The Pride of Vallekas

This is a continuation of part 3 , where we looked at players who moved from Granada to Cádiz in the 2011-12 season. Other examples involving non-Spanish players should not be ignored either - there's Scottish midfielder Ikechi Anya who was born in Glasgow and moved to Oxford when he was seven years old. Anya joined the Wycombe Wanderers youth team in the 2003-04 season at the age of 15, having been released by Oxford United, where his performances earned him a debut at the age of 16 in September 2004, becoming the club's youngest ever player. He was released in the summer of 2007 and signed for Oxford City, before being snapped up in January 2008 by Halesowen Town. In the summer of 2008 he joined the Glenn Hoddle Academy for two years and in February 2009 signed for League One side Northampton Town. Northampton manager Stuart Gray was keen to re-sign Anya on a long-term deal at the end of the season, but in July 2009, he joined Sevilla Atlético, the reserve side of Sevill...

Huesca vs Rayo Vallecano. Starting lineups. Both managers made no changes - and on paper that made sense. Míchel's side had won 3-1 against Cultural Leonesa and Rubi's side had won 1-0 against Valladolid. This was an evenly fought game - one could even argue that Rayo were on top - but Huesca won for two reasons: an 18-year-old's excellent performance, and a Rayo substitution that hurt themselves. Huesca and Rayo first half set ups Huesca lined up in a 4-2-3-1 hybrid. Up front, 6'3" striker Ezequiel Rescaldani played almost a man-marking game against Dorado, largely winning that battle and keeping him occupied in the air. Similarly, Cucho Hernández played a man-marking game against Moreno on the right - and was perhaps Huesca's man of the match. Not only did he work extremely hard when not in possession, he kept making runs between Moreno and Dorado and gave Rayo a torrid night. On the left David Ferreiro actively dribbled towards the center areas...