Late Goal Sends Racing Santander Past Espanyol 2-1
Racing Santander came from behind to edge Espanyol 2-1 in a LaLiga Round 10 fixture at the Campos de Sport de El Sardinero in Santander on Saturday. Under sunny skies and 17-degree conditions, a lively crowd of 21,437 watched the visitors take the lead through Edu Expósito in the 62nd minute, only for Jeanuël Belocian to level seven minutes later. Substitute Yassir Zabiri then struck the decisive goal in the 84th minute, securing all three points for José López's side. Sergio Canales, who provided the assist for the equalizer, was named Player of the Match as Racing overturned the deficit.
Key Events
8' - Iñigo Vicente received a yellow card for Racing Santander.
17' - Pol Lozano was booked for Espanyol.
44' - Espanyol coach Manolo González was shown a yellow card.
45' - One minute of added time was signalled at the end of the first half.
45' - Half-time: Racing Santander 0-0 Espanyol.
62' - Javi Hernández assisted Edu Expósito to score, giving Espanyol a 1-0 lead.
67' - Racing made a double substitution: Iker Luque replaced Matteo Prati and Pablo García replaced Andrés Martin.
67' - Pablo Ramón picked up a yellow card for Racing.
69' - Sergio Canales assisted Jeanuël Belocian to score, levelling the match at 1-1.
70' - Urko González was booked for Espanyol.
76' - Espanyol introduced Tyrhys Dolan for Javi Hernández and Javi Puado for Bryan Zaragoza.
82' - Racing brought on André Almeida for Sergio Canales and Pedro Felipe for Pablo Ramón.
84' - Yassir Zabiri scored without an assist, putting Racing Santander 2-1 ahead.
85' - Espanyol replaced Álex Calatrava with Marcos Fernández and Pol Lozano with Urko González.
88' - Racing substituted Maguette Gueye on for Iñigo Vicente.
89' - Javi Puado received a yellow card for Espanyol.
90' - Edu Expósito was booked for Espanyol.
90' - Seven minutes of added time were signalled.
90+5' - Espanyol made a late change, Unai Núñez replacing Vanja Drkušić.
90+7' - Jorge Salinas was shown a yellow card for Racing.
90' - Full-time: Racing Santander 2-1 Espanyol.
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