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Week  15	Cadiz	3	v	1	Racing Ferrol
Date 2nd December 2007	Cristian 6mins				Jaime 73mins
	Enrique 66mins
	Dani 86mins
	Fleurquin				Lamatina
					Charpenet

Team news this week sees Cristian return to right back with Vella on the bench, Caneda returns to partner Paz at the heart of defence replacing the injured De La Cuesta, whilst Raul Lopez returns to action after his long injury absence starting his first full game replacing the suspended Gonzalo Vicente. The only change in midfield sees Diego Rivas return after suspension to replace Bezares who drops to the bench, whilst up front Dani starts replacing the suspended Casas.

Right from the kick off Cadiz dominated the play, closing down the opposition quickly and not allowing the greens from Racing Ferrol any time to settle on the ball and when Cadiz were in possession the passing and running off the ball was swift and sleek.
It wasn't long before the dominance paid dividends and it came in the sixth minute when Cristian raced onto a ball down the right and fired in a looping shot from all of 25 yards that was a goal from the second that the ball left his boot and so it was that Cadiz were 1-0 up and cruising. They continued in this vane and in the 16th minute after good work by Paz from a free kick the ball was at the feet of Nano just yards from goal with only the keeper in front of him but his effort, which he had to take quickly, smashed against the bar and bounded away to safety. Shortly after it was the turn of Fleurquin to try and increase the lead but his effort from distance was high and wide. Suddenly the game went a bit flat after that with neither side getting any good moves going, although it was still Cadiz who looked more dangerous going forward with Fleurquin, Nano and Enrique all trying to score but their efforts were either off target or were easily dealt with by the keeper, meanwhile Contreras was a virtual spectator in the Cadiz goal and the first half ended with Cadiz still one up.

Shortly after the start of the second half Calderon was forced to change the set up when Diego Rivas had to go off injured to be replaced by Pavoni and for a time this seemed to unsettle Cadiz with the visitors getting forward more and soon a cross from the right went over the yellow defence to the back post where two Racing Ferrol players were lurking and it was Lamatina who got in a really powerful header from short distance that Contreras had to fly to his left to palm the ball away from goal and keep the score at 1-0. Half way through the half and Cadiz were another goal to the good when good play down the left saw Nano put in a great centre where Enrique bravely dived to head powerfully past Pina to make it 2-0 and it looked as if the three points were now in the bag. However just afterwards Nano also had to go off injured to be replaced with one of the fans favourites Bezares, who you can always rely on to give 100%. In the 73rd minute, with Cadiz coasting to victory, Contreras made a terrible decision to race out to try and punch a ball away, when Paz was well placed to deal with the danger, and he only managed to palm the ball away a few yards and in the process clatter heavily into his centre back, taking both himself and Paz out of the game with the ball at the feet of Jaime, who calmly slotted the ball past a despairing Caneda, who was trying to defend the goal line. So suddenly from nowhere the visitors were back in the game at 2-1 but los amarillos didn't panic and again took full control of the game, with B team player, Bienve, making his debut for the first team when Calderon sent him on for Lobos with just ten minutes left of the game. He got a few touches during his time on the pitch and looked comfortable on the ball and looks to be a good prospect and sure to get more minutes in the first team in the very near future.

With just minutes left good play down the right saw Enrique racing with the left back to get to the ball first, he controlled it quickly and took another touch to get the wrong side of the defender before pulling the ball back to the edge of the box where Dani collected it. He shimmied to the right finding enough space to unload a good shot into the bottom left corner of the goal to finally make the game safe at 3-1.

For most of the game this was another strong performance by los amarillos, although there were a few lapses of concentration that could have been punished but if they continue playing the way they are, relying on the experience of the past regular players at the core of the team, such as Paz, Caneda and De La Cuesta, Raul Lopez, Fleurquin, Bezares and Enrique there is no reason why the team cannot start climbing the table and still be in with a shout of challenging for promotion at the end of the season.

The Team 

                                                                                     Contreras

                                                                 Cristian         Paz          Caneda      Raul Lopez

          Enrique        Rivas(52mins Pavoni)       Fleurquin        Nano(71mins Bezares)          Lobos(80mins Bienve)

                                                                                        Dani