Jornada 7: Cuidad de Murcia vs Malaga
Cuidad de Murcia 2 Malaga 0
Just finished watching the game on television - it should have been at least 4-0 to Cuidad de Murcia.
The first goal was scored in 10' from 30 yards because the scorer was not closed down. Eventually Romero got to him but the ball was in the net before then.
The second goal in 33' was a typical winger's goal as "Malaga reject" Luque just ran in from the left past a static Silva and put it past Arnau.
We also had a couple of scares in the second half when Arnau ran out of his box to meet the Murcia striker and missed but the ball just went wide of the post. Should have been a goal.
The second incident was when Cesar Navas headed down towards Arnau and the striker nipped in between them (sound familiar?) but his shot also went wide.
Alonso put out a very defensive line-up 4-1-4-1 to start with: Arnau; Jesus Gamez, Silva, Cesar Navas and Valcarce; Romero; Saul, Sandro, Hidalgo and Calleja; Salva. However, even the addition of Perico, Counago and OJ Morales in the second half didn't change the course of the game which was punctuated with stoppages, free kicks and players receiving treatment.
The ref added 4' on at the end but the way Malaga were playing he could've added another 40' and they still wouldn't get a shot on goal.
Why did they lose? A very defensive line-up, no flair in midfield and not a shot on target. Oh dear! Things must change and no doubt they will at the next game next Saturday at home to fellow Andalucians, Ejido. Your Malaga CF Correspondent will be there.