November: Thankful for Top Spot
Salamanca A.C. 0-2 Racing Santander S.A.D.
Saturday 2nd November 2013 | El Hemantico | Att. 883
Segunda Division B1
Racing Santander XI: Mario, Francis, Juanpe, Soria, Echaide, Granero, Duran, Nieto, Gabilondo, Miguelez, Bolado
Racing Santander opened up the month against 11th placed Salamanca A.C. Throughout the match, Racing enjoyed large times of possessions, thanks to the tactic Raul Gonzalez employed. Igor Gabilondo, who has more than 8 goals this term already, showed a sign of things to come, as he cracked a shot to test the opposition's goalkeeper. However, there was controversy in the match, as two Racing goals were flagged offside, both in the 11th and 12th minute respectively.
As the match went on, and Racing pressed for their goal, they got it in the 35th minute, as Igor Gabilondo snatched at the chance when Salamanca's goalkeeper, Alejandro Rebollo, couldn't hold on to Miguelez's shot. Half-time came quickly, and Racing centre-back Juanpe was taken off as he was seen with a minor injury.
As the match went on, another controversial event occurred, as Salamanca's Herranz tackled Andreu inside the penalty area, with the whole away fans demanding the uncalled penalty. In the dying embers of the game, Salamanca conceded a late free-kick, where David Miguelez took a strong shot to the top-corner.
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Subs On: Enrique Corrales, Ander Lafuente, Andreu.
Goals: Igor Gabilondo (35), David Miguelez (90+1)
Salamanca A.C. Goals: None
Man of the Match: David Miguelez (Racing) 8.6
Racing Santander S.A.D. 3-2 U.D. Logrones
Saturday 9th November 2013 | El Sardinero | Att. 13,383
Racing Santander XI: Mario, Francis, Juanpe, Soria, Echaide, Granero, Duran, Nieto, Gabilondo, Miguelez, Bolado
On a rainy Saturday, Racing hosted U.D. Logrones at El Sardinero, where they were thwarted early on by Logrones' goalkeeper, Mandaluniz. However, that wasn't going to stop Racing picking up maximum points at home again.
During the first 20 minutes, Racing were pressing Logrones hard, and forced Mandaluniz into amazing saves. However, Ruben Duran broke the deadlock in the 39th minute when Miguel Angel Nieto headed a ball to his feet after Gabilondo whipped in the ball. Logrones quickly responded, with a goal in the 44th minute. Javier Torres had a strike at goal and his strong shot was out of Mario's reach, where it rattled the post before going in.
After the restart, Racing were slow, something Racing fans are not familiar under the reign of Raul. They were duly punished when they conceded a free-kick outside the goalkeepers' area when Manolo Candelas executed the free-kick, leaving Racing goalkeeper no chance. Before the match hit the 80th minute mark, Racing captain and right-back Francis, had a shot after a nice play was duly executed by the Racing players.
As the final minutes came, it was Raul Gonzalez's voice that was heard throughout El Sardinero, demanding his players to push for a goal, as he had yet to taste anything but wins in his debut season. It was a heart-break for U.D. Logrones's fans, as substitute Inaki stroke the ball cleanly where Mandaluniz was left with no chance. Even though the game restarted, Racing kept pushing forward, with Ruben Duran hitting the post a minute later after Inaki's goal.
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Sub On: Enrique Corrales, Inaki, Andreu
Racing Goals: Ruben Duran (35), Francis (79), Inaki (89)
U.D. Logrones's Goals: Javier Torres (44), Manolo Candelas (55)
Injuries: Borja Granero (74)
Man of the Match: Manolo Candelas (U.D. Logrones) 8.2
Burgos 2-4 Racing Santander S.A.D.
Sunday 17th November 2013 | El Plantio | Att. 4,165
Segunda Division B1
Racing Santander XI: Mario, Francis, Juanpe, Soria, Corrales, Duran, Granero, Lafuente, Nieto, Miguelez, Bolado
Burgos hosted Racing Santander in what was an entertaining match by both sides, as they saw 3 goals out of the 6, come in own goals.
Ruben Duran had the clearest chance to put Racing into the lead, but his free-kick sailed through the post. However, it was going to be Enrique Corrales, who is contesting the berth for the left-back role with Ion Echaide who opened the scoring with a well placed shot just outside the keepers' area in the 17th minute.
