5pm 29 September 2013
Spain, Segona Catalana, Group 1
FC L'Escala 3 FC Vilamalla 0 (att 164)
We were staying in L'Escala, and with the ground being less than 10 minutes walk from our base this Sunday afternoon kick off was perfectly timed ahead of our evening flight home from Girona.
This was another game in the same league as the previous day's encounter at Calonge, but while entertaining enough it never hit the heights of that match.
The first half didn't hit any heights at all. Vilamalla had the better of it but they looked like two poor sides, with barely a shot on target for the 45 minutes.
I had a feeling the visitors might sneak a win, but L'Escala started the second half like a different team. They scored all three goals in the first 10 minutes of the half, all from corners and scored by three different players.
After that bright spot the game returned to the mundane, but the experience of watching football in a foreign country is rarely boring and this was no exception.
L'Escala's ground, a mile or south of the town centre, featured two full-size pitches. The main one, used for this game and presumably all first team matches, is grass and has a large seated stand on side and some shallow terracing opposite. The second pitch has a new looking artificial surface, and is enclosed with dugouts.
Thankfully a torrential downpour shortly before kick off had eased considerably by the time the game kicked off. Less fortunately, the rain returned just in time for my walk back towards L'Escala town centre.
Spain, Segona Catalana, Group 1
FC L'Escala 3 FC Vilamalla 0 (att 164)
We were staying in L'Escala, and with the ground being less than 10 minutes walk from our base this Sunday afternoon kick off was perfectly timed ahead of our evening flight home from Girona.
This was another game in the same league as the previous day's encounter at Calonge, but while entertaining enough it never hit the heights of that match.
The first half didn't hit any heights at all. Vilamalla had the better of it but they looked like two poor sides, with barely a shot on target for the 45 minutes.
I had a feeling the visitors might sneak a win, but L'Escala started the second half like a different team. They scored all three goals in the first 10 minutes of the half, all from corners and scored by three different players.
After that bright spot the game returned to the mundane, but the experience of watching football in a foreign country is rarely boring and this was no exception.
L'Escala's ground, a mile or south of the town centre, featured two full-size pitches. The main one, used for this game and presumably all first team matches, is grass and has a large seated stand on side and some shallow terracing opposite. The second pitch has a new looking artificial surface, and is enclosed with dugouts.
Thankfully a torrential downpour shortly before kick off had eased considerably by the time the game kicked off. Less fortunately, the rain returned just in time for my walk back towards L'Escala town centre.
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