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Almost immediately the tempo of the game changed completely with Miguel Garcia coming on for Gustavo Lopez and Cadiz playing further and further back towards their own box in an effort to hold on to the lead rather than continuing to press on and kill the game. This allowed the impressive visitors more and more territorial advantage and allowed them back into the game. The final twenty minutes of the match saw Cadiz playing with just the two up front, Natalio and Barreiro, and the remaining eight outfield players virtually encamped around the Cadiz box. Despite this Real Sociedad were able to carve Cadiz open and in the 78th minute the ball was played out to the right of the Cadiz box to the Sociedad winger in acres of space. He took his time and fired a low cross over, which caused complete panic in the area but on this occasion los amarillos were finally able to clear the ball to safety after several attempts. Just four minutes later and virtually the same passage of play saw the ball again come out to the right winger free near the edge of the box. He again fired in a low cross that Contreras failed to cut out and allowed Delibasic to bundle the ball over the line with Paz desperately trying to block him. With eight minutes to go and Cadiz playing on the back foot it looked as if the best that the home supporters could hope for was for the score to remain at 2-2 but Natalio, who ran himself into the ground in the second half, had other ideas and twice in fairly quick succession he found himself as the only Cadiz player in the area with the ball at his feet, surrounded by defenders. Despite all his best efforts he was unable to twist and turn to get into a shooting position and the defense were able to clear the ball. At the other end every time the ball went into the Cadiz half it looked dangerous, despite the number of Cadiz players behind the ball but thankfully the final whistle came and the points were shared. So close is this league that only 9 points separate the bottom 15 teams, with Cadiz still just four points above the relegation zone and every game an important one.
The Team Contreras Cristian De la Cuesta Paz Raul Lopez Kosowski(46mins Enrique) Fleurquin Natalio Bezares(46mins Barreiro) Gustavo Lopez(68mins Garcia) Dani
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at the start of the second half Procopio threw caution to the wind and took off
Kosowski and Bezares replacing them with Enrique and Barreiro. The other change
that he made was probably the most important when he pushed Paz up into midfield
and played with just the three at the back. Right from the whistle to start the
second half Cadiz looked like a completely different team and they played some
of the best football seen at the Carranza this season. Suddenly it was all out
attack and the shackles were off, they played at pace with good running off the
ball and they were completely dominating the opposition. Within seven minutes of
the half starting los amarillos were back on terms, Gustavo Lopez pumped a cross
into the box that was headed out but only as far as Enrique, who controlled the
ball well and saw Dani free in the box. He swiftly slid the ball across to Dani
who took a couple of touches to control the pass but then swivelled and place a
left foot shot past the despairing Riesgo to make it 1-1. Although Cadiz were
playing some great football to get back on terms regrettably, at that moment,
the team set up was changed back to playing four at the back with Paz reverting
into the middle of the defence. Initially that move made little difference as
Cadiz had the momentum and continued powering forward with Enrique, in
particular, getting into some good positions and prepared to take players on,
whilst Barreiro also looking to be gaining in confidence playing in the higher
team and had one excellent left footed effort fly just wide of the post. Then in
the 64th minute another break down the right saw Enrique put a hopeful ball
forward towards Natalio but it went through to Larrea who attempted to chest the
ball down ready to clear it but the lively Valencian Natalio was on to him in a
flash and managed to block the clearance and run on towards goal with just the
keeper to beat. With Larrea trying to make up the ground and the angle getting
smaller Natalio steadied himself and fired in a low shot that went between the
keepers legs and into the net to make it 2-1, with the crowd going wild.