With only four senior players available, bottom of the table Mazarron went into the game against league leaders Huercal-Overa with seven members of the successful juvenile team in the starting line-up.
Since taking over at Mazarron, new coach Jelco has adopted a flexible 4-4-2 formation with 2 strikers and slowly, over the last three games, the team has responded with improved displays. However, even the most die hard supporters could not have imagined that Mazarron would pick up their first victory for more than four months against such string opposition.
The first action of the game was a speculative free kick from distance by Huecal-Overa but as with almost all their efforts in the first half this went high and wide. Pescao burst though on goal for Mazarron only to be hacked down from the rear but no free kick was given. Then, in the 26th minute Jose Da floated a lovely cross into the box and Chema ghosted in at the far post to slam the ball home to give Mazarron the lead and send the home crowd into raptures.
The goal spurred Huercal-Overa into action and it took a good save by Ruben to tip the ball around the post. On 32 minutes, as Mazarron threatened the visitors’ goal, an assault by the Huercal-Overa central defender on Pescau went unpunished, obviously unseen by the referee and other officials.
Huercal-Overa’s best chance of the first half came on the 42 minute when a speculative ball punted up field was missed by both Alfonso and Diego and in the confusion the striker lobbed Ruben but, fortunately, the ball dropped onto the roof of the net for a goal kick.
In the second half, a clever corner kick from Pescau eluded everyone before hitting the outside of the far post and, as the game flowed end to end , a well rehearsed Mazarron corner lead to Jose Da just missing to the left of the post.
It wasn’t until the 87nd minute that Huercal-Overa had their best chance of the second half. From a corner the ball was played to the edge of the box where it was struck with vengeance but Ruben dived full length and was totally horizontal when he caught the ball.
Extra time seemed to last forever until eventually the referee blew for full time to signal a fantastic result for Mazarron
Team:-Ruben, Diego, Alfonso, Víctor, (Ahmed) Matt Clarke, Chico, Guillermo, José Da, José, (Habib) Pescao, (Dani) Chema.
Man of the match. Matt Clarke
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