         Gustavo Lopez

                                                                                    Casas(63mins Dani)