Espanyol 2 - Racing
Santander 2
Espanyol: Kameni;
Velasco, Jarque, Torrejón, Chica; Zabaleta (Julián 75'),
Moisés Hurtado; Luis García, Corominas (Pandiani 46'), De la
Peña (Riera 61'); Tamudo. 4-2-3-1. Racing: Toño;
Pinillos, Garay, Rubén, Luis Fernández; Antonio Tomás
(Vitolo 70'), Colsa; Scaloni (Balboa 89'), Felipe Melo (Oscar Serrano 77'),
Munitis; Zigic. 4-2-3-1.
Team changes: Espanyol:
Torrejón, Zabaleta, Luis García for Lacruz, Fredson, Rufete /
Racing: No change.
Goals: 0-1. 25. Munitis.
Picked up Zigic pass and struck angled shot in off far post. 1-1. 45.
Tamudo. Collected headed pass and beat Toño from close up. 1-2. 87.
Chica (own goal). Turned Munitis cross past keeper on counter-attack. 2-2.
91. Tamudo (penalty). After Pinillos pushed over Tamudo inside area.
Espanyol and Racing
Santander are both just two points above the relegation spots after sharing the
points in a 2-2 draw. There was little action until midway through the first
half, when Munitis put the Cantabrians ahead with an angled shot off the far
post after Zigic put him through. But with the half time whistle looming Tamudo
collected a headed pass from Corominas to force the ball past Toño and
equalise.
Pandiani came on for Coro at
the break, and should have given his side the lead within a couple of minutes
of coming on. But the two metre tall Zigic caused several problems for Kameni
before he put Munitis through with three minutes to go, and although Chica cut
out the forward's cross, the ball ran back past the keeper in to his own net.
It appeared to be all over,
but with the game already in injury time, Toño misjudged a long ball
allowing it to bounce over his head. As Tamudo ran past him still outside of
the area, the keeper pushed him down, but the team captain recovered quickly
and ran on, only to be barged over by Pinillos inside the box.
Referee Undiano Mallenco had
no doubts pointing to the spot and sending off the defender, and Tamudo tucked
away the resulting penalty for his 100th goal in the first division, joining a
small group of currently active players who have reached the "ton". The only
Espanyol player to do so before him was Marañon, who ended his career
with 111 goals in the 1980's. |