lunes, 3 de mayo de 2010

Vuelve la normalidad. By Steve.

NORMAL SERVICE HAS BEEN RESUMED
SD HUESCA - 0 FC CARTAGENA - 2
BY STEVE HIBBERD

Inside the tiny Alcoraz stadium, Los Albinegros recorded a superb victory, playing with only 10 men for the last half hour. Following last weeks disappointing home draw with Real Sociadad, which saw them drop outside the play off slots, these 3 points push them up to joint 2nd with Levante on 58 points, 5 points off the top of div 2a. In a dull 1st half, the visitors could have scored inside the 1st min, had Toche connected with a cross by Longas. Five min´s later, keeper Ruben almost gifted Huesca with a goal, but when his miskick fell to an opponent with the goal at his mercy, it was the post which felt the full force of the return shot. On 11 min´s it was De Lucas turn to rattle the woodwork, following a well worked Cartagena move. The post came to the rescue once again on 29 min's, this time it was Ruben´s brilliant diving finger tip save which forced the ball onto it.

Cartagena took the lead on 56 min's following Falcon being brought down in the penalty area by Helguera. Up stepped De Lucas to send the keeper the wrong way, but as players had encroached into the area, the ref ordered a retake. Once again, De Lucas executed the spot kick brilliantly, giving the keeper no chance. Unbelievably, on the hour mark, the impressive Etxeita pushed an opponent, for which the ref scandalously showed him a straight red card. It was now backs to the wall stuff for Cartagena as the home side made numerical advantage count. Ruben was magnificent, twice pulling off breathtaking saves to keep his side in the game. Completely against the run of play on 88 mins, top scorer Toche collected the ball inside his own half (where the majority of the opposition were camped in search of an equaliser), kept his head by beating 2 defenders, before coolly planting it past the keeper to make the game safe.
Next up for Cartagena is a home div 2a fixture against Numancia. This match is at Cartagonova Stadium on Sat 8 May, ko 6pm.

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