Real Zaragoza 2-3 Rayo Vallecano: result and report
La Liga 2 · Sunday 25 January 2009
Result
Real Zaragoza 2-3 Rayo Vallecano
La Liga 2 · Sunday 25 January 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Real Zaragoza 2-3 Rayo Vallecano: match report
Real Zaragoza were beaten by Rayo Vallecano 2-3 in La Liga 2 on Sunday 25 January 2009. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Pachón opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Real Zaragoza's goals came from Ricardo Oliveira (41') and Ewerthon (44'). Rayo Vallecano scored through Pachón (24'), David Aganzo (77', penalty) and David Sousa (84').
Discipline: Real Zaragoza received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Rayo Vallecano received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Zaragoza were 3rd on 33 points from 20 and Rayo Vallecano 12th on 28 points from 20. Real Zaragoza went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Rayo Vallecano 5th with 70.
Going into the match Real Zaragoza's last five read L-W-D-W-L and Rayo Vallecano's D-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Pachón
- 41'Goal · Ricardo Oliveira
- 44'Goal · Ewerthon
- 49'Yellow card · Albiol
- 57'Yellow card · Raúl Goni
- 61'Yellow card · Roberto Ayala
- 63'Yellow card · Gabi
- 75'Yellow card · Jorge Lopéz
- 77'Penalty goal · David Aganzo
- 80'Second yellow · Gabi
- 81'Yellow card · David Sousa
- 84'Goal · David Sousa
- 87'Yellow card · Piti
Team news
Real Zaragoza expected line-up (4-4-2)
César, Roberto Ayala, Sergio, Paredes, Alberto Zapater, Ricardo Oliveira, Sergio García, Diego Milito, Pablo Aimar Giordano, Albert Celades López, Gabi