The Andalusian team breaks the curse of the locals in the new league season and beats Glorioso with a minimum.
Cadiz has beaten Deportivo Alavés by the smallest margin in Nuevo Mirandilla, where both teams made their debut in LaLiga 2023-24. Thus, the Andalusians break the curse of the locals in the new domestic contest and become the first to win on this first day.
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Cadiz win its first game of the season, something not seen in the First Division since 1977, against an Alavés side still needing to make adjustments to adapt to the top flight. Fede San Emeterio’s goal after seven minutes was enough for the Andalusians to take victory, suffering badly from the exclusion at the end of Escalante.
The live recap of Cadiz vs. Alaves of La Liga 2023-2024: alignments, video, goals and statistics
fali’s word
Luis Garcia’s word
90′ + 9′FULL TIME. Cadiz, 1 – Alaves, 0.
90′ + 8′Ledesma stops Rioja from chasing Kike García’s extension!
90′ + 5′Cross from Javi López hitting the side of the net, corner for Alavés!
90′ + 2′Good defensive play from Mere to cut off Sylla’s progress, and a favorable free-kick for Alavés after a knee from Ramos on Guridi.
90′The referee decides that the game needs another nine minutes of extra time.
88′RED DIRECT TO ESCALANTE! Cádiz is left one man down due to a very hard tackle with an iron on Kike García, which nearly hit him full in the face and neck.
52′A good cross from Machís inside the penalty area, Ramos narrowly misses the head! Touching it was almost a goal.
Four five’ Start the second part, take Alavés from the center! There are no changes after the reboot.
REST IN THE NUEVO MIRANDILLA: 1-0. We arrived at half time with a small scuffle over a ball from Abqar to Ramos when the referee had already blown the whistle before the final whistle. Cadiz won by the minimum with a goal from Fede San Emeterio in a strategic move, when barely seven minutes had passed. The Andalusians were much better than a team of Alavés who were slow to get into the game, but were on the verge of taking a chance in the final stretch.
40′GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ALAVÉS! A cross from Duarte, in an action led by Guridi, which takes out Ledesma with the glove! The goalkeeper received a hard blow from Miguel de la Fuente through inertia, involuntarily.
27′ABOUT MACHÍS TO MARK! Shot tight on the post, Sivera has to dive to clear it! Cadiz is looking for the second.
eleven’ Another Chris Ramos arrival for Cádiz, out of the band he managed to slip into the area and seek an assist for Roger who ultimately failed to score!
7′ GOOOOOL FOR CADIZ, SAN EMETERIO HAS SCORED! CADIZ 1 – 0 Alaves. In a set piece, Fede San Emeterio surprised the Basque defense, arriving only to complete Javi Hernández’s cross with a header at the near post!
1′ The match begins!
We already have both teams on the field! Cádiz dresses in yellow as always, against Alavés in blue and white with white pants. The Basques have come out with shirts to cheer on the seriously injured Giuliano Simeone.
The Cádiz coach, Sergio González, has won two of his seven games against Alavés in LaLiga, one of them only in his only game against the Basque team on the Cádiz team’s bench.
The Alavés have lost in four of their last five LaLiga appearances on debut, having gone undefeated in each of their previous five such encounters in the competition.
Cadiz have only won their first game of the season in one of their 15 appearances in LaLiga (one draw and 13 losses). It was in the first campaign, when they won 2-1 against Rayo Vallecano in September 1977.
Cadiz have lost just one of their six encounters with Alavés in LaLiga, only in their last fixture at the Nuevo Mirandilla (0-2 in October 2021).
XI OF ALAVES | Alavés returns to the First Division with the following squad: Sivera, Sedlar, Rafa Marín, Abqar, Duarte, Gorosabel, Jon Guridi, Blanco, Guevara, Luis Rioja, Miguel de la Fuente (4-5-1). Gorosabel and Guridi start, Abdallahi is low.
XI OF CADIZ | Cádiz will play with Ledesma, Javi Hernández, Fali, Luis Hernández, Iza, Machís, Fede San Emeterio, Alcaraz, Iván Alejo, Roger Martí, Chris Ramos (4-4-2) Sergio will rely on debutants Javi Hernández and Machís, although Much of the team’s hopes rest on Roger’s stage of form.
Source: Goal