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REPORT 2009-10 |
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Coach José Luis might be feeling a little pressure after CD Javea put in a very average performance to share the spoils with Pinoso CF, writes Mike Smith for www.javeamigos.com. Although it's still early days for the young coach, the last two games have seen the rojiblancos gain just one point from six and slip further behind the leading pack. And a potential banana skin of a game awaits this coming weekend against bottom club Hercules CF 'B', a game Javea cannot afford to lose. After being relegated to the bench against Thader, many fans were happy to see striker Onieva return to the starting line-up. Yet an unfamiliar name leapt from the teamsheet as youngster Isaac was promoted from the ranks of the Juvenil to make his debut for the rojiblancos at the expense of Scott, who had to be content with taking his normal place on the bench. Alongside the Englishman was centre-half Jordi, impressive in the opening few weeks of the season but dropped in favour of youngster Feliu. There's no doubt about it; Jose Luis is going to do things his way. Javea might have taken the lead as early as the 6th minute when David Ivars found space on the left to lob in a high cross but Isaac wasn't quite tall enough to connect and the ball sailed past the crowded area and out for a goal-kick. And that was really the only chance of the opening half-an-hour as both teams looked decidedly ragged across the park. Things livened up the remaining quarter-of-an-hour of the first half. First skipper Javi shaved a few millimetres of paint off the left-hand upright with a powerful shot before a free-kick from the left-hand side by Dino, making his first start of the season, caused mayhem in the six-yard box and the ball rebounded off a Pinoso head and into the net to put the rojiblancos into the lead at half-time. The second-half brought some better play from Javea with both Youssoupha and Onieva going to close to doubling the advantage. You felt that the rojiblancos needed this second goal to give themselves a bit of breathing space as Pinoso looked more than capable of nicking an equaliser and Alberto shot just wide of the left post with twenty minutes remaining. Jose Luis decided to shuffle the pack and Gerardo came on for Isaac whilst Scott replaced Onieva. Pinoso continued to look dangerous and certain to level the scores with Alexis coming very close to doing so with five minutes remaining. Then, with the minutes ticking away, Pinoso finally found the equaliser when Hugo picked up the ball on the left-hand side and charged into the area and slid the ball past the advancing Ortola who could only watch as it rolled across the line and into the net. A draw might have been a fair reflection on the game but, once again, Javea have found themselves unable to kill off the opposition when in control. Those teams pulling away at the top of the table have found that killer touch to blow away their opponents; the rojiblancos need to do the same. CD
JAVEA PINOSO
CF Referee:
Jesus Perez Diaz |
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