As a venue in the Cívitas Metropolitano, away from the Colosseum, Getafe crashed against Rayo Vallecano (0-2) in exile, a defeat marked by their expulsion Juanmi Latasa and Mason Greenwood and to be justified Sergio CamelloHe is the author of two goals scored by Francisco Rodríguez’s team in what was once their home ground.
Destiny wanted to raise Camel a fierce duel with many cards (especially for Getafe) and the match in which José Bordalás’ team played with nine men from the 51st minute.
The striker has emerged at the right time as he has barely scored a goal in the Cup this season. There was no trace of the seven goals he scored on loan from Atlético de Madrid last year. But the player, now the owner of the club headed by Raúl Martín Presa, woke up when his team needed him most.
Camello placed Raúl de Tomás on the bench and took to the field determined to break Rayo Vallecano’s 420-minute winning streak without scoring. It took him 46 minutes to celebrate his first goal of the season in the league and pave the way for a score that would increase at the start of the second half. As expected, the focus was on friendly photography from an extremely intense match.
Exile did not sit well with him. GetafeAlthough the truth is that Rayo Vallecano does not suit the Azulón team at all. A team that almost always stifles him. Costs. The previous data were worrying for the Bordalás team: they managed to win only three in 16 matches in the First League. Destruction man.
But all Bordalás and Getafe knew was victory against Rayo. He beat him in a Second League match (2016/17) and two First League matches of the 2018/19 season. The Alicante coach had taken the precaution of his opponent this Tuesday and his team’s foresight created hope for his team.
But this time, The Coliseum was not to be the stage where Getafe stabilized themselves away from the relegation points. and close to Europeans. A pending sanction in 2017 caused 10,000 fans to be moved twenty kilometers away to play duels at the Cívitas Metropolitano.
The duel lost its taste a bit because there was too much space in the stands. Yes definitely, The fight was tough on the grass. Nobody wanted to give an inch. Neither the Rayo players, who had five new faces compared to their last game (Balliu, Aridane, Espino, Kike Pérez and Óscar), nor the Getafe players hid their legs. They went straight to the fight, to the duel, and the match was little elaborated.
The match was fairly even until Latasa was sent off just before halftime. On the contrary, Getafe showed more teeth. He had a chance to take the lead on the leaderboard and narrowly missed the target. First he tried to shoot over Latasa’s crossbar, and then Greenwood touched the goal after Aridane’s cross shot.
HE ray Isi responded to Palazón: undoubtedly the key man of Francisco’s men. This is the engine room of a team that broke Getafe’s lead thanks to the Murcian midfielder’s left-footed shot, which Soria took with a superb change of possession. Isi then tried to take a direct corner and Soria reemerged. And Soria reappeared in Isi’s third shot, which was finished by Kike Pérez.
The Getafe goalkeeper saved his teammates with three consecutive interventions, but the game completely broke down at half-time. Latasa took a leaping walk and received her second yellow card. He left the team with ten goals and just five minutes later Camello scored his first after ending Rayo’s great play.
And although Camello was the protagonist at the end of the first half, he was tasked with stopping Getafe’s attempts at heroism at the start of the second half. As soon as the match restarted, Nkteka won a duel against Djené and the ball came to the feet of Camello, who cut Soria and ended the duel.
A few minutes later Greenwood was sent off after receiving a direct red card after referee Jorge Figueroa said something to Vázquez.. His departure from the field in the 52nd minute put an end to everything. Getafe, with nine players and a 0-2 defeat, definitely lost the match.
The rest was a desperation training session for the blue team, who were at least happy with Enes Ünal’s return after months of injury.
That was the only positive thing Getafe came up with. We lost to Rayo Vallecano once again; The following day he was without four players (Damián was sent off after being substituted, Greenwood, Latasa and Jaime Mata due to card accumulation); And most importantly, we lost three points.
On the other side, Rayo Vallecano came out reinforced. He started the new year with a victory that he needed like food. They have broken a worrying seven-game streak without a win and Camello claims he can be a key reference in attack. Rayo were smarter in their Getafe exile and failed to calm their nerves in a match of maximum tension.