UD Las Palmas beat Rayo Vallecano 1-3 this Friday in the opening match of matchday 13 in LaLiga EA Sports, with the Gran Canarian team momentarily leaving the relegation zone and taking a large haul from their few shots on goal.
The Madrid team had weapons but the ‘pio-pio’ team took the lead, taking the lead after five minutes. It was from a corner kick that Sandro Ramírez took and that Fábio Silva headed from a glancing angle at the near post, having escaped Gerard Gumbau’s jump.
From that moment on, Rayo tested the rival goalkeeper’s nerves several times, including in the 13th minute a header from Florian Lejeune very close to the crossbar on a corner and after half an hour a left-footed shot slightly crossed by Gumbau inside the area. by Jasper Cillessen.
However, the Rayistas were lacking in aim and to make matters worse they found themselves 0-2 down in the 62nd minute, when Aridane Hernández headed another corner taken by Sandro towards his goal. Five minutes later, Las Palmas sealed the score thanks to Manu Fuster’s beautiful 0-3 with a shot with the outside of his right boot and from the balcony of the area.
Despite the local efforts in stoppage time, making it 1-3 thanks to an own goal by Scott McKenna deflecting a low center from Jorge de Frutos, the defeat was consummated in Vallecas. Jaime Mata and McKenna himself touched the fourth visitor’s goal, without luck but without regret for now adding 12 points; Meanwhile, Rayo continues with 16 units.