Second half fight back earns deserved draw
A wonderful second half goal capped a comeback from Real Oviedo as they earned a deserved draw in Catalonia. Borja Dominguez was the man on the score sheet for Los Carbayones.Fernando Hierro made just one change from last week with last minute hero Jon Erice coming in for David Rocha.
Reus started the game on the front foot and looked the brighter of the two teams in the early stages but it took until 20 minutes before they carved out their first chance. Raphael Guzzo crossed to the far post for Alberto Benito but the full back could only hit the side netting with his effort.
Five minutes later came Oviedo's only real effort of a tame first 45 minutes. Toche fired well over from 30 yards out.
On 28 minutes the hosts took the lead. Alberto Benito pulled the ball back to the edge of the box for Ramon Folch to curl home into the top corner. It was a fine finish and in truth no more than the home side deserved. A few minutes later and the lead was nearly doubled. Juan Carlos denied Querol in a one on one chance and the rebound fell to Guzzo but thankfully for Oviedo, Costas cleared his header off the line. It was a big let off for the visitors, as Reus really should have scored. Juan Carlos came to the rescue again five minutes before the interval saving low down to deny Jorge Diaz.
The second half was far more even with Oviedo not sitting as deep in defence and pressing further up the pitch however it was 20 minutes old before we created a chance. It was though the only chance we needed as we made it count with a wonderful goal. A fine cross-field ball from Susaeta out to Christian who controlled and fired in a cross to near the penalty spot and there was Borja Dominguez to meet first time on the volley and into the bottom corner. It was a really well worked goal and further proof our performance had improved after half time.
This clearly gave the team more confidence. Susaeta tried his luck from 35 yards but his effort went just over the bar.
Real Oviedo were not settling for the point and were trying to win the game but only really created one further chance when substitute Michu's goal bound volley from a corner was blocked by a defender on the six yard box. Both teams tried to win the game in the final stages but neither side could find that golden chance they were looking for and had to settle for a share of the spoils, which in fairness was what the game deserved.
Its a decent point for Oviedo and keeps us in the play off positions going into next weeks crunch meeting with Cadiz at the Carlos Tartiere before back to back away games.
John Mothershaw
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