Spain
R.F.E.F. Tercera Division
Grupo 1
Sunday 26th November 2023
Kick Off 17.00 Actual 17.02
Bergantinos 3 Union Deportiva Paiosaco 0, attendance 672
54’ 1-0
70’ 2-0
78’ 3-0
@ Estadio Municipal As Eiroas
Rua Bronce
15100 Carballo
€10 Admission
No Programme.
Originally, we had planned to be at tier four club Sociedade Deportiva Compostela for our second game today, as it was shown as a 16.00 kick off when the fixture schedules were released last week, but when it was changed on Thursday, to 17.30 instead, it meant we would have to have a re-think if we were still to get in a treble today. The game here at Bergantinos, who play at level 5, was the best option available, although we would have to rely on a bit of luck regarding timings going in our favour.
The drive north west from Ourense to Carballo took just under two hours. Again, there was free parking in the road outside the ground, although the nearest we could find was the furthest corner from the entrance, but at least we would be on the right side of the ground to head for our next game. It was another 3G pitch, with a main seated stand (350 seats) on one side, with clubhouse adjacent and a new seated stand (340 seats) behind the goal to the left, with spectator access available around the full perimeter.
Bergantinos came into this as league leaders, whilst Paiosaco were tenth. It took until nine minutes into the second half for the hosts to break the deadlock, finishing into the far bottom corner after cutting in from the left. Goal number two came from a first time shot from the edge of the box that beat the ‘keeper at the near post, before they wrapped the game up with twelve minutes left, when a shot from the angle of the 18 yard box looped into the far corner.
At the end of the game we exited via a gate in the corner of the ground (not padlocked and used to fetch balls from behind that goal that scaled the fence/netting), rather than use the main exit at the opposite diagonal corner, which meant we were in the car and on our way to game three by 18.57……it was going to be tight, but we’d got a reasonable chance of making the 20.00 kick off…
