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MATCH REPORT JORNADA 7
Saturday 13th October 2007
CD EL CAMPELLO 1 CD JAVEA 1
Author: James Catlin / Mike Smith

CD JAVEA dropped more points and slid into the slipstream of the early pace-setters in Group IV after a 1-1 draw against CD El Campello. Once again, the rojiblancos had taken control of much of the game and had gone ahead thanks to a first-half effort from leading scorer Alex Cuadrado. However they succumbed to yet another late disappointment when the hosts bundled home to equalise and win themselves a share of the spoils. Javea are one of just two teams to remain unbeaten this season but they need to start killing off the opposition more decisively to keep themselves amongst the front-runners. With an important home game against UD Horadada coming up this weekend, the team knows that they must win to keep themselves in contention. They have proved that they have the quality and the skill; now they must find a little extra to secure maximum points.

We all knew that a win would have lifted CD Javea to the top of the league, albeit temporarily, and from the first minute of the game, the rojiblancos were determined that would be the case after 90 minutes. Slick, pacy passes overwhelmed the hosts as Javea launched wave after wave of determined attacks. The breakthrough arrived after 30 minutes when Alex Cuadrado met a superb pass from Puncho and flicked the ball beyond the goalkeeper and into the net to make it 1-0. For the remainder of the half, Javea dominated and should have killed off the game by the break.

Although El Campello gradually assumed more control of the game, the second-half began with continued dominance from the rojiblancos who were creating the more chances in front of goal. Javi, Puncho, Alex, Ruben and Carlo all had great opportunities to put the game beyond any doubt but a succession of poor decision-making and even poorer finishing send the game into a nervous final five minutes.

Three minutes from time, the inevitable happened - again. A corner was swept into the Javea box and the defence struggled to clear before a cruel deflection saw the ball bobble into the back of the net and afford El Campello the late equaliser. Javea tried desperately to raise their game just a notch and grab a late winner but found themselves on the back-foot as it was the home side who pressed for the late winner and the rojiblancos found themselves desperately defending a draw as the final whistle brought the game to a close.