Futsal

19.02.2011 19:09

A firm leader (3-5)

Llorenç Tarrés

Barça Alusport strengthened its lead at the top after beating Playas Castelló by 3-5. The Barça goalscorers were Fernandao and Torras, both scoring twice, and Wilde.

Match Stats

PLAYAS CASTELLÓ, 3
FC BARCELONA ALUSPORT, 5

Playas Castelló (1 +2): Iñaki, Kiko, Isco, Manolín, Rubén (2) -starting five -, Javier Matía, José Revert, Gordillo, Carlos (1), Ferreira, Sanchez.

FC Barcelona Alusport (2 +3): Cristian, Jordi Torras (2), Javier Rodriguez, Saad, Wilde (1) -starting five-, Fernandão (2), Chico, Lin, Igor.

Goals: 0-1, Fernandão (5'), 1-1, Ruben (10'), 1-2, Wilde (11'), 1-3, Jordi Torras (21'), 1-4, Fernandão (22'), 1-5, Jordi Torras (32'), 2-5, Carlos (32') 3-5, Ruben (37').

Referees: Del Pozo García and López Jiménez. Yellow cards for Javi Matía (Castellon) and Chico (Barça)..

Venue: Ciudad de Castellón.

Marc Carmona’s team keep accumulating points and stringing wins together. This afternoon they overcame Playas Castelló in a game where they were leading 1-5 with eight minutes to go. They kept up the decent form of recent weeks and today, against an opponent desperate for points, they worked hard to get the three points.

Barça Alusport were ahead for almost the whole game. The Catalans went one up with a goal from Fernandao (5'), but five minutes later, Ruben equalised. Within a minute, however, Wilde made it 1-2 and the score stayed that way until half-time.

Good chances

The first half saw 20 minutes of excellent play from Barça, defending well and attacking with a lot of consistency. The only thing missing was the final definition, the only black mark in the first half. The home keeper, Iñaki, and four shots hitting the woodwork, prevented Barça from running away with the game.

At the start of the second half though, Alusport found the success that had been missing in the first half. The team started very effectively and Jordi Torras and Fernandao, in a couple of minutes, made the score 1-4.

The minutes were ticking away and Fran Torres’s players couldn’t find a way to break down the Barça defense, with Cristian having a good game in goal. The home manager decided to change tactics and brought on the goalkeeper-player.

This tactic brought the game into a new dimension. Barça Alusport had to defend deeply against Castello’s numerical superiority, and the home side moved the ball around looking for openings to reduce the goal difference. Carmona's team, in line with recent games, defended well and Jordi Torras even got the fifth goal, taking his personal tally to two. Carlos, first, and Ruben, a bit later, reduced the difference for Castelló, who never gave up.