FM 2005 : Como un Rayo

[BreizhManu]

Ok so I've decided to give dynasties a try but since english is not my native language, forgive me if I make some errors.

Anyway, this story is going to take place in Spain and the main protagonist will be the 3rd club of Madrid : The Rayo Vallecano.

The club is currently in Spanish Segunda B1 (there are 4 groups in 2da B) for only the second time in their history (last time was in 1983-1984) after finishing 21st in 2da in 2003-2004. Of course they want to come back to their old glory (which doesn't means anything since they've never been anything more than the 3rd club of Madrid behind the Real and the Atlético) with a return in Segunda.

My aim is to go back to Primera in 5 seasons.

First surprise for those who didn't know it : the chairman is in fact a...chairwoman.María Teresa Rivero is in charge of the club since her husband left the club in january of 1994.
She welcomed me saying I should ignore the media's claims that I'm to inexperienced for the job.She also expects the club to achieve promotion this season.

Team Info

Logo :
Mascot : known as Pica Pica

Stadium : Official name is Campo de fútbol de Vallecas Teresa Rivero, but everybody calls him Estadio de Vallecas. Capacity : 15,550

Anthem : 3 anthems could be considered, the official one, the one adopted by the fans (this one is on one album of the spanish band ska-p so there might be legal problems if you don't own the cd) , and another one from ska-p.

Finances

Balance : € 6,886,923
Transfer Budget : € 1,606,891
Sponsors : € 281,000 per season, ends in 2007
Total Wage Budget : € 275,000 per month
Current Wage Total : € 207,924 per month
Maximum salary allowed : €28,500 per month

[Icy]

Great, i'll follow this one and if you want i can write some real Rayo data or funny stuff about it like about it's chairwoman etc from time to time.

[BreizhManu]

So after the press conference I decided to meet the staff and the players.

Staff

Assistant Manager : Juan Carlos Mandía, 37 yrs old. He looks very talented and his ability to develop youngsters should really help.

Coaches : Damián Román, 52 yrs old and Victor Paredes, 37 yrs old. Both look very good with youngsters and outfielders but not with goalkeepers, so a Goalkeeping coach will be needed.

Physios : José Luis Vargas, 37 yrs old, Marcos Marín, 44 yrs old and Daniel González, 43 yrs old. Nothing special here.

Scouts : Javier Ruiz Mateos, 58 yrs old, Miguel Angel Morales, 38 yrs old and Joaquín Martínez, 58 yrs old. Mateos and Morales looked decent while Martínez will only be used to scout the next opponent.

Overall a decent staff, I'll probably try to hire another Assistant Manager, 3 or 4 coaches including a goalkeeping one and maybe one scout.

[BreizhManu]

Originally Posted by Icy

Great, i'll follow this one and if you want i can write some real Rayo data or funny stuff about it like about it's chairwoman.

like saying she's completely dumb ? (because she is).

[BreizhManu]

Goalkeepers

Name	Aer	Cmd	Com	Ecc	Han	Kic	One	Ref	Rus	Pun	Thr
Dani Roiz	14	14	15	5	15	14	14	6	6	8	12
Carlos Sanavia	8	5	8	2	10	7	10	5	2	3	5
Sergio Segura	15	12	9	4	12	10	8	19	7	4	12

24 yrs old Dani Roiz looks like a solid starter, only thing worrying me about him is his low positioning, he should be good enough for this season. 26 yrs old Sergio Segura is the projected backup while 23 yrs old Carlos Sanavia as already been transfer listed by the club, I'll be looking for a young keeper shortly.

Defenders

Name	Acc	Ant	Hea	Jum	Mar	Pac	Pos	Sta	Str	Tac
Antonio Amores	14	8	6	10	3	15	9	11	9	6
Eduardo Cabezuelo	10	9	9	10	9	8	10	9	7	6
Carlos	9	13	13	9	13	10	7	11	10	10
Zuhaitz Gurrutxaga	9	11	12	8	12	11	12	11	13	8
Juan Pedro	12	8	11	11	11	9	11	11	13	11
Ildefons Lima	12	12	16	8	7	9	14	18	5	11
Mario	15	13	15	9	19	15	13	11	15	3
Diego Maínz	12	10	12	12	8	11	18	10	14	8
Héctor Polo	9	8	1	10	7	8	8	9	11	6
Ricardo	16	14	9	13	4	17	7	18	11	12
Roberto Rojas	15	10	5	9	10	15	9	12	14	10

Left Fullback : Ricardo (29 yrs old) is the projected starter, his speed and crossing making him a good offensive wingback. Carlos (24 yrs old), who is more defensive minded should be his backup while Antonio Amores (19 yrs old) lacks talent and probably won't be used.

