Match Report


Deportivo La CoruñaDeportivo La Coruña     Racing SantanderRacing Santander
Computer Player Computer Player Computer Player Computer Player
Martin MolinaM. Molina58
G
1
G
67Eduardo RamosE. Ramos
Callum YoungC. Young65
D
2
D
72Francisco SerranoF. Serrano
Neil UpsonN. Upson61
D
captain3
D
66Francisco VelascoF. Velasco
Roberto VelascoR. Velasco60
D
4
D
60Samuele GhirardelloS. Ghirardello
Philipp BeckmannP. Beckmann59
D
5
M
66Juan-Carlos ZamoraJ. Zamora
Eduardo PascualE. Pascual70
M
6
M
61Andres HelgueraA. Helguera
Billy HendersonB. Henderson64
M
7captain
M
60Marcos AndresM. Andres
Claudio CortesC. Cortes60
M
8
M
57Eugenio GomezE. Gomez
Simon WallnerS. Wallner63
A
9
A
71Eduardo HernandezE. Hernandez
Scott YoungS. Young60
A
10
A
65Ivan RamosI. Ramos
Claudio LeonC. Leon59
A
11
A
60Fernando IglesiasF. Iglesias
 
Nicolas KuzorraN. Kuzorra57
G
12
G
63Edmundo CruzE. Cruz
Abel CarvalhoA. Carvalho57
A
13
D
58Eugenio HidalgoE. Hidalgo
Ricardo CrespoR. Crespo53
D
14
M
57Rafael NavarroR. Navarro

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Match Report
The sky is dark and overcast here at Riazor where Deportivo La Coruña play host to Racing Santander. A crowd of 9,132 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in poor condition.
Deportivo La Coruña are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Racing Santander appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
Today's match is refereed by Miguel  Carrasco.


0.00
Deportivo La Coruña kick off the first half!
4.55
Juan-Carlos Zamora flicks the ball to his team mate, Fernando Iglesias. Fernando Iglesias finds some space and shoots from distance but it's drastically wayward!
9.24
Marcos Andres makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Eduardo Hernandez. Eduardo Hernandez plays a scrappy one-two with Ivan Ramos and advances towards the goal... Eduardo Hernandez makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. It curls slightly but Martin Molina manages to gather it easily.
14.37
Billy Henderson makes an attacking run forward. Billy Henderson sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. Wonderful reactions from Eduardo Ramos keeps it out!
15.39
Andres Helguera controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ivan Ramos. Ivan Ramos knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
21.45
Roberto Velasco flicks a high ball forward to Billy Henderson who takes it down. Billy Henderson flicks a high pass forward. Claudio Leon controls it well on his chest. Claudio Leon knocks in a cross ball towards Simon Wallner. Simon Wallner outjumps his marker and heads the ball goalward but it is miles over!
24.40
Neil Upson sees space and advances. Neil Upson knocks the ball forward to Simon Wallner. Simon Wallner lofts in a cross ball towards Scott Young. Scott Young makes a convincing header. The ball clips the inside of the post and flies into the back of the net!! Goal for Deportivo La Coruña!
28.17
Neil Upson controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Claudio Cortes. Claudio Cortes threads a neat ball through to Claudio Leon. Claudio Leon whips in a cross ball towards Scott Young. With a superhuman jump, Scott Young connects with the ball and heads it goalwards but it misses the target by a large margin!
32.50
Francisco Serrano makes a probing pass to Marcos Andres. Marcos Andres runs deep into the other half of the pitch. Marcos Andres threads the ball through to Fernando Iglesias but he's offside!
34.39
Claudio Cortes deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Simon Wallner. Simon Wallner shoots from long range but it slams into the crowd!
42.30
Samuele Ghirardello makes a beautiful solo run. Samuele Ghirardello threads a neat ball through to Fernando Iglesias. Fernando Iglesias shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!

Both teams emerge for the second half. Deportivo La Coruña appear unchanged since the first half. Racing Santander also appear unchanged since the first half. The Racing Santander players look more motivated than they were before.

45.00
The second half starts with Racing Santander kicking off!
51.38
With great vision, Eduardo Pascual plays the ball forward to Simon Wallner. Simon Wallner knocks in a cross ball towards Scott Young. Scott Young is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
60.09
Racing Santander have made 2 substitutions with Edmundo Cruz replacing Francisco Velasco and Rafael Navarro replacing Fernando Iglesias .
65.56
Eduardo Pascual makes a simple pass to Simon Wallner. Simon Wallner knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Samuele Ghirardello.
69.04
Billy Henderson runs straight at the opposition's defence. Billy Henderson passes the ball forward but Claudio Leon is offside!
71.22
Francisco Serrano flicks a high pass forward. Juan-Carlos Zamora controls it well on his chest. Juan-Carlos Zamora decides to run forward with the ball. Juan-Carlos Zamora controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
72.06
Marcos Andres controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Rafael Navarro. Rafael Navarro lofts in a cross ball towards Eduardo Hernandez. Eduardo Hernandez heads the ball goalwards. Solid save from Martin Molina.
73.49
Deportivo La Coruña are playing very deep making it very hard for their opposition to get back into the game.
75.01
Billy Henderson flicks a high pass forward to Claudio Leon who brings the ball under control. Claudio Leon knocks in a cross ball towards Simon Wallner. Simon Wallner directs the ball goalwards with his head but it is shockingly off target!
77.55
Deportivo La Coruña have made a substitution with Nicolas Kuzorra replacing Roberto Velasco .
79.55
Eduardo Hernandez comes in with a high challenge, catching Neil Upson with his studs. Eduardo Hernandez is shown the red card!! Neil Upson grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
83.55
Marcos Andres runs deep into the other half of the pitch. Marcos Andres shoots from 20 yards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!

Match Statistics
 

Deportivo La Coruña

Racing Santander
Goals
2
0
Shots on Target
3
2
Shots off Target
4
4
Offsides
1
1
Fouls
0
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1

Possession
41.3%
58.7%
Play Area
23.8%
44.4%
31.7%

Scorers
Scott Young 24, 51

Man of the Match
The man of the match was awarded to Scott Young of Deportivo La Coruña

Match Ratings