Rayo Vallecano 2 – Athletic Club 0

Rayo: Ali (1); Jennifer (2), Mendi (5), Sole (6), Saray (8), Iris (9), Analu (12), Mari (15), Ale (16), Codo (17) and Costa (19).

On the bench, with Alberto Ruiz de la Hermosa, will be Noelia (25) (ps), Anama (3), Patri (7), Marian (10), Noe (11), Carre (20) and Yaiza (23).

Athletic: Ainhoa; Moraza, Lizaso, Iraia, Y. Corres, Eunate, G. Murua, Ibarra, A. Álvarez, Erika and V. Gimbert.

On the bench, with Bingen Arostegi, will be: Guarrotxena, E. Merino, I. Murua, Maddi, Maite, Jone Ibáñez and Leía.

Referee: Javier Roldán Bernardo; referee assistants Antonio Castro de la Plaza and Bryan Alejandro Ramírez Cubillos.

Additional info: Around 300 people in Rayo Vallecano’s headquarters. Our team played donning the mourning armband in memory of José Luis Artetxe and Nicolás Estéfano, passed away recently. Joseba Agirre was not on bench, obeying the second match of sanction.

Athletic Club’s women premier squad was defeated 2-0 by Rayo Vallecano. A penalty goal by Saray and Ale who sent the ball to the net during the last stage of the match, where the local scorers; at the same time, during the last minutes of the game, Athletic Club lost a player since Erika was booked twice with a yellow card.

Our team had the best attempts on goal during the first half: in 15′, Erika crossed the ball from the left side but after hitting the post, the ball went out; in 26′ Yulema and the goalkeeper were one on one and she handed the ball to V. Gimberti but a local defense shot away after the ball hit her arm. Referee didn’t want to hear the visiting team protesting. Ten minutes later didn’t happen the same in the box of Ainhoa as the ball hit erika’s arm, but in this case referee blowed penalty for Rayo Vallecano. On the second half of the match, women entered the field searched for the tie but with no chances. Local team was searching for the third goal and in 63′ Iris’s shot hit the crossbar. In 87′ Erika was shown the second yellow card Ale run the match out by scoring the second goal.