Not long after, Ruben Duran would double his club's lead after Borja Granero would swing in a short cross, before the midfielder maestro would score a beautiful goal with a left-footed volley in the 31st minute. Shortly after the 2nd period started, Francis tripled Racings's lead with a close-ranged finish in the 53rd minute. Ruben Duran agonizingly scored an own goal after nodding the ball into his own goal in the 59th minute.
Burgos fans were given a glimmer of hope when Mario, Racing's goalkeeper, scored a freak own goal, in the 68th minute. But, Enrique Corrales, who scored the first goal of the game, thrusted forward and whipped in a cross, where it hit Serrano's heel, and it diverted it into his own goal in the 92nd minute.
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Sub On: Moussa Kone, Andreu, Inaki
Racing Santander Goals: Enrique Corrales (17), Ruben Duran (31), Francis (53), Jose Serrano (90+2 OG)
Burgos's Goals: Ruben Duran (59 OG), Mario (68 OG)
Man of the Match: Ruben Duran (Racing) 8.1
Racing Santander S.A.D. 4-1 Zamora
Saturday 23rd November 2013 | El Sardinero | Att. 13,410
Racing Santander XI: Mario, Francis, Juanpe, Soria, Corrales, Lafuente, Granero, Duran, Inaki, Miguelez, Bolado
Racing Santander hammered Zamora in a breezy evening in El Sardinero. The Racinguistas continued their rich vein of form with a complete 4-1 win.
Racing goalkeeper Mario suffered another howler this weekend, as another own-goal occurred today to open the scoring in the 11th minute. However, Ivan Bolado struck a clean left-footed shot to put Racing back on level terms in the 26th minute. The match went on, with a 1-1 staying over until the 80th minute, where Ivan Bolado struck again after a long ball by Mario, much to the delight of the home fans.
Not long after, Ander Lafuente ended any Zamora hopes to equalize and take a point back home, as he scored a close-range goal in the 85th minute, 5 minutes after Bolado had put his side into the lead. But, that was not going to be the last goal of the game, with Juanpe finishing off the game in the 88th minute after a corner whipped in by Ruben Duran.
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Sub On: Ion Echaide
Racing Goals: Ivan Bolado (26,80) Ander Lafuente (85) Juanpe (88)
Zamora Goals: Mario (11 OG)
Man of the Match: Ander Lafuente (Racing) 9.0
Racing Santander S.A.D. 1-1 Real Oviedo
Saturday 30th November 2013 | El Sardinero | Att. 17,410
Racing Santander XI: Mario, Francis, Juanpe, Soria, Corrales, Lafuente, Granero, Duran, Nieto, Miguelez, Bolado
Racing Santander faced equally impressive Real Oviedo at home, who are second in the league, trailing by 5 points to their title rivals. However, it was a dull match before we would see the score-sheet adding two goals late on into the game.
Racing's 4-2-3-1 was quickly teared apart by Real Oviedo's balanced 4-4-2, which included the impressive Diego Cervero, who would break the home support's hearts. Raul, quickly, took note of this, and changed to the same formation, which improved their own game. As half-time came calling, Racing made alterations to the side, with 'super-sub' Inaki coming on, and returned to their initial 4-2-3-1.
Ivan Bolado hit a volley which sailed into the goal, but the line-man had raised his flag for an odd off-side call. It looked that the match was going to end in a blank score-sheet after Bolado's offside goal, but 'super-sub' Inaki scored what seemed to be the winner and another 3 points at El Sardinero for the Racing fans, but Diego Cervero cooly finished off Mario, who had no chance after his initial shot by
It was the first-time Raul had dropped points during the season, and everyone will be keeping an eye on the second round against Oviedo, who were great against unbeaten Racing.
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Sub On: Inaki, Andreu
Racing Goals: Inaki (82)
Real Oviedo Goals: Diego Cervero (85)
Man of the Match: Mario (Racing) 7.8
League Table
Player of the Month:
Francis
A player that has led our back-four for most of the season, and is our captain, he has surprised me this month, scoring in 2 of the 4 games that we played. Not to even say that his strikes were crucial to our wins, especially against Logrones, who we were trailing, he's been solid on the right, both defensively and offensively. Only Mario's blushes prevented him from getting a sole clean-sheet in his already impressive statistics for the experienced 31 year-old.