Club de Campo Win 4-1 in Gran Canaria as Sanse Hit Five at Carpesa
Two away wins, two very different afternoons, and the same lesson: the road teams in Spain’s División de Honor aren’t messing about right now.
Club de Campo went to Gran Canaria and beat Taburiente 4-1 on Sunday. The defending champions set the tone from the first quarter, going ahead early and never really letting the home side into the game. Taburiente had their moment late on, when captain Gorka Neria stepped up to a penalty stroke with a chance to drag his side back into it. The Campo keeper saved it. Campo went up the other end and made it 0-4, and by the time Tyler Tomsett pulled one back for the hosts, the points were long gone.
Tomsett is worth a mention. The South African has been Taburiente’s main threat all season, their top scorer so far, and he got his goal again. It just wasn’t enough on a day when the gap between the champions and the hosts showed.
Sanse run riot in Valencia
The other Sunday game was louder. Sanse Complutense went to Carpesa and won 5-2, opening up a five-goal lead before the home side finally found a way through. Mario García and Xavier Guanter pulled two back for Carpesa in the second half, but by then the game was done. Five goals on the road in this league is a statement, whatever the final scoreline says.
Carpesa will take something from the fightback, at least. Going five down and still finding two goals takes some character. But Sanse had the game won long before that, and they’d already shown this season they can score in bunches.
Where the round stands
Saturday’s game in this round was the big one, Club Egara putting six past Barcelona without reply. The women’s eighth round wrapped up on Sunday too, with Sanse beating Junior and Club de Campo staying top of the Liga Iberdrola.
For Campo’s men, this was a professional job more than a spectacular one. They went to the Canary Islands, did what champions do, and came home with three points. Taburiente, meanwhile, are still searching for a way to turn decent performances into points. They competed for long stretches on Sunday, created the stroke chance, and still lost 4-1. That’s the kind of result that stings, because the performance deserved more than the scoreline gave them.
Next weekend the league rolls on, and the teams at the top will know the chasing pack isn’t going away. Campo won’t care. They just keep winning away from home.
