Vallecas roars with Falcao

The illusion has been established in Vallecas. Rayo’s historic victory against Barça only reaffirms the good moment of the team, the third highest scorer in Primera (with 18 goals, only surpassed by Real Madrid and Betis) and the best local. The franjirrojos have made full of victories – five out of five -, regardless of the rival. Before the Catalans, Granada, Getafe, Cádiz and Elche had already succumbed to their power. A feat that a recently promoted person could not achieve from the Pontevedra del ‘Hai que roelo’ back in 1965.

The results and the sensations have made Iraola’s team the revelation of the championship. And although the Basque coach repeats over and over again, like a mantra, that the goal is permanence, the fans keep dreaming. One of the architects of this great moment, Falcao, insists on not setting limits: “We want our fans to see what they never saw. I had never beaten Barça and I did it here ”.

The Red-reds appealed to the spirit of the Matagigantes —Some of their representatives, such as Felines and Potele, were in the stands— to beat the blaugrana 19 years after that lonely goal from Azkoitia (1-0). A triumph that served as a key to return to European positions. There they resided during days 6, 7, 8 and 9 and there they will do so on this eleventh. It is hard not to let your imagination fly looking at the classification week after week, but there is an indisputable reality, salvation is on track, thanks to the 19 points collected so far. What’s more, the Vallecano team is number 125 that begins the season with five victories in their domains. As well, The statistics are clear, of all of them only one fell, Elche in 77-78.

The winning goal against Barcelona was cooked between the top franjirrojo assistant, Trejo (6, only one separates him from Benzema, the one who leads the most in First) and his top scorer, Falcao (4, the same as Álvaro). The Chocota stole the ball from Busquets and leaked it to Tiger, which cut Piqué and defined perfectly. It was built by two of the idols of Vallecas. “With Óscar I continually talk about how to move when we have the ball. He had the play in his head ”, confessed the Colombian.

His arrival has unleashed madness in Vallecas. The Falcaomania. His jersey has been sold out and it is common to see many compatriots populating the stadium and embracing Rayismo. The forward already knew what it was to mark the Catalans as rojiblanco, but he has only savored the honeys of victory with the Strip. And for now three of his targets have broken ties, giving the team four points directly.

Falcao, in addition to being a star, is a talisman. Whenever it ‘wet’, the Ray wins. This was the case against Getafe (3-0), Athletic (1-2), Cádiz (3-1) and Barça (1-0). El Tigre, 35, is fireproof and He is the one who has the best average goals per minute in the category, scoring every 62 and 15 seconds. While Íñigo Pérez does it with a frequency of 80 minutes and Ansu Fati, 84. More time passes between the goals of Benzema (98) or Agüero (109).