Jornada 1

[gordonchas]

Only 2 home wins in the 1st round of 11 games, and both of those to highly fancied sides, Betis and Rayo.

The other relegated sides Numancia and Recreativo both had good away wins, and of the promoted sides only Cartagena won (1-0 at Girona, thanks to a missed penalty by the Catalans)

[Simon]

Here are the results

Betis 3 : 0 Cordoba 
FT Celta 1 : 2 Numancia 
FT Girona 0 : 1 FC Cartagena 
FT Las Palmas 1 : 1 Real Sociedad 
FT Rayo Vallecano 3 : 0 Albacete 
FT Real Union 0 : 1 Recreativo Huelva 
FT Villarreal II 2 : 2 Levante 
30 Aug 2009 
FT Cadiz 0 : 1 Salamanca 
FT Castellon 0 : 0 Hercules 
FT Elche 0 : 2 Huesca 
FT Murcia 0 : 1 Gimnastic


Not a great start for Elch, huh?

[gordonchas]

No, not the best.

After all the pre-season expectation they failed to deliver in the first real test. Not to make excuses but I hate those Canal+ 12 noon kick offs. Although it's the same for both sides it is far too hot at that hour to expect a normal game.

Although Huesca were the better side both goals were highly fortunate.

If you take a look at the video on the Marca page
http://www.marca.com/2009/08/30/futbol/2adivision/1251635187.html

The first goal is a blatant hand ball (minute 1:27 on the video) and the second will surely be the most ludicrous penalty decision awarded this season, by a referee consistently considered to be Spain's worst.