Real Zaragoza gain their second victory of the week at Pinatar Arena

Following their 1-0 success against Real Murcia earlier in the week, about 1,000 people turned up to watch Zaragoza’s contest on Friday night against another local outfit in FC Cartagena.

Uncharacteristically in a pre-season friendly it was a much more frenetic affair with both sides contesting every ball. Indeed it was much closer to a league match than we would expect at this stage of the season with Cartagena’s centre-back Alcalá, showing rather too much aggression which resulted in his 49th minute dismissal.

During the first forty-five minutes the two teams were characterized by their fight and dedication, never giving up a lost ball and constantly chasing down every move.

Today,Thursday 27th July, Carp-R-Us fished round 3 of the Summer/Autumn series,our last match before our summer break. We fished Canal del Progres on the Mercadona stretch.When we arrived at the venue the sky was heavily clouded and rain was forecast.Luckily,we only had to endure a very light shower.The clouds parted and the sun shone, accompanied by a variable breeze.

First was Roy Dainty on peg 2 who caught carp and mullet on pole and corn to weigh in 4.04kg.second was Tony Flett on peg 1. Tony caught carp and carassio’s for 3.76kg on pole and corn.

Third was Jeremy Fardoe on peg 5,who had a mixed bag,weighing 3.38kg using pole feeder.

And fourth was Nick Bastock on peg 4 with 2.42kg on pole fished maggot.

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Fishing Costa Blanca

This is our last match until September.I hope you have a good August and it doesn't get too hot.

Puche put Zaragoza ahead in the first quarter of an hour with Ortuño quickly levelling the score just 5 minutes later. There were plenty of chances for both sides but the score remained at 1-1 as they went into the half time break.

At the beginning of the second half, FC Cartagena were reduced to ten men following the expulsion of Alcalá, which saw Zaragoza spending much more time in front of the Efesé goal, forcing Marc Martínez to make a number of great saves. But finally, with just 10 minutes of the match remaining, Zaragoza got the winning goal through Toni Moya.

Both sides now look forward to the start of the Segunda Division in less than two weeks time where Zaragoza meet Villarreal B and Cartagena entertains newly promoted Eldense