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Week  32	Cadiz	1	v	1	Sporting Gijon
Date 8th April 2007	Pablo 35 mins				Castro 10 mins
	Vella				Michel
	Neru				Samuel
	Cesar Caneda				Congo
	Abel Buades				Sastre
	Lucas Lobos				Chus Bravo

The team this week saw Neru come in to replace the suspended De Quintana and partner Caneda at the heart of the defense. Sesma started instead of Nano and Acuña started the game for only the third time this season replacing the injured De Paula.

In the first half of the season the visit to Sporting Gijon resulted in an amazing 5-4 result after Cadiz had gone two up and had a Paz penalty saved. As a result of that loss the Cadiz Board decided to change managers, appointing Jose Gonzalez after sacking Oli. The return match saw Cadiz searching for revenge and more importantly all three points to get their faltering promotion push back on track.

The game started slowly with Cadiz exerting the early pressure, whilst the visitors were passing the ball well, looking to break swiftly. The first significant chance fell to los amarillos when Pablo, who has been playing superbly this season, put in a cross to the penalty spot, which Sesma could only head over the bar. Then in the 10th minute a cross into the Cadiz area was well headed out but fell loose on the edge of the box and Diego Castro was first to react and ran onto the ball placing it past Armando's outstretched left hand into the goal to make it 0-1 to the visitors.

So many times this season Cadiz have dominated but have gone behind against the run of play. On each occasion they have come storming back, piling on the pressure in search of the equaliser and so it was today. In the next 15 minutes there were at least three clear chances any one of which could have gone in the home sides favour. Firstly good play between Pavoni and Pablo saw the ball run into the path of Acuña in the penalty area to the right of the goal but his strong goalbound effort was well blocked by the diving Roberto in the Sporting Gijon goal. A few minutes later good play from Fleurquin, who had been pushed forward in a more attacking role, pass to Sesma who crossed the ball into the area where firstly Acuña again had his effort saved and the rebound fell to Pavoni whose effort was blocked by the defence. Then in the 25th minute it looked as if it was all square when Acuña beat the keeper with a header from a Sesma cross but, the ex Cadiz player, Sastre was on the line to head the ball away and keep the score at 0-1.

The red and whites from Sporting Gijon kept looking for the long ball out of defence but these were easily dealt with by the home team. then in the 35th minute Pablo picked up the ball just inside his own half and started running down the line with 3 opposing players around him. He jinxed this way and that with the opposition backing off and allowing him to continue on. A drop of his left shoulder saw him cut inside and waltz past a despairing challenge before firing a great right foot shot from just outside the area past Roberto and into the back of the net to bring the teams all square.

The second half was a different affair with Sporting Gijon also looking for the victory, which should have been good for the game but in fact resulted in many stoppages for fouls, which not only resulted in 5 yellow cards being issued to each team but also stopped the flow to the game. Still the best chances fell to Cadiz with Acuña again unlucky to see his effort into the side netting and then an effort from Vella, who had run onto a great pass from Pablo, was well blocked by the Gijon defence. It wasn't all Cadiz though and Armando had to be alert when a Michel effort from at least 30 yards almost sneaked in at the far post but the Cadiz stopper and captain managed to palm the ball round for a corner. Going into the last quarter of the game a flurry of substitutions and free kicks completely break the flow of the game. Despite that Medina, who had come on to replace Acuña, latch on to a good ball from Raul Lopez but his effort was well saved by Roberto. The match ended as it had started at the beginning of the second half at 1-1.

With the top three teams all winning and the next four all losing the gap between the third promotion place and the fourth place has increased to 12 points, with Cadiz a further 3 points adrift, so the chase for promotion is looking more and more futile. However there are now only 10 points covering the sixteen teams from fourth to nineteenth place and Cadiz must continue looking to win every game to avoid sliding down the table.

The Team 

                                                                                     Armando

                                              Vella            Cesar Caneda           Neru        Raul Lopez 

                      Pablo(81mins Lucas Lobos)           Pavoni          Fleurquin        Abel Buades         Sesma(58mins Nano)

                                                                                Acuña(69mins Medina)