Central Defenders : Diego Maínz (21 yrs old), Zuhaitz Gurrutxaga (23 yrs old) and Juan Pedro (29 yrs old) will compete for the 2 starting spots, Maínz looks like the most talented of the 3. Andorean player Ildefons Lima (24 yrs old) who can also play on the right, should see some playing time at center. Héctor Polo (25 yrs old) is useless.

Right Fullback : Marío (23 yrs old) will share the starting spot with Lima and Roberto Rojas (29 yrs old). Eduardo Cabezuelo (23 yrs old) shouldn't see much playing time.

[BreizhManu]

Midfielders

Name	Cre	Cro	Dri	Fre	Fin	Fir	Fla	Lon	Off	Pas
Víctor Vía	5	2	4	4	6	2	14	6	4	8
Pablo Díaz	8	14	12	3	12	11	9	11	14	11
Yuma	7	6	10	5	3	6	13	9	9	10
Rubén	8	9	11	6	10	8	14	3	7	12
Borja	8	8	10	6	10	13	6	10	8	10
Joni	6	11	3	2	5	10	3	11	11	6
Miguel Albiol	11	14	18	7	11	11	4	12	14	12
David Palacios	13	15	17	14	13	5	15	10	10	7
Iriney	12	9	14	9	10	13	14	12	13	9

Defensive Midfielder : Víctor Vía (25 yrs old) is the only defensive midfielder we have so far and he has already been transfer listed by the club. I'm going to look for 1 or 2 players at that position.

Left Midfielder : David Palacios (26 yrs old) will be the starter, I really his dribbling ability. Yuma (18 yrs old) lacks talent in my opinion, but since he is young he could improve.

Central Midfielders : AMC Iriney (23 yrs old) is obviously the team's best midfielder but since he is Brazilian and non-EU players aren't allowed to play in Segunda B (at least in the game, not really sure it's the case IRL) he won't play for us this season (in the cup maybe) so I list him for loan. Else Borja (22 yrs old) looks decent but nothing more than a backup, Joni (23 yrs old) and Rubén (24 yrs old, already transfer listed) both look crappy.
I really need to improve here.

Right Midfielder : Miguel Albiol (22 yrs old) is on loan from Valencia(primera), he really looks good, he'll be the starter. Pablo Díaz (22 yrs old) lacks stamina, else he'd be a good starter, should see some playing time anyway.

Forwards

Name	Cre	Cro	Dri	Fre	Fin	Fir	Fla	Lon	Off	Pas
Geni	7	10	15	9	16	6	6	5	15	12
Álvaro Negredo	10	9	7	4	10	6	14	10	13	9
Rufino	3	4	6	4	11	7	6	3	5	4
Francisco Jurado	9	9	11	9	11	7	18	7	16	9
David Lago	7	7	9	8	14	7	5	15	4	9
Antonio Amaya	9	5	4	7	11	5	15	9	13	11

Francisco Jurado (28 yrs old) and Geni (24 yrs old) both look very good but the backups aren't that great, only David Lago (24 yrs old) should see some playing time. Álvaro Negredo (19 yrs old) and Rufino (18 yrs old) will go back to the junior team while Antonio Amaya (21 yrs old) is transfer listed. I'll be looking for another player.

[BreizhManu]

July 25, 2004

So I'm here sitting at my desk just after being nominated having a discussion with my assistant Juan Carlos Mandía : "Look I really need to improve the team and the staff before the beginning of the season so you'll be in charge of the training and of the friendlies during the preseason. Now I have a few phone calls to make."

