La Liga
December 10, 2012
Rayo Vallecano
0 - 2
Real Zaragoza
La Liga
20:00 +00:00, December 10, 2012
Estadio Teresa Rivero
Rayo Vallecano 0-2 Real Zaragoza
Scoring Summary
| Rayo Vallecano | Real Zaragoza |
|---|---|
| Franco Zuculini (21') | |
| Apono (60') |
Teams
| Rayo Vallecano | Real Zaragoza |
|---|---|
| 25 David Cobeño | 1 Roberto Gago |
| 16 Jordi Amat | 4 Álvaro |
| 5 Alejandro Gálvez | 22 Ádám Pintér |
| 38 Jose Ignacio Martinez Garcia | 21 Abraham Minero |
| 2 Tito | 19 Cristian Sapunaru |
| 18 Javi Fuego | 2 José María Movilla |
| 17 Roberto Trashorras | 10 Apono |
| 29 Leo | 9 Hélder Postiga |
| 11 Chori Dominguez | 32 Víctor Rodríguez |
| 19 Lass | 11 Francisco Montañés |
| 20 Franco Vázquez | 20 Franco Zuculini |
| Substitutes | |
| 23 Andrija Delibasic | Leo Franco 25 |
| 4 Mikel Labaka | Javier Paredes 3 |
| 14 Nickie Nielsen | Lucas Wilchez 18 |
| 8 Adrian Gonzalez | Edu Oriol 8 |
| 3 Casado | Ortí 26 |
| 7 Manuel Arana Rodríguez | José Mari 15 |
| 1 Rubén | Stefan Babovic 17 |
| Substitutions | |
| Andrija Delibasic for Franco Vázquez (65) | Stefan Babovic for Franco Zuculini (70) |
| Nickie Nielsen for Roberto Trashorras (75) | José Mari for Víctor Rodríguez (78) |
| Manuel Arana Rodríguez for Jordi Amat (84) | Lucas Wilchez for Francisco Montañés (89) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Lass (62) | Abraham Minero (27) |
| Javi Fuego (80) | Álvaro (53) |
| Franco Zuculini (59) | |
| · Squads: Rayo Vallecano | Real Zaragoza | |
Real Zaragoza picked up their third win of the season after a clinical performance against Rayo Vallecano at the Estadio del Rayo Vallecano this evening.
The home side created the majority of the chances but struggled to find the target, while in stark contrast the visitors took their opportunities with the triumph moving them above Francisco Jemez's side and into 12th place in the Primera Division.
Franco Zuculini put Zaragoza ahead after 20 minutes and although the hosts created plenty of chances from set pieces Antonio Apono put Manolo Jimenez's outfit two up after 59 minutes to snap a three-game losing run.
The visitors had the first opportunity when after seven minutes a Cristian Sapunaru free-kick was hit over the bar by Victor Rodriguez from inside the area.
Vallecano did not heed that warning and after 20 minutes Zaragoza were ahead as Jose Movilla's pass was fired into the net from close range by Zuculini.
Six minutes later and the home side created their first chance of the contest. Carricho Leo Baptistao rose highest to connect with a Roberto Trashorras free-kick from the left, but the striker could not direct his header on target from six yards out.
Another accurate Trashorras set piece found a Rayo head yards from goal and this time it was Alejandro Galvez who could not find the target, with his header floating over the top.
Galvez fired over from outside the area a minute after the restart before Alhassane Bangoura somehow missed the target from 12 yards after 52 minutes as Vallecano looked to level.
However against the run of play Zaragoza went two ahead just before the hour mark, with Apono showing the type of clinical finishing the home side lacked, smashing the ball home from the edge of the area past David Cobeno.
Galvez was again guilty of not finding the target with his head in the 69th minute when well placed before Jimenez Roberto was finally called into action tipping Triguero Tito's right-footed effort round the post.
But that was as close as they came in what was an extremely disappointing performance from Rayo.