Gimnastic Tarragona 2 -
Racing Santander 2
Nàstic:
Bizzarri; Ruz, Matellán, Llera, Oscar López; Buades, Juan;
Campano, Ismael (Portillo 58'), Cuéllar (Generelo 69'); Makukula
(Pinilla 72'). 4-2-3-1. Racing: Calatayud; Pinillos, Rubén,
Oriol (Pablo Alfaro 58'), Luis Fernández; Matabuena, Colsa (Antonio
Tomás 74'); Balboa (Juanjo 70'), Felipe Melo, Munitis; Zigic. 4-2-3-1.
Team changes: Nàstic:
Ismael, Cuéllar for Morales, Portillo / Racing: Calatayud, Matabuena,
Balboa for Toño, Vitolo, Cristian Alvarez.
Goals: 1-0. 37.
Cuéllar. Shot from outside of area which crept underneath Calatayud.
1-1. 47. Zigic. Picked up pass from Munitis and shot low past Bizzarri.
2-1. 66. Portillo. Got on end of Cuéllar's cross to head in on far
post. 2-2. 93. Zigic. Got above defence to head corner down past keeper on
near post.
A last minute header by
Zigic earned a first point for bottom club Racing Santander in a 2-2 draw at
Gimnàstic Tarragona. The Catalans had the better of the opening play,
with Ismael testing Calatayud twice. A challenge by the forward left the keeper
groggy, and two minutes later a long shot by Cuéllar crept out of his
hands and in to the net, Nàstic's 1,000th goal in the Nou Estadi in
official competitions.
Racing's only efforts in the
first half were a shot just wide of the post by Felipe Melo and a weak effort
at the keeper by Zigic, but just two minutes after the restart Zigic ran on to
a short pass from Munitis to equalise, the Cantabrians first goal of the
season. Luis César turned to Portillo, who had been nursing a knee
injury, and within seven minutes he restored the lead with a far post header
from Cuéllar's cross.
The locals should have
finished things off after that, with Campano, Portillo and Juan all trying
their luck. But with the game already in injury time Zigic hauled his two metre
frame above his markers to head a Munitis corner down past Bizzarri. Racing
were off the mark, and Nàstic were ruing a lost opportunity against a
direct rival in their fight for survival. |