The Pride of Vallekas

Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona B. Initial lineups. Míchel made two changes to the side that lost 3-2 at Zaragoza - Raúl de Tomás was replaced by Diego Aguirre in attack, and Abdoulaye Ba was replaced by José Antonio Dorado in defense. Gerard López also made a couple of changes to the side that lost 2-0 against Huesca - Jorge Cuenca was replaced by José Antonio Martínez in defense, Vitinho Carvalho was replaced by Ferrán Sarsanedas in midfield and Marc Cardona was replaced by Abel Ruiz in attack. Barcelona B more or less dominated possession in their own half but struggled to create chances in the final third. In contrast, Rayo Vallecano were quick in their play during transitions, switching the ball from one end of the field to another with deadly one-touch passing. However, Rayo struggled to get past a resilient Barcelona B defense. If there is a TL;DR for this game, it is this: in the end, Rayo brought on a striker, and within two minutes Barcelona B's defense let out a lit...

John Mothershaw is a Real Oviedo fan. He writes his own blog about the club, called OviedoFans.blogspot.co.uk , He mainly does Real Oviedo match reports on there. His work also goes on the oviedistanorthwest.com  site set up by Andy Huskinson. They have regular meet ups where a few of them get together for beer, food & Oviedo/football chat. Finally, follow him on Twitter here . A bit about yourself and your background I'm a Stoke City season ticket holder & have been following Real Oviedo since November 2012. I've made 7 trips to Oviedo to watch them play now & enjoy writing about them & have done various podcasts on them How long have you been a fan of Real Oviedo and what made you support them in the first place? Since November 2012, the club were in desperate trouble and I spotted a tweet from Sid Lowe asking for people to buy shares to help keep them afloat. The thought of any club going bust is grim. How could I resist? Given the transfer win...