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

This Thursday, April 21, Rayo Vallecano returned to victory after 13 dates without knowing the triumph 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 at the disposal of coach Andoni Iraola.

Although El Tigre de Santa Marta did not play a single minute in today's game against RCD Espanyol as a visitor, his presence boded well after seeing the irregular performance of the Madrid squad so far in 2022.

It should be noted that Rayo's last victory in the current Santander League had been on December 18, 2021 in home condition against Deportivo Alavé s, the last in the table at the moment. After those three points, the Rayistas had managed to qualify for the Copa del Rey semifinal, but 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 today's three points against Espanyol, were enough to prevent Rayo Vallecano from approaching the relegation positions, as the 18th place in the relegation is held by Granada by 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 unlike the Vallecas team, as can be seen below:

Well, on April 21, Radamel's team worked up courage and thanks to the effort made by Sergi Guardiola in the 42nd minute, he was able to alleviate the crisis in terms of results after recovery due to a muscular discomfort that his figure in the Colombian national team felt.

A play crossed by several rebounds and air play ended in the only goal of the commitment, while the managers of the VAR of the match checked if there was no previous place in Alejandro Catena's head assist to Guardiola, who with suspense celebrated the 0-1 before the break amid the confusion because they were going to invalidate his Volley shot with a left-handed leg that could not properly stop the experienced goalkeeper Diego López close to the pole of his right hand.

Rayo went through five months without winning in which he went from the european cup zone to feel the relegation positions very closely. He was finally able to escape his negative streak at the RCDE Stadium in Cornella in Catalonia, maintaining an acceptable playing dominance in the complement, starting from his outings with quick recovery of the ball.

Falcao returned to the call two months after a muscle injury. He accompanied the triumph from the bench, waiting to add minutes for what is coming. In this campaign he has 17 matches and five scores, the last of these, recorded on November 6, 2021 against Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu.

Rayo's next match will be against Barcelona on Sunday, April 24 at the Camp Nou, so it will catch up on the calendar in the second match of the season against the culés. Falcao also converted the Blaugrana squad this season in the 1-0 victory on October 27, which led to the dismissal of the Dutch coach, Ronald Mr. Koeman.

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

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