Everybody is assigned to the preseason schedule and the scouts are sent all around the world : Martínez to scout the next opponent, Morales 6 months in Central Europe and Mateos 6 months in Spain.

First task : the staff.

I'm looking for another assistant manager who could help me with the team, he could be in charge of the reserve team (which won't play any game this season) while Mandía would be in charge of the junior team. the only one I can find that I really like is also a player and a well known one : former world champion, French DMC Emmanuel Petit (33 yrs old, 63 caps/6 goals), I offer him this challenge, he will have at least a season to learn the coaching job and could still play in the meantime.

He wants 1 year at 26,500 € per month and a signing fee of 1,000€. I offer him 3 seasons, an assistant job for 20,000 € per month and a signing fee of 1,000 €.

for the GK coach job, I focus on former Uruguayan international (11 caps) Jorge Fernando Seré (43 yrs old), he wants 1 season at 2,400 € per month, I offer him this amount but a 4 yrs contract.

Other contacted coaches are : 36 yrs old Paraguayan Carlos Torres (6 caps), 45 yrs old Venezuelan Armando Peláez and former Uruguayan star, 34 yrs old Daniel Fonseca (28 caps/10 goals).

[Alf]

Ola Manuel !

[BreizhManu]

I've decided which tactic I'm going to use :



So that's why I need a DMC (maybe Petit), one or two AMC, and another forward.

[BreizhManu]

For the AMC, Im showing some interest in Russian international (65 caps/13 goals) Alexander Mostovoi (35 yrs old), he is getting old but still has outstanding technical abilities. I offer him one year at 19,500 € per month as a first team member.

The other forward (and possible backup to Mostovoi) could be Holland International (9 caps/1 goal) Jordi Cruyff (30 yrs old), he wants a big contract of 33,000 € per season an a status of Key player for 2 seasons. I offer him 28,500 € per season for 2 seasons.

[BreizhManu]

Originally Posted by Alf

Ola Manuel !

you for got the ¡ and the H , it should be i Hola Manuel !

i Hola señor Peñarroya ! anyway

[BreizhManu]

Today the team played a friendly in Portugal against the União de Lamas.

the team lost 1-0, Sergio Segura won the MOM award with a rating of 8.

No injuries.

[BreizhManu]

July 26, 2004

Córdoba made a €125,000 offer for DC Diego Maínz and Numancia is interested in him too, since he is a projected starter and the staff thinks he is showing signs of developing into a quality player, I reject both offers and set is transfer status to unavailable for transfer.

Torres and Seré accept the coaching offer.

[BreizhManu]

Fonseca accepts the coaching job too.

Castillo C.F. (Relegation Battlers) have appointed 52 yrs old Joan Riera as their new manager

[BreizhManu]

Salamanca (2da) offers a contract to Cruyff, I'll might have to look somewhere else for my new forward.

[BreizhManu]

July 28, 2004

Mostovoi and Petit agree on their contracts, that gives 2 (aging but still) top level players.

Cruyff receives offers from The Sporting de Gijón and Ciudad de Murcia both of segunda. I don't think I'll be able to land him.

Else in European news, Nevio Scala is the new Parma Manager.

The team played a friendly in Holland against the Sparta Rotterdam. They lost 2-0, this time the goalkeeper to shine was Dani Roiz with a rating of 8.

[BreizhManu]

August 2nd, 2004

As expected Cruyff rejects our offer and signs with Salamanca.

Turkish Ilhan Mansiz would have been the best choice but he is out 4 months with strained knee ligaments so we make an offer to former spanish international (3 caps) Catanha (32 yrs old), he wants 2 years and €24,500 per month. We agree with him on that.

The team played a friendly against the Rayo Majadahonda losing 4-2, both goals were scored by Francisco Jurado who also earned the MOM award with a rating of 8. GK Dani Roiz looked awful with a rating of 5.

[BreizhManu]

August 6, 2004

Catanha accepts my offer, he joins the team.The team is now pretty much set for the season, I'll be looking for another attacking midfielder but I'm not in a hurry.

Real Madrid loaned GK Jordi Codina to Vecindario.

In a friendly match we're receiving Salamanca today, the team that stole us Jordi Cruyff.
We loose that game 1-2 with Iriney scoring our only goal.

