Junior’s Perfect Run Is Over: Sanse Beat Them 3-1 as Campo Stayed Top in Spain
Six from six, and then it was gone. Junior FC’s perfect start to the Liga Iberdrola ended on Sunday, beaten 3-1 at home by Sanse Complutense in the game of the weekend.
Complutense did it properly too. Alejandra de la Llama opened the scoring in the second quarter, Lola Riera doubled the lead from a penalty corner before half-time, and Riera struck again from another corner in the final quarter. Amy van den Bosch pulled one back for Junior in the last minute, but by then it was done. That is five straight wins for Sanse now, and they sit level with Junior on 19 points. Junior had drawn 2-2 at Atlètic Terrassa on Thursday in a postponed game, so this was their second dropped result in four days.
The champions, meanwhile, just keep doing what champions do. Club de Campo beat Atlètic Terrassa 2-0 on Sunday in a rematch of last season’s final, both goals coming in the first quarter through Alejandra Torres-Quevedo and Lucía Abajo. Campo are the only unbeaten side left in the league, top of the table on 22 points, three clear of Sanse and Junior.
Down at the bottom, there was a small piece of history of its own. Taburiente drew 1-1 with RS Tenis in Las Palmas, Irene Muñoz putting the Canary Islanders ahead in the second quarter before Maria Verschoor equalised after the break. It is Taburiente’s first point of the season, and they will have celebrated it like a win.
The men’s side had a Sunday game in the Canaries too, and it went the other way. Club de Campo’s men beat Taburiente 4-1, El Diario de las Islas reported, with Tyler Tomsett scoring the home side’s goal. Campo keep their own title push ticking over while Taburiente’s men are left to regroup.
Saturday’s games had already set the round up nicely: RC Polo beat Club Egara 2-0, Real Sociedad beat Sardinero 2-0, and CD Terrassa won 1-0 at Valencia for a third straight win. Real Sociedad’s win lifted them to sixth on 12 points.
For our money, the title race just got interesting. Campo are top and unbeaten, but Sanse have now shown the league how to beat Junior, and they are right on their heels. If Complutense keep this run going, the champions will feel them breathing down their necks all winter.
