lunes, 12 de abril de 2010

El rey de Murcia. By Steve.

KINGS OF MURCIA
FC CARTAGENA - 3 REAL MURCIA - 2
BY STEVE HIBBERD

Not only have Cartagena now completed a league div 2a double over bitter arch Murcian rivals Real Murcia, but this emphatic victory lifts them up to 2nd in the table. With pace setters Real Sociadad and Hercules both losing at the weekend, Los Albinegros find themselves only 4 points off the top spot. Season 85-86 was the last time that Real Murcia visited Cartagonova Stadium for a div 2a match. Since then, Cartagena have been in the football wilderness - that was until manager JIM and his boys set the division on fire this season. A near 15,000 capacity crammed into Cartagonova Stadium, hoping to witness another exciting local derby (Cartagena won 4-1 inside the magnificent Nueva Condomina back in November) - even new mascot 'Subi the Submarine' was soaking up the atmosphere!!

Cartagena took the lead on 12 mins through Toche's header from an inch perfect Victor cross. Chando levelled for Real Murcia 7 mins later, heading home ex Cartagena favourite Natalio's cross. The woodwork came to Real Murcia's rescue, shortly before Natalio had a penalty brilliantly saved by Ruben. All in all, a halftime scoreline of 1-1 was a fair reflection of a well balanced 45 mins play.In the 2nd half, the home side stepped up a gear, and it was no surprise that 2 goals inside as many minutes, helped knocked the stuffing out of the visitors. De Lucas scored a fine individual effort on 64 mins, before top scorer Toche showed how to execute a perfect penalty, shooting just inside the post. Although Pedro reduced the deficit on 75 mins with a 20 yard screamer, Cartagena substitute Tato should have been awarded a penalty when he was fouled inside the box in the dying minutes.

FC Cartagena line-up
Ruben, Signorino (Clavero), Txiki, Etxeita, Exposito, Lafuente, Mariano, Victor, Toche (Tato), Falcon (Hector), De Lucas

Forthcoming Fixture: On Sat 17 Apr ko 6pm, Cartagena vistit the Nou Estadi Stadium to play mid table Gimnastic Tarragona in another div 2a match. For further info on FC Cartagena, visit www.gotocartago.com or www.futbolclubcartagena.com.

2 comentarios:

  1. jajaja que bueno steve, kings of murcia, si alfonso x levantase la cabeza jajaja

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