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Week  26	Cadiz	2	v	0	Salamanca
Date 24th February 2007	Pablo 7mins
	Pavoni 13mins
	Fleurquin				Alberto
	Pablo				Roberto

Cadiz returned to winning ways with an impressive victory against a Salamanca side who could have drawn level on points with los amarillos with an away win. Neru came in to partner Caneda in the heart of the defence in place of the injured De Quintana with the rest of the team unchanged from the eleven who were unfortunate not to win last week against Almeria.

 The yellows raced out of the blocks, and in the opening 20 minutes played the kind of free flowing football which has the fans still dreaming of promotion. Pablo Hernandez has been a superb acquisition and it came as no surprise when he was the key factor in two early goals for Cadiz. First in the 7^th minute Medina set Sesma free down the left and his deep cross was bundled in at the far post by the winger, and then just 6 minutes later he teased 2 defenders in the box before crossing low and hard for Pavoni to slide the ball into an empty net. The pace eased slightly after the goals, but still Cadiz looked the more likely to score the next goal. Raul Lopez hit a deep cross which cannoned back off the far post and then Medina should have done better when put clean through, but credit must go to Felip in the visitors goal as he stood his ground and cleared with his feet. The one black mark on the first half was an injury to the impressive Buades, but he was replaced by fans favourite Bezares in the heart of midfield. 

The second half was fairly comfortable for Cadiz, and they kept the ball away from Armando well, who only had a couple of wayward long shots to deal with. Bezares and Vella combined well down the right on the hour mark but Medina couldn’t convert at the near post. Enrique then came on for Pablo, and put in a couple of great crosses as he slotted straight into the action. It shows how good the form of Pablo is that Enrique is only getting the closing moments of matches to show his undoubted class. The tiring Medina was then replaced by Acuna and both players were worshipped by the crowd, who are now firmly back behind their team after they started showing their frustrations earlier on in the season. Again the second half was marred by a further injury, Raul Lopez, who has been in fantastic form this season, suffered a broken jaw and will be out for around two months.

It was encouraging to see a clean sheet with first choice centre backs Paz and De Quintana both missing, and with Raul Lopez now injured it looks as though Neru will get a further run in the team at full back. It was a shame to see Almeria snatching two late goals to nick a win at home to lowly Castellon, who host Cadiz next weekend. The gap remains 5 points to the promotion places but in this form no one is writing Cadiz off with 48 points still to play for.

The Team 

                                                                                     Armando

                                             Vella            Cesar Caneda           Neru             Raul Lopez  

                           Pablo(64mins Enrique)          Pavoni        Buades(33mins Bezares)        Fleurquin        Sesma

                                                                             Medina(79mins Acuña)