Video: with Falcao on the bench, Rayo knew victory after 13 dates without winning in La Liga

This Thursday, April 21 Rayo Vallecano returned to victory after 13 dates without knowing the victory in the 2021/22 season of La Liga Santander.

The three points of the Vallecas team coincided precisely with the return of Colombian striker Radamel Falcao García to the bench available to coach Andoni Iraola.

Yes ok Tiger de Santa Marta did not play a single minute in today’s match against RCD Espanyol as a visitorhis presence was a good omen after seeing the irregular performance of the Madrid squad so far in 2022.

Notably Rayo’s last victory in the current Santander League had been on December 18, 2021 at home against Deportivo Alavés, last in the table at the moment. After those three points, the rayistas had managed to qualify for the semifinal of the Copa del Rey, but they suffered elimination against Real Betis Balompié on March 3.

The constant injuries that afflicted Falcao and his teammates resulted in nine defeats and four draws.

Those four points, added to the three today against Espanyol were enough for Rayo Vallecano not to approach the relegation positionssince the 18th place in the relegation is occupied by the Granada of Carlos Bacca, Luis Javier Suárez and Santiago Arias with 30 points and a goal difference of -20, compared to the current 37 points and -5 in goal difference of the Vallecas teamas shown below:

Well, this April 21 Radamel’s team took courage and thanks to the goal scored by Sergi Guardiola at minute 42, they were able to alleviate the crisis in terms of results after recovering from a muscular discomfort that his figure from the Colombia team felt.

A play crossed by several rebounds and an aerial game ended in the only goal of the match, while those in charge of the VAR of the match checked if there was a previous misplacement in Alejandro Catena’s header assist to Guardiola, who with suspense he celebrated the 0-1 before the break in the middle of the confusion because they were going to invalidate his volley shot with his left leg that the experienced goalkeeper Diego López could not properly stop close to the post of his right hand.

Rayo went through five months without winning in which went from the European cup zone to feel the relegation places very closely. At last he was able to escape from his negative streak in the RCDE Stadium of Cornellá in Catalonia maintaining an acceptable command of the game in the complement, from his outings with quick recovery of the ball.

Falcao returned to the squad two months after a muscle injury. He accompanied the victory from the bench, waiting to add minutes for what is to come. In this campaign he has 17 games and five goals, the last of these, recorded on November 6, 2021 against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu.

Rayo’s next game will be against Barcelona on Sunday, April 24 at the Camp Nou, so they will catch up on the calendar in the second game of the season against the Catalans. Falcao also turned the Blaugrana squad this season in the 1-0 win on 27 October, which led to the dismissal of Dutch coach Ronald Koeman.

“Radamel Falcao García has a small muscle injury”, were the words of the technical director Andoni Iraola on March 2 in the preview of the game against Real Betis for the Copa del Rey 2021/22. Since then and to date, the Colombian striker has been absent from the fields of Spain and also with the national team under former coach Reinaldo Rueda Rivera.

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