First Division - Day 19

Valladolid 1 - Alavés 3

Valladolid: Bizzarri; Torres Gómez, Gaspar, Mario, Marcos; Colsa (Ciric 60'), Jesús; Fernando Sales, Oscar González, Chema; Aganzo (Pachón 73'). 4-2-3-1.
Alavés: Dutruel; Edu Alonso, Abelardo, Karmona, Téllez, Llorens; Magno (Geli 71'), Turiel (Nacho 58'), Luis Helguera, Jordi Cruyff; Rubén Navarro (Iván Alonso 87'). 5-4-1.

Team changes: Valladolid: No change / Alavés: Téllez, Magno for Ilie, Ibon Begoña.

Goals:
0-1. 20. Rubén Navarro. Free kick over wall and into top corner of net off post.
0-2. 82. Rubén Navarro. Low shot inside post after run and cross from Llorens.
1-2. 86. Ciric. Beat keeper after Fernando Sales laid ball back in.
1-3. 91. Iván Alonso. Following up after Bizzarri saved from Luis Helguera.

Alavés moved level with their opponents Valladolid in midtable after a 1-3 win in the Nuevo Zorrilla stadium. The locals dominated at the beginning, but Rubén Navarro gave Mané's side the lead with a well struck free kick in the twentieth minute. Either team could have scored after that, with Navarro hitting the bar for the visitors and Oscar and substitute Ciric both going close after the break, but Alavés went further ahead eight minutes from the end when the Catalan born striker got his second of the night from a Llorens cross. Ciric pulled one back after Fernando Sales laid the ball across from the left wing, but with the home side throwing everything forward, Iván Alonso scrambled a third goal to ensure the victory.