Getafe and Rayo Vallecano drew 1-1 on Monday, 19 October, in the ninth matchday of LaLiga EA Sports 2026-2027 at the Coliseum. The derby also marked the first official appearance for Dani Carvajal in a Getafe shirt, about a week after his signing was announced. Rayo went ahead in the 11th minute, when Jorge de Frutos sent Álvaro García clear on the counter-attack and García finished past David Soria. Carvajal, starting at right-back, could not close him down in time, and Rayo kept finding room down their right side throughout the first half.
The match changed in the 28th or 29th minute, depending on the report, when Djené was shown a straight red card for a foul that stopped a Rayo attack, leaving Getafe with ten men for more than an hour. Sources disagree on the player he fouled, with some naming Álvaro García and others Sergio Camello. Bordalás responded by bringing on Abdelkabir Abqar for Ramón Terrats in the 32nd minute. Camello had a clear chance to extend Rayo's lead before the break, and Enes Ünal's header was pushed away by Emil Audero, helped by the post. Rayo went in leading 1-0 at half-time.
Getafe drew level in the 56th or 57th minute, depending on the source. Francho Serrano, who had come on at half-time, delivered a cross and Martín Satriano headed in at the far post. Rayo then pushed forward with their numerical advantage, and Álvaro García's cross-shot drifted wide after he beat Carvajal to a pass. Satriano later had a chance to put Getafe ahead, but Audero made a strong save to keep the score level. El País described Rayo growing frustrated as the game went on.
Carvajal wore the number 14 and played the first 80 minutes before being replaced by Sebastian Boselli. He was booked for protesting shortly before coming off, after about 150 days without a competitive match. Afterwards he said he was delighted to be playing his first minutes with the club:
“Delighted, very happy to be able to play my first minutes with Getafe.”
He also judged the draw in a positive light:
“We did not come out as we should have, we conceded, and we were left with ten men very early, but we have to take a positive reading.”
El Mundo reported that Camello appealed for an elbow from Carvajal earlier in the game, and that the referee found nothing after checking the images.
Both sides had entered the matchday on eight points, so the draw lifts each to nine, placing them 13th and 14th in the table. Getafe had opened their Conference League campaign with a draw away to Universitatea Craiova in Romania. Their next European fixture is a home match against Lugano of Switzerland at the Coliseum, listed for 18:45 on Movistar. According to ABC, Getafe fans also shouted at referee Jon Ander González during the match.
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Álvaro García gave Rayo Vallecano the lead in the 11th minute, and Djené's red card left Getafe with ten men before Martín Satriano equalised after the break at the Coliseum.
AI text based on reports by La Razón, ABC TU DIARIO EN ESPAÑOL, EL PAÍS and other publishers. Published .