CD Acero gets its first win since returning to Tercera Federación
CD Acero, the football club from Puerto de Sagunto, beat SC Torrevieja 2-0 on Saturday at El Fornàs, with goals from Gyampoh and David Megina, moving to four points this season.
CD Acero, the football club representing Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district of Sagunto) in Tercera Federación (Spain's fifth-tier national league), earned its first win since returning to the category by beating SC Torrevieja 2-0 on Saturday, 19 September, at El Fornàs, the club's home stadium. Both goals came in the second half, scored by Gyampoh and David Megina, taking the Sagunto side to four points after three matches. For fans who had waited weeks for the season's first win, the result felt like relief and a sign that the team is starting to settle into the division.
The first half ended without goals. Torrevieja had a few early attempts that never looked truly dangerous, while Acero gradually gained control as the minutes passed. After the second-half drinks break, the home side increased its pressure and began creating clear chances in front of the visitors' goal, until the scoreline finally matched that dominance.
The deadlock broke in the 50th minute, when Gyampoh converted a penalty to put his side ahead. It was the first step toward a lead Acero would not give up. David Megina, who had come on in the 66th minute replacing Manu Fuentes, extended the lead just four minutes later, finishing off a clearance from his own team to make it 2-0 and seal the match.
The result carries extra value for the port-district side: it is Acero's first clean sheet of the season, a meaningful stat for a team that needs defensive solidity after returning to this division. Torrevieja, meanwhile, has now lost two matches in a row by the same 2-0 scoreline, after opening the season with a win over Hércules B.
For Acero, back in this division after promotion, taking the first win with a clean sheet is no small thing: the two previous results — the opening-day defeat to Crevillente and the draw away at Utiel — had left the impression of a team still searching for balance between defence and attack. The win over Torrevieja, built on dominance that grew through the second half, rounds off a run that is starting to settle in positive territory just as the schedule gets tougher, with a trip to San Vicente coming up.
The win comes just weeks after the club unveiled its full squad on 24 August ahead of this return to Tercera Federación. The line-up that beat Torrevieja is the product of that pre-season work, further strengthened by the arrival of forward Anthony Lokosa, who signed on 16 September after the summer transfer window closed. The gradual integration of these new additions helps explain why the team has been gaining solidity match by match, finally showing it in a positive result against the side from Alicante.
El Fornàs, where the Puerto de Sagunto side plays its home matches, holds 5,002 spectators, one of the largest capacities among grassroots football grounds in the Camp de Morvedre district. For decades, the stadium has been a regular gathering point for port-district fans every Tercera Federación season.
The club, the sporting successor to the town's former Sporting Club, also carries a notable historical record in this division: its best-ever finish in Tercera División was runner-up in the 1995-96 season, after previously winning the group as Sporting Club in 1929-30 and 1930-31. That history adds symbolic weight to every return of the team to this level, something the port-district fanbase tends to feel with renewed anticipation.
With the first win now secured, the schedule offers no rest. Acero travel to Español de San Vicente next Saturday, 26 September, at 17:00, a trip that will test the defensive solidity shown against Torrevieja. Torrevