MAZARRON F.C. v CLUB OLÍMPICO DE TOTANA

NEXT HOME GAME

PREFERENTE AUTONOMICA UNICO - game 33

Sunday 06/05/2018 kickoff 6pm (18:00)

To be played at the ESTADIO MUNICIPAL DE MAZARRON

MAZARRON F.C. v CLUB OLÍMPICO DE TOTANA

Well, it’s all to play for. The simple maths are if we win the next two games we are promoted it’s as easy as that. But wait, the next two sides that we face are the current top two teams in the league, so not so simple. But first let’s look at what happened last weekend.

Totana first. They played their match a day ahead of the rest of the league at home against a team with nothing to play for, Bullense, so a certain 3 points then? Nope, Bullense arrived, snatched a point and must have laughed all the way home.

So it was the turn of Mazarrón F.C. on Sunday to see if they could close the gap and with other promotion hopefuls slipping up around them our boys took the opportunity to smash in 4 goals at Murcia City. That result, combined with others has really made next Sunday’s encounter a red hot 6 pointer and a game not to miss. A win will put Mazarrón in the pole position for automatic promotion behind CAP Murcia who are promoted as the divisional champions. A draw would somewhat take it out of our hands on the final day and let’s not talk about the third option.

OUR OPPONENTS

Totana finished 20th in the Tercera division last season and were relegated. They suffered an horrendous start to this season scratching around for points but improvements has seen them rise up the table and now sit one place and two points above Mazarrón F.C. and are no longer the ‘soft touch’ they once were in the early days of this campaign.

WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST TIME WE PLAYED

I don’t have a full match report from this game as Totana decided to apply the money grabbing ‘club day’ rule to this game upping the gate prices. The game was correctly boycotted by Los Amigos, the red boys and independent travelers which negated any extra income that Totana expected from the match.

The tactic also blew up in their faces on the pitch with Mazarrón running out 1-2 winners with Dani and a late goal by Joseda sealing the points for the boys in red. Good!

CURRENT STATS

2nd Totana P 32 W 18 D 8 L 6 GF 47 GA 29 Points 62
3rd Mazarrón FC P 33 W 18 D 6 L 8 GF 69 GA 41 Points 60

SUSPENSIONS AND SANCTIONS

Details of any sanctions or suspensions will be made available on Thursday evening by the Murcian federation

WE’VE DONE IT BEFORE AND IT WORKED

A couple of seasons ago Bala Azul made their home game against us a ‘club day’ at which time Mazarrón FC supporters mainly boycotted the fixture.

The president at the time, Jose, took the brave decision to throw the gate open in the reverse fixture at home and made it a free game in Mazarrón.

The club and Los Amigos bar made an absolute killing in bar sales with the bars drunk dry.

I hope the powers to be read this and consider a similar approach for the Totana game. Pack the ground with local supporters, cheering the boys on to victory, make money at the bar, show appreciation to the loyal fans who have followed the team through thick and thin.

And what a brilliant bit of positive PR for the club.

Over to you Mazarrón F.C.

Well said. I agree 100% with Nick. A very short sighted decision by the club.

Advance ticket sales are limited to 5 per person but the more the merrier I say.

SANCTIONS AND SUSPENSIONS 

With neither side having any sanctions or suspensions for Sunday’s game it’s all down to injuries and availability.

MATCH UPDATE

An early goal for Totana

Mazarrón 0 Totana 1 scored by Champi 😤