Today is NOT Saturday

HT Villarreal B 0-0 Murcia

gol de musacchio off a corner from matilla in 52’. villarreal b 1:0 murcia.

golazo de cristobal, says marca. make it villarreal b 2:0 murcia in 65’. this result would keep the filial in the top half and murcia in the drop zone.

villarreal b 2:1 murcia in 90’. chando gets one back for the away side, scoring on his return to vila-real. as you may recall, he was villarreal b’s top goalscorer last season in segunda b and played a large role in helping the team earn promotion.

FT Villarreal B 2-0 Murcia

1-0 Musacchio (52’)
2-0 Cristobal (65’)

Correction
FT Villarreal B 2-1 Murcia

1-0 Musacchio (52?)
2-0 Cristobal (65’)
2-1 Chando (90’)

FT Villarreal B 2:1 Murcia. Solid win at home against a struggling side. Next up for the 10th-place B team (8 points above the drop zone, 3 points from a promotion spot): @Gimnastic (also in mid-table), home to leaders Real Sociedad after the winter break.

Home record: 4-3-1 = 15 points, 14 goals for, 10 goals against
Away record: 2-2-4 = 8 points, 6 goals for, 12 goals against
Overall: 6-5-5 = 23 points; 20 for/22 against = -2 Goal Difference

Villarreal B currently is in a 6-way tie for 5th-place, though the round is not complete. I don’t know about you, but their performance has topped all of my expectations. A lot of the credit goes to their manager Garrido, who has melded a cohesive, attack-minded unit despite around 10 new players.

Also, in reading the recap, Juan Carlos saved not 1 but 2 penalties (the same one retaken twice), and the rebound was not converted to boot.

Recap and highlights from Marca:
http://www.marca.com/2009/12/12/futbol/2adivision/1260647114.html

Turning into a very tidy keeper, can’t recall him making any serious errors this season and I’ve seen him pull off some quality saves. It’s a remarkable run, I know in the Premiership 40 points is the safety mark, not sure what it is in Spain but I’d say it’s around the same.
 I recently took over this team on Football Manager 2010, so much fun to play with. Perez, Cristobal and Montero are class acts. I’m a little disappointed with Robert Flores, hasn’t made any real impact in the side, especially since he was so highly rated in Uruguay.

Surely Juan Carlos is being groomed to eventually take over from Diego Lopez. Oliva is only there until Juan Carlos has had experience in Segunda A.

Have to remember that in Segunda A they play 42 matches and four teams go down. In recent seasons teams have been relegated with 50 points so there’s still much work to do.