Sol y Futbol: Cold, Windy, Wet And Leaking Goals

Another bad day for the Rojillos, Ian Lane reports for Sol y Futbol.

GIMNÁSTICA TORRELAVEGA 5 LANZAROTE 0

7th December 2009

Lanzarote were once again torn apart by a far superior team on a wet, cold and windy day in the top North of Spain and for the second time this season conceded five goals.

The Rojillos, who are used to playing their football in tropical conditions did not acclimatize themselves well and within 15 minutes found themselves 2-0 down. The first was in the ninth minute. A harmless ball delivered into the 18 yard box left the Rojillos defence hesitant and striker Dani Cobo gratefully accepted the free gift and blasted his side into a 1-0 lead. Six minutes later and Lanzarote keeper Floro could only parry a shot from the edge of the area and centre forward Collado simply passed the ball into the open net from close range.

In the 38th minute Collado broke through the Lanzarote defence for the umpteenth time and neatly set up team mate Nando who buried the ball past Floro and sent his team into the half time break with an unassailable 3-0 lead.

Rojillos manager Carmelo Hernández brought on some width for the second half with wingers José Manuel and Ayoze Pérez both being introduced replacing Santi Torres and Maikel Padrón. Lanzarote began to press forward and held the majority of possession early in the second half though this only led the home side to produce deadly counter attacks.

In the 53rd minute Torrelavega were awarded a penalty with defender Ángel Gil bringing down the talented Collado inside the area. The Rojillos keeper saved well from the strike by defender Siro which gave Lanzarote just a glimmer of false hope.

That glimmer was extinguished on the hour mark and in the 77th minute strikes from Collado and Cursi finished the rout and the Rojillos then faced a long and tiring trip back to Lanzarote.

This win pushes Gimnástica Torrelavega into third in the table and on course for Segunda A (championship) football. This battering leaves the Rojillos shipwrecked somewhere off the coast of North Africa and a million miles from safety.

On the positive side they will be returning to blue skies and temperatures in the mid 20´s with the sea being a very pleasant 22 degrees.

Next week Lanzarote play at home to the much improved Badajoz side Villanovense.