Spanish LaLiga Smatbank sides Rayo Vallecano beat Albacete 1-0 in Madrid as the two teams contested the remaining 45 minutes of a match that was originally suspended back on December 15.
The second-tier fixture was called off at the interval before Christmas after Albacete’s former Rayo striker Roman Zozulya was subjected to chants by the home fans calling him a “Nazi”.
National socialism commonly known as “Nazi” is associated with Hitlerism in the Hitlers’ Germany of 1940s.
Rayo had the better of the play against a conservative Albacete, playing with 10 men due to the dismissal of Eddy Israfilov in the first half of the original fixture, and Peru international Advincula struck the winner after an hour (15 minutes on the night) with a powerful drive.
The rest of the game, which Zozulya started for Albacete, passed without incident in the absence of fans and was completed 178 days after it had started.
E. Israfilov saw red for Albacete in the 45 minutes of the match in Madrid.
According to reports, that makes it the longest match in history, while it will also be remembered for being the first to take place after the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen all football suspended in Spain since mid-March.
Rayo paid tribute to the victims of Covid-19 with a huge banner at Vallecas which read: “We will never forget you”.
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