Spain
R.F.E.F. Segunda Division
Grupo 3
Sunday 16th February 2025
Kick Off 12.00 Actual 12.03
Torrent C.F. 1 Club Esportiu Europa 1, attendance 4,520
25’ 0-1
72’ 1-1
@ Estadi San Gregorio
Avinguda de Perez Galdos 15
46900 Torrent
€15 Admission
No Programme.
This morning started with a 30 minute drive to the town of Torrent, just south west of Valencia. Parking near the stadium was non existent, due to clashing with Sunday morning church services, but we eventually found an area of wasteland, which doubled as a car park, which was maybe ten minutes walk from the ground. We arrived at the stadium about 10.45 and the queue outside the ground was already starting to build. Tickets were available from a window next to the entrance and as it was a gorgeous day, reaching 23 degrees at the peak, we opted for general admission tickets, rather than the main 1,000 seat stand, which meant we’d be in the open, but without shade. Not something you normally have to worry about in February. The stand is on the entrance side of the ground, with the other three sides having four steps of concrete steps, where everybody sat down, with standing on the back row only, apart from a couple of ignorant supporters who seemed totally oblivious to the fact that standing on the front row wasn’t really the done thing.
The match was 4th versus 1st, in what is level 4 here, with Torrent just four points behind the leaders. I thought there might be a decent crowd here, but certainly didn’t expect it to be this big and it seemed to have caught out many locals, as it was a good twenty minutes into the game before the queue at the entrance finally disappeared. There were quite a few fans here supporting Europa too, despite it being a four hour drive from their base in Barcelona and it bucked the trend of the top levels in Spain where very few away fans bother travelling. The two teams were well matched and goal scoring chances were at a premium. Europa broke the deadlock after twenty minutes five minutes, cutting in from the left before beating the ‘keeper into the near top corner of the net. The equaliser came with eighteen minutes left, cutting in from the right side of the box before lobbing the ball over the ‘keeper, enabling an easy tap in at the far post. Europa will probably feel it was a game they should have won, but at least the point keeps them top, whilst Torrent drop a place to fifth. The game finished at 13.54, so ample time to head off to a second match.
