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Big Improvement for Mazarrón

Mazarrón ‘San Antonio’ CF 0, CD Linares 0, 02.09.07

Mazarrón played their first home match in Segunda B in front of a large crowd, and held one of the favourites to win the league in an exciting 0-0 draw. The starting line-up included the very recent signing Perona and he could well have got on the score-sheet in the first few seconds were it not for the alertness of Moso in the visitors goal rushing out to the edge of his area and out jumping the on-rushing forward.

Mazarron were not overawed by their opponents and continued to press, but it was Linares who made the next scoring chance as Sierra headed over from 12ms, following a cross from Castillo, who had an excellent game down the right hand side. After 12mins, Alex pulled a ball back to Carrasco and ran for the return, but he was just off side getting behind the defence. As the half wore on, Linares became more dominant, making good use of a setting sun to pose problems for Reguero in the home goal. A series of free kicks were given away as Linares pressed down the right and each time their dead ball specialist Oscar swung the ball in but without luck as Santi headed clear or Reguero caught anything that was overhit. During the period up to half time, a rare Mazarron attack was brought to a stop by a foul on Carrasco and Carmona fired the free kick just wide from 30ms. Things looked ominous for the debutantes, but they kept a clean sheet during this most difficult part of the game.

The second half started at great speed and there were chances at both ends. Alex fired a free kick into the Linares wall in the first minute and at the other end, Vaquez sent a diving header just wide from a cross by Oscar. Mazarrón then had a couple of corners on the left, the first of which was tipped over by Moso and the second was cleared from the near post. The pattern of the game changed however with the substitution of Brais by another striker, Juanjo. Carrasco dropped back into his best role just behind the strikers and Perona and Juanjo hit it off straight away. During this purple patch, Perona shot across the face of the goal when released by Carrasco and then Alex came close with a run and shot after good work by Omar. The home side looked the most likely to score at this stage and Perona again came close on two occasions, forcing Moso to punch a free kick clear from under his bar. With just a few minutes remaining, the Mazarrón captain Santi Silvar, who had had a great game in the heart of the defence, pulled Catanha down just outside the area and was sent off for a second yellow card. He left the field to a great round of applause. Linares applied a lot of pressure in the final minutes, but with Ortega now marshalling his defenders and covering everything, Mazarrón held out despite 6 mins of added time. There will be much weaker teams in this league than Linares and at last, as the Mazarrón players finally seem to be getting to know each other, they can hopefully put their poor pre-season behind them.

Mazarrón: Reguero, Carmona, Santi Silver, Ortega, Brais (Juanjo), Xabi Sanchez (Jorge Gonzales), Carrasco, Gamiz (Gavilan), Omar, Alex Colorado, Perona.

Roger, www.mccmurcia.com