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MATCH REPORT JORNADA 28
Saturday 13th April 2008
CD JAVEA 2 CALPE CF 0
Author: Mike Smith
Photograph: Fay Hughes

CD Javea dragged their season back on track with victory over local rivals Calpe CF. Granted, it was a less-than-stimulating encounter spoiled by a lack of potency in front of goal by the home side. With a little more composure - and perhaps luck - struggling Calpe might have been on end of another rout similar to the one they suffered at home back in November when the rojiblancos took advantage of a club in chaos and romped home by three easy goals. But, after three successive defeats, the most important target for the side was to claim maximum points against a side struggling to avoid relegation and they managed to do so thanks to goals from Alex Cuadrado (right) and Puncho.

The rojiblancos took to the field led by skipper Juanma and mascot Elliot who proudly bounced onto the pitch resplendent in matching kit. The youngster enthusiasm seemed to rub off on the players as they began to find their feet very quickly against an extremely poor side from Calpe. And it wasn't long before the home side took the lead after a succession of attacks through a porous defence eventually saw Alex Cuadrado loop the ball over his shoulder - a marvellous 'chilena' - to put the rojiblancos into the expected lead.

However Javea failed to build on the early opener and, although Calpe CF remain by far the poorest side that the rojiblancos have faced this season, they couldn't kill off the opponent and the pessimists in the crowd of around 500 felt that an equaliser was always looking more likely. It's not that Javea played particularly badly; it wasn't the best performance of the season but it certainly wasn't the worst. Puncho tried as hard as ever to carve open the defence and double the advantage but his work-rate wasn't reciprocated by some of his team-mates.

The second-half brought little change as Calpe ran themselves into the ground to defend their goal. Goalkeeper Bauza didn't have a great deal to do during the second period although the visitors had their moments and the pessimists were almost proved right. However a sustained period of pressure eventually produced a second goal after 77 minutes when some excellent work from Javi allowed Puncho to fire in off the left-hand post to score his seventh goal of the season and more or less assure the rojiblancos of maximum points.

With seconds remaining, victory was somewhat tempered by a horrific injury to Calpe's Bricio who fell awkwardly in the centre of the park and snapped his right arm just above the wrist. The crowd soon realised the nature of the injury from the reaction of players from both sides and Bricio was afforded a standing ovation from everyone in the ground as he was stretchered into a waiting ambulance and rushed to hospital. We all hope he makes a speedy recovery.