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Week  22	Vecindario	1	v	2	Cadiz
Date 28th January 2007
	Nenad Mirosaljevic 17mins				Medina 60mins
					Nano 61mins
	Aitor Goñi				Miguel Garcia
					Medina

Cadiz recorded their third consecutive win with a battling 1-2 win away at bottom placed Vecindario. With Lucas Lobos suspended and the canary islanders playing on an artificial surface the result was by no means a foregone conclusion, especially with the home team giving a debut to ex-Cadiz cult hero Nenad Mirosavljevic up front. Pavoni was welcomed back into the starting eleven after returning from injury, with Sesma and Nano also supporting Medina. Caneda and De Quintana remained in the centre of defence in the continued absence of Abraham Paz.

Neither team took control of the early exchanges, until predictably Mirosavljevic opened the scoring. He met what looked to be an overhit cross at the far post with a header aimed back across goal, but the ball seemed to glance off De Quintana and in at Armando’s near post. Cadiz rallied well and were unfortunate to be denied a penalty in the 27^th minute. Medina beat Kelemen to the ball in the box and went down under what looked like definite contact from the keeper. The referee saw the matter differently and booked the Uruguayan for simulation to the dismay of all in the blue hoops of Cadiz’s third strip, a decision made to avoid clashing with the yellow of the officials kits and the black and white of the home side. As a result half time came with los amarillos one down and Jose Gonzalez staring defeat in the face for the first time in his ten games in charge.

The game changed with the introduction of Pablo for Sesma after ten minutes of the second half. Within five minutes, he managed to cross to Medina after a scramble in the Vecindario box, and the striker scored a neat header into the far top corner. After a scrappy opening quarter of an hour of the second half, the goal boosted the visitors, and within a minute they took the lead. A fine piece of play from Pavoni allowed him to pass the ball left towards Medina, but the striker, looking visibly more confident after his goal, allowed the ball to run past him to Nano, who steadied himself before firing low and hard into the bottom corner. Vecindario attempted to get back into the game, but couldn’t beat Armando in the remaining half an hour to give Cadiz their third consecutive win and extend Gonzalez’s unbeaten run to eleven games.

With Carlos Acuña finishing his involvement in the world under 20 championships after his three goals weren’t quite enough to pip Chile for the fourth qualifying place, and Lucas Lobos returning from suspension, things are looking up for Los Amarillos who now boast a very impressive squad. The next month will be the real test when they take on Tenerife, Murcia, Almeria and Salamanca, and if Jose Gonzalez can continue his unbeaten run across this period promotion will be a strong possibility.

The Team 

                                                                                     Armando

                                             Vella            Cesar Caneda           De Quintana             Raul Lopez  

                                              Sesma(54mins Pablo)         Miguel Garcia        Fleurquin       Nano

                                                             Pavoni(64mins Moran)       Medina(81mins Bezares)