By Steve Hibberd

CD Thader – 0   Villena CF – 1

Meet the brand new yr, similar because the outdated yr, may be attributed to not solely Thader, but in addition legendary rock group The Who (offering ‘yr’ is modified to ‘boss’ – an extract from the track ‘gained’t get fooled once more’).  For having misplaced at Santa Pola of their final Premier league match in 2022, they proceeded to report the identical rating line initially of 2023.

That’s the place the similarity ends, for in contrast to the debacle at Santa Pola, Sunday’s match at Moi Gomez stadium was pretty uncontroversial.  Each supervisor Raul Mora and his assistant, together with defender Rosquin, have been serving a suspension, a legacy from that notorious outdated yr match.  At begin of play, Thader have been in eleventh place on 20 factors, while guests Villena have been 5 factors behind.

When Thader central defender Miguel headed the ball in opposition to the bar on 12 minutes, it was the primary try on purpose by both workforce.  Making a uncommon begin, dwelling striker Calderon thought he’d scored on 22 minutes, however alas he was penalised for being clearly offside.  Fran rose majestically to execute a robust header from a nook on 28 minutes, however his effort was frantically cleared off the road.

When Javi was uncerimoniously hauled down inside Villena’s penalty space on 32 minutes, it regarded a nailed on penalty, the one downside being that ref Bottela was unimpressed.  Villena’s first critical effort arrived on 38 minutes, leading to Javi making a significant interception to stop the guests taking the lead.

Chema produced an vital level clean save on 48 minutes, the primary time Thader’s keeper had been compelled into motion.  Pedro Juan was so unfortunate on 55 minutes, for his thunderbolt struck the underside of the bar, earlier than bouncing to security, denying Thader’s striker a deserved purpose.  Straight up the opposite finish, and it was so very practically a purpose for the guests, had Marcos not shot the mistaken aspect of the publish.

A calamitous slip by Chema on 63 minutes, allowed Vendrell the straightforward job of a faucet in to place the guests in entrance.  Thader’s keeper misplaced his footing at a significant time, simply when a low cross to the far publish wanted to be prevented from reaching its goal.  Sub Quino had an incredible alternative to equalise on 72 minutes, however he shot extensive from an acute angle, when he actually ought to have finished higher.

Though they huffed and puffed, the hosts couldn’t puncture Villena’s rear-guard.  Into stoppage time, solely an unimaginable purpose line save by Chema, prevented his workforce from additional humiliation.

Thader now embark on a run of three matches away from dwelling.  First up is a visit to Elche subsequent weekend, when Carrus Ilicitana would be the hosts.  Go to CD Thader fb web page for additional data.