[BreizhManu]

August 10, 2004

Today we had to release a list of the 22 players registered for the A team.

GK Carlos Sanavia, DC Hector Polo, DMC Víctor Vía, MC Rubén, MC Joni and SC Antonio Amaya didn't make that list, they are sent to the B team.

DL Antonio Amores joins strikers Alvaro Negredo and Rufino and will play with the junior team.

We've played a friendly at Beasain winning 5-2. Catanha score 2 goals and won the MOM award with an 8 rating. Mostovoi, Iriney and Lago also scored one goal each.The team looked good.

2 injuries after that game D RC Ildefons Lima is out 5 days with a shoulder injury and D/DM R Roberto Rojas is out 5 days with a bruised shin.

Las Palmas signs Paraguayan GK Rubén Ruíz Díaz, I don't know how they'll be able to play him with the no-EU players rule.

[BreizhManu]

August 15, 2004

Leganés have signed 29 yrs old Spanish AM/F LC Robaina on free transfer

Haro, a 2da B2 club has made an offer of €1,000 + 40% on the next sale for Rubén. I accept the offer.

We've played our last friendly of the preseason at Eibar, loosing 2-0 with DR Ricardo being named MOM with an 8 rating.

Pájaras Playas signed 20 yrs old DC Robert Van Boxel from Holland, he looks like a good prospect.

Vecindario signed 40 yrs old D RC Francisco Rizzi from Venezuela.

[BreizhManu]

August 18, 2004

Universidad de Las Palmas have signed a central defender, former Spanish international (21 caps) Paco (34 yrs old) who played for us last season.

Pájara Playas got 20 yrs old D/DM L José Antonio on loan from Getafe (btw just a note for those who don't know, loans are always for the season, you see 3 month loans just in Great-Britain)

Rubén accepts Haro offer so he knows leaves the club.

I receive another offer for Maínz, €147,000 from Recreativo Huelva, rejected once again

[BreizhManu]

August 25, 2004

With the transfer deadline near, some clubs make a few transfers :

22 yrs old M L José Luis Cabrera from Pontevedra joins Ourense on loan
32 yrs old Honduran striker Wilmer Velásquez signs with Fuenlabrada
for €6,000, Ourense signs the excellent but aging (34) Paraguayan forward Miguel Angel Benítez who was with Olimpia (PAR).
Legano have signed former Portuguese international (6 caps) GK Pedro Espinha (38 yrs old).

11 of our matches will be shown on TV until the 15th of January.

[BreizhManu]

August 31, 2004

Latest transfers in Spanish Segunda B1 :

Leganés signs 3 players : 25 yrs old SC Pablo Couñago for €190,000 from Ipswich (ENG), 29 yrs old D/DM LC Juan José Viedma Schenkhuizen for €10,000 from RBC (NED) and a big one with 25 yrs old Cameroon international (65 caps/1 goal) D/DM L Pierre Wome.

Looks like they'll be competing for promotion.

[BreizhManu]

August 2004, other news recap

European Cups :

- Porto won the European Super Cup 2-0 against Valencia, goals by Diego and Luis Fabiano.
- In the Champions League, no big surprise in the last qualifying round, but some small ones : Benfica (POR) eliminating the Deportivo (SPA), the Banik Ostrava (CZE) eliminating Rosenborg (NOR) and the Dinamo Bucarest (ROM) eliminating Club Brugge (BEL). The CSKA Moscow (RUS) is eliminated too (by Anderlecht (BEL) ).
- Lille (FRA), Nantes (FRA) and Schalke 04 (GER) won their ticket to the UEFA Cup via the Intertoto Cup.

Belgium :

- Standard is on top of the standings with 4 wins in 4 games, Anderlecht is struggling with just one win.
- Manasseh Ishiaku from La Louvière is the leading goalscorer with 5 goals.

England :

- Arsenal won the community shield on penalty kicks against Manchester United after a 2-2 draw.
- Chelsea is leading the Premiership with 4 victories and a draw, Arsenal as yet to win a match after 5 games (3 draws, 2 losses).
- Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Middlesbrough) and Marian Pahars (Southampton) are the leading goalscorers with 5 goals.

