Rayo Vallecano won the first round of the 0-1. Some of Álvaro García in the 77th minute gives a good advantage to the Spanish team for the Vuelta. The clash was played in the rain and in Szeged, Hungary, unable to play the Belarusian team in his country for political issues. UEFA considers Belarus an ally of Russia and since 2022 does not let European matches play at home in their country or public. Bated door, therefore, the atmosphere was very cold on the return of the ray to Europe 25 years after its last continental classification. He kept raining throughout the match.
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Goals 0-1 min. 77: Álvaro García.
Arbitrator Arda Kardesler
Yellow cards Sergey Pushnyakov (Min. 15) Y Mikhail Kozlov (Min. 81)
After the break, and under the intense rain that did not cease, the Rayista team expanded its domain and had a clear opportunity for danger in a corner thrown in 67 by Isi Palazón, and what Vertrouwd finished in wave, but the ball came out above the crossbar. In the 76th minute, Álvaro García made a good individual play on the left wing and went to the front of the area for the arrival of Pedro Díaz, whose right was repelled by the rival goalkeeper at medium height.
However, the insistence of the ray had a prize only one minute later, when Álvaro García himself materialized the 0-1. Following a long pass that seemed directed towards Isi, he touched the ball and the Dorsal 18 of the Rayists controlled in his sprint to get into the bellruption area, overcome the marking of a defender and shoot with his right foot. The auction was strong, but centered, although Neman Grodno goalkeeper put the glove and the ball badly sneaked into the bottom of the networks.
Despite the obvious superiority of those who worked as visitors at the Szegged-Csaná Grosics Akadémia, the locals enjoyed a great option to tie with a chopped header of the central Ivan Sadovnichiy in a corner kick. The good intervention of Augusto Batalla protected the minimal advantage of the lightning for the return, where he should not have problems to specify his classification for the group stage of the.
