Rayo Vallecano B thrashed by Leganés B | OneFootball

Víctor Revuelto’s sending-off punished the red-sashed reserves, who played the entire second half with ten men

A tough setback for Rayo Vallecano B on their visit to the Butarque Sports Complex. The red-sashed reserve side fell to a 4-1 defeat to CD Leganés B in the match corresponding to the third round of Group 7 of the Tercera Federación, in a derby shaped by a lack of sharpness in both boxes and defensive frailty that punished the side coached by Jorge Vallejo far too harshly.

The match became an uphill battle in the 10th minute with a headed goal from Carlos Muñoz, but the Vallecas side responded and managed to level the contest in the 30th minute through a goal by Víctor Revuelto. However, the game fell apart just before halftime: Revuelto himself was shown a second yellow card, leaving Rayo B a man down and, in that same move, Siame took advantage of the disarray to make it 2-1 for Leganés.

In the second half, the physical toll of playing with one man fewer eventually caught up with the red-sashed side, who took the final blow in the closing stages with goals from Álvaro Moreno in the 83rd minute and Mulumba in the 88th. This heavy defeat leaves Rayo B in 16th place in the table with only one point from a possible nine, after a start to the season marked by a goalless draw against and two

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