There were few highlights in a shocker of a game as CD Marino salvaged a home 1-1 draw against bottom placed, 10 man CD Laguna. The electronic scoreboard wasn’t working for the first half, it must have sensed the oncoming display of high balls and speculative long shots that had the meagre crowd wishing they could put their clocks forward a few hours early.
After the midweek cup game the forward line had a more familiar look with Nestor Trujillo and Balduino back in the blue shirts. Laguna had the first break and Marino were thankful for Mendy hooking the ball away from their goal. Pablo forced a home corner that came to nothing and early sub Kevin Castro made some inroads down the right flank but too often the ball was just hoofed hopefully up into the night sky. Airam saw a long shot clear the Laguna bar while at the other end Alberto was never really tested between the sticks.
Things got marginally better after the tedious first half, Javi Marchena pushed forward and delivered an inviting ball across the goalmouth but there were no blue shirts waiting to cash in. It wasn’t pretty to watch, the silence was broken several times by the frustrated slap of Marino coach Sosa Espinel’s hand on his dug out. The unthinkable happened after 58 minutes when Laguna had a rare attack and found the home defence napping, Kirian strolled though to score.
Finally Marino woke up and tried a more direct approach, Balduino nearly capitalized when Laguna keeper Edwin missed the ball. The visitors were now pinned down and the equalizer came from a slick move as Eslava chipped in the ball from the left of the box for Balduino to sneak in and beat the goalie for his 19th goal of the season. Marchena tried his luck with a rasping shot and Nestor tucked the ball in the goal but had already been called offside. The ref tried to encourage Marino by showing a red card to Airan, and the Laguna physio, with 10 mintes left, Balduino couldn’t get enough power on his free kick and saw the keeper save low down.
The blues defence tried to support the attack as they searched for a winner, Mendy rose for a powerful header but it missed the target. Lamine arrived from the bench in the final minute as a last throw of the dice. With the whistle poised at the refs lips there was a final shot at redemption for Marino as Javi Marchena had a clear sight at goal steaming in down the left. The shot was wild and so wide it nearly hit a ferry out at sea, that just about summed up Marino’s form on the night. Mensajero won the next day and jumped to the top of the group with Marino a point behind in second spot.
There were few highlights in a shocker of a game as CD Marino salvaged a home 1-1 draw against bottom placed, 10 man CD Laguna. The electronic scoreboard wasn’t working for the first half, it must have sensed the oncoming display of high balls and speculative long shots that had the meagre crowd wishing they could put their clocks forward a few hours early.
After the midweek cup game the forward line had a more familiar look with Nestor Trujillo and Balduino back in the blue shirts. Laguna had the first break and Marino were thankful for Mendy hooking the ball away from their goal. Pablo forced a home corner that came to nothing and early sub Kevin Castro made some inroads down the right flank but too often the ball was just hoofed hopefully up into the night sky. Airam saw a long shot clear the Laguna bar while at the other end Alberto was never really tested between the sticks.
Things got marginally better after the tedious first half, Javi Marchena pushed forward and delivered an inviting ball across the goalmouth but there were no blue shirts waiting to cash in. It wasn’t pretty to watch, the silence was broken several times by the frustrated slap of Marino coach Sosa Espinel’s hand on his dug out. The unthinkable happened after 58 minutes when Laguna had a rare attack and found the home defence napping, Kirian strolled though to score.
Finally Marino woke up and tried a more direct approach, Balduino nearly capitalized when Laguna keeper Edwin missed the ball. The visitors were now pinned down and the equalizer came from a slick move as Eslava chipped in the ball from the left of the box for Balduino to sneak in and beat the goalie for his 19th goal of the season. Marchena tried his luck with a rasping shot and Nestor tucked the ball in the goal but had already been called offside. The ref tried to encourage Marino by showing a red card to Airan, and the Laguna physio, with 10 mintes left, Balduino couldn’t get enough power on his free kick and saw the keeper save low down.
The blues defence tried to support the attack as they searched for a winner, Mendy rose for a powerful header but it missed the target. Lamine arrived from the bench in the final minute as a last throw of the dice. With the whistle poised at the refs lips there was a final shot at redemption for Marino as Javi Marchena had a clear sight at goal steaming in down the left. The shot was wild and so wide it nearly hit a ferry out at sea, that just about summed up Marino’s form on the night. Mensajero won the next day and jumped to the top of the group with Marino a point behind in second spot.