France :

- Lyon retained the champions trophy with a 2-1 victory against Paris
- Auxerre currently leads the L1 with 4 wins in 4 games.
- Bonaventure Kalou (Auxerre) and John Utaka (Lens) are the leading goalscorers with 4 goals.

Germany :

- The Werder Bemen won the League Cup 2-1 against the Bayern.
- They're also leading the Bundesliga with 3 wins in 3 matches played.
- 6 players are tied for the goalscoring lead with 3 goals.

Holland :

- Ajax won the Super Cup on penalties after a 3-3 draw against Utrecht
- AZ is a surprising leader with already 2 wins after 2 matches.

Italy :

- Milan won the Super Cup after a 2-1 win against the Lazio

Portugal :

- After a 2-0 win against Benfica, Porto brings the Super Cup back home.

Scotland :

- The Rangers (3 victories, 1 draw) are one point ahead of the Celtic.
- Marc Libbra (Livingston), Fernando Pasquinelli (Aberdeen) and Nacho Novo (Rangers) have 3 goals each.

Spain :

- Valencia won the Super Cup with a 4-2 win on aggregate against Zárágózá (here I guess only Icy will understand the joke).

[BreizhManu]

September 4, 2004

Ildefons Lima got his first cap for Andorra in the 4-0 loss in Finland.

[BreizhManu]

September 7, 2004

D/DM RL Carlos is out 3 weeks after picking up strained knee ligaments in training.

MC Borja is out 4 weeks after straining his ankle ligaments.

Both have been sent to rehabilitation to avoid further complications in the future.

[BreizhManu]

oops, just realized we're in 2004 not in 2005...

edit : The time machine did it's job, we're back in 2004

[BreizhManu]

September 8, 2004

- Lima did well for his second game with Andorra despite the 3-0 loss against Romania.
- Spain was dominated by Bosnia and lost 2-0

[BreizhManu]

September 11, 2004

The draw for the first round of the Spanish Cup has been held today, we will go to Girona (2da B3).

As we're about to play our first league game against Vecindario, a national journalist asks me if I'm a bit nervous.
I admit I am but also very excited about being able to coach such a great club.

Starting lineup is :

GK : Dani Roiz
DR : Mario
DL : Ricardo
DC : Juan Pedro
DC : Diego Maínz
DMC : Emmanuel Petit
MR : Miguel Albiol
ML : David Palacios
AMC : Alexander Mostovoi
FC : Catanha
FC : Francisco Jurado

Substitutes are : GK Sergio Segura, DC Zuhaitz Gurrutxaga, MR Pablo Díaz, FC Geni and D/DM R Roberto Rojas.

and now the kickoff...

[BreizhManu]

RAYO VALLECANO - VECINDARIO

9th minute : Petit steals the ball to Lampón and gives it to Mario who sees Catanha all alone, he sends him the ball. Catanha dribbles David Dorta and scores a wonderful goal. RAYO 1 VECINDARIO 0

11th minute : Just after the kick off, Mario recovers the ball by heading it to Catanha on the right side, he moves down the right flank, dribbles David Dorta (again) and then crosses the ball into the box, Jurado is there with a diving header and he scores. RAYO 2 VECINDARIO 0

30th minute : After a throw in, Michel gives the ball on the left to Yeray who tries to give it to Iván. In a ridiculous attempt to catch the ball, Dani Roiz scores an own goal. RAYO 2 VECINDARIO 1

35th minute : Sebastián Andrés Trigo collides with Albiol, he is out for the rest of the game. Jero replaces him.

Halftime : 2-1

57th minute : David Palacios collides with Jorge, I decide to replace him by Geni and Albiol by Pablo Díaz. Mostovoi moves to the left side while Geni takes his place.

88th minute : David Dorta is yellow carded after tripping Catanha, Petit is replaced by Rojas.

End of the game : 2-1 win, I'm pleased with this victory even if they outshot us 11-8, Catanha did a wonderful job, and David Dorta really suffered against him, with az rating of 9, 1 goal, 1 assist, he wins the MOM award.

[BreizhManu]

September 17, 2004

Next match is against the Atlético de Madrid B, my scout believes this team is exceptional but that the aerial ability of their strikers won't be a problem. They lost their first game 2-0 at Arteixo despite a good performance Senegalese DMC Lima.

Only change I make in the lineup is Lima replacing Gurrutxaga as a substitute.

[BreizhManu]

ATLETICO MADRID B - RAYO VALLECANO

6th minute : A freekick is awarded to the Atlético after Petit jumped unfairly with Kikín, Mostovoi overracts a little bit and is yellow carded.

19th minute : Catanha is stopped irregularly in the penalty aera by Antonio Moreno. Mostovoi doesn't miss the opportunity to convert and scores the penalty kick. ATLETICO 0 - RAYO 1

31st minute : Jurado crosses the ball in from the left flank, Catanha climbs above Lima and is able to score with a header. ATLETICO 0 - RAYO 2

Halftime : 0-2

46th minute : Atlético brings some fresh blood with 2 subtitutions : SC Enrique is replaced by DL David Rives and SC Kikín is replaced by SC Domingo.

48th minute : Catanha runs alone with the ball with only the goalie to beat but he misses the target.

52nd minute : Antonio Fabios is yellow carded after a foul on Jurado, Mostovoi hits the freekick but it goes over the bar.

56th minute : A freekick is awarded after Domingo took away Albiol's leg. Many Atlético players are furious and the referee yellow cards to Antonio Moreno and to Lima.

60th minute : DL Antonio Moreno is replaced by SC Salva Sevilla.

62nd minute : Sergio heads the ball to Salva Sevilla who shots instantanely , Maínz deflects the ball and it finds the back of the net. Salva Sevilla scores just one minute after getting into play. ATLETICO 1 - RAYO 2.

63rd minute : Mostovoi is tired, he is replaced by Geni.

71st minute : Jurado goes past Molinero who stops him from behin. Penalty kick ! Since Mostovoi is out, Catanha shoots it and scores. ATLETICO 1 - RAYO 3.

82nd minute : double substitution for the Rayo, Palacios and Albiol go out and are replaced by Rojas and Díaz.

Final Score : 1-3

An excellent result for us, we completely dominated this game as we outshot them 19 to 4, Mostovoi wins the MOM award with a rating of 9 after completing 16 of 19 passes, having 5 shots out of 6 on target and scoring one goal. Catanha ande Jurado had a rating of 9 too.

[BreizhManu]

September 24, 2004

Javier Ruiz Mateos thinks Gramenet FC Aáron would be a decent acquisition for the club, I ask him to make a full report about this player.

Today we play at home against Pájara Playas, a determined team according to our scout but it's forward seems to lack of speed.

Juan Pedro is slightly injured so Gurrutxaga will replace him on the pitch and Dani Roiz will be the captain.

Starting lineup is :

GK : Dani Roiz
DR : Mario
DL : Ricardo
DC : Zuhaitz Gurrutxaga
DC : Diego Maínz
DMC : Emmanuel Petit
MR : Miguel Albiol
ML : David Palacios
AMC : Alexander Mostovoi
FC : Catanha
FC : Francisco Jurado

Substitutes are : GK Sergio Segura, DRC Ildefons Lima, MR Pablo Díaz, FC Geni and D/DM R Roberto Rojas.

[BreizhManu]

RAYO VALLECANO - PAJARAS PLAYAS

Attendance : 9966

6th minute : Catanha is injured and as to leave the pitch, he is replaced by Geni.

10th minute : Mostovoi is accused of diving by the referee, he receives a yellow card.

36th minute : Konings slid in hard on Albiol. He received a yellow card.

Halftime : 0-0

46th minute : Pájara Playas makes a substitution, FC Tillo comes in to replace GK Oscar who was playing forward

57th minute : Konings is penalized for a trip on Palacios, 3rd penalty kick in 2 games for us. Mostovoi scores. RAYO 1 - PAJARA PLAYAS 0
After that goal Pájaras Playas makes two substitutions, MC Aday and DC Diego come in for MC Richard and D/DM L José Antonio.

59th minute : Gurrutxaga makes a violent tackle on Paco, yellow card for him.

69th minute : Gurrutxaga has been disappointing and Petit is slightly injured, both are replaced. Lima and Rojas come in.

85th minute : Mostovoi has been very good in the last 10 minutes, he passes the ball to Albiol who is able to make a fine pass to Jurado. Jurado easily wins the one on one against the goalkeeper and scores. RAYO 2 - PAJARA PLAYAS 0.

Final Score : 2-0

We clearly dominated the game outscoring them 11 to 4, Palacios wins the MOM award with a rating of 9, 28 of 36 passes completed, 6 key passes and runned past opponents 4 times. Albiol (6 runs past opponents) had a rating of 9 too.

After the game the injury is nothing serious for Catanha but Petit is out 2 weeks with a groin strain.

[BreizhManu]

September 28, 2004

Carlos as resumed training, the specialist who treated him is optimistic that he has recovered fully from his injury. His addition will be welcomed since Palacios is often very tired at the end of matches.

Today we face Fuenlabrada, Martínez thinks they suck but that their attack is strong and quick.

With Petit out, Juan Pedro will be the starting DMC.

Starting Lineup

GK : Dani Roiz
DR : Mario
DL : Ricardo
DC : Ildefons Lima
DC : Diego Maínz
DMC : Juan Pedro
MR : Miguel Albiol
ML : David Palacios
AMC : Alexander Mostovoi
FC : Catanha
FC : Francisco Jurado

Substitutes are : GK Sergio Segura, DC Zuhaitz Gurrutxaga, D/DM RL Carlos, FC Geni and D/DM R Roberto Rojas.

[BreizhManu]

FUENLABRADA - RAYO VALLECANO

Attendance : 4985

22nd minute : Arteaga holds Jurado, he receives a yellow card.

24th minute : Javi Sánchez goes down after a trip by Lima.Yellow card for Lima.

31st minute : Jurado receives a yellow card for arguing with the referee.

Haltime : 0-0

60th minute : Fuenlabrada makes a double substitution AMC Lopategui and SC Juli are in, MC Marcos and AM/FC Tonet are out.

62nd minute : Double substitution for the Rayo now. Rojas and Carlos come in for Lima and Palacios.Juan Pedro moves down to central defense and Carlos to DMC.

65th minute : Jurado had an excellent opportunity to score but Cabanillas won the one on one.

69th minute : 3rd substitution for Fuenlabrada with DC Alex replacing DL Valleros.

83rd minute : Catanha beats Alex for the ball and puts it in the 6 yard box, Albiol volleys it and scores ! FUENLABRADA 0 - RAYO 1.

Injury time : Catanha picks a loose ball and shoots, the ball is deflected by Cabanillas but the shot was so powerful it still goes in. FUENLABRADA 0 - RAYO 2

Final Score : 0-2

We outshot them 21-6, but the victory was hard to get, With a rating of 9 Albiol is the MOM, he completed 19 of 22 passes, scored a goal and shown us is dribbling ability with 11 runs past opponent.

[BreizhManu]

Standings after september

Pos	Team		Pld	Won	Drn	Lst	For	Ag	G.D.	Pts
1st	Rayo		4	4	0	0	9	2	+7	12
2nd	Univ. Las Palmas		4	3	1	0	8	4	+4	10
3rd	Las Palmas		4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9
4th	Alcalá		4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	8
5th	Arteixo		4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	8
6th	Lanzarote		4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
7th	Fuerteventura		4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
8th	Ourense		4	1	3	0	4	2	+2	6
9th	Real Madrid B		4	2	0	2	4	6	-2	6
10th	Alcorcón		4	1	2	1	7	6	+1	5
11th	Leganés		4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	5
12th	Fuenlabrada		4	1	2	1	6	6	0	5
13th	Navalcarnero		4	1	1	2	6	7	-1	4
14th	Mallorca B		4	1	1	2	3	6	-3	4
15th	Celta B		4	1	0	3	5	6	-1	3
16th	Vecindario		4	1	0	3	5	6	-1	3
17th	Sanse		4	0	2	2	3	7	-4	2
18th	Pájara Playas		4	0	2	2	1	5	-4	2
19th	At. Madrid B		4	0	1	3	3	8	-5	1
20th	Castillo		4	0	1	3	3	9	-6	1

[BreizhManu]

September 2004, other news recap

UEFA Cup :

A few surprising eliminations in the first round of the cup :

- Nantes (FRA) lost 5-2 on aggregate against Aab (DEN).
- Djurgården (SWE) lost 3-2 on aggregate against Millwall (ENG).
- The Slavia Prague (CZE) lost 5-2 on aggregate against Bnei Sakhnin (ISR).
- Sochaux (FRA) lost 6-5 on aggregate against Rubin (RUS).
- A huge one with Marítimo (POR) losing 4-3 on aggregate against Vaduz (LIE).
- Nacional de Madeira (POR) beating Middlesbrough (ENG) 4-3 on aggregate.
- Lille (FRA) losing 3-0 on aggregate against the FC København (DEN).
- Another huge one with greek club AEK getting eliminated on penalties by Pennarossa from San Marino.

Belgium :- Sint-Truiden is a surprising leader with 6 wins and 19 points after 8 games played.
- Manasseh Ishiaku (La Louvière) as been joined by Zéphirin Ghanoua Zoko (Oostende) as the top goalscorer with 7 goals.

England :

- Chelsea as now a clear lead the Premiership with 7 victories and a draw, Arsenal is still struggling being in 18th position with just 6 points.
- Thierry Henry (Arsenal) is the leading goalscorer with 6 goals.

France :

- Lyon leads the L1 with 16 points after 7 games, Rennes is a surprising 2nd.
- Pauleta (PSG) and Saviola (Monaco) are the leading goalscorers with 6 goals.

Germany :

- The Werder Bemen and the VfB Stuttgart share the lead in the Bundesliga with 5 wins and a draw.
- Sergej Barbarez (HSV) leads the scoring table with 6 goals.

Holland :

- AZ is still in the lead with 4 wins in 5 matches.
- Robin Nelisse (AZ) is the leading goalscorer with 6 goals.

Italy :- Inter won their first 4 matches.
- 6 players are tied for the goalscoring lead with 3 goals.

Portugal :

- Benfica is leading with 13 points in 6 games but Porto are virtually ahead with 12 points in 5 games.
- Gervásio Braga from Boavista is the leading goalscorer with 6 goals.

Scotland :

- The Rangers and the Celtic are tied for the lead with 16 points after 7 games.
- 6 players are tied for the goalscoring lead with 4 goals each.

Spain :
- Mallorca won 2 of their first 3 games and their leading the league, Barcelona is just behind having won their first 2 games.
- Ismael Urzaiz (Athletic Bilbao), Raúl (Real Madrid) and Antoñito (Sevilla) all have 3 goals.

Important Transfers :

Since I forgot them in August, here are the biggest transfers of the summer

- Argentinian GK Germán Burgos signed with Independiente (ARG).
- Newcastle (ENG) paid €10.75M to Monaco (FRA) for DL Patrice Evra, they also paid €9.75M for AMR Rufete (Valencia/SPA) and €275k for DC Robert Kovac (Bayern/GER).
- Milan paid €10M for young DMC David Pizarro from Udinese.
- FLC Ivica Olic went from the CSKA Moscow (RUS) to Barcelona (SPA) for the same amount.
- The Real were obviously scouting in Germany after the signings of AMRC Sebastian Deisler (Bayern) for €8.5M and GK Tim Wiese (Kaiserslautern).
- D/DMR Lauren finally leaves Arsenal (ENG) for €6.75M, he signed with the Atlético Madrid (SPA).
- D/DMC Igor Tudor left the Juventus (ITA) for the Lazio (ITA). They paid €3.6M for him.
- French International DR Willy Sagnol and Ghanean one DC Samuel Kuffour both left the Bayern (GER) for the Deportivo (SPA). Combined transfer fee was of €3.425M.
- GK Guillaume Warmuz leaves Dortmund (GER) and goes back to Lens (FRA) for €425k.
- GK Carlos Angel Roa signed with Vélez (ARG).
- Colombian D/DMRC Harold Lozano sgned with Independiente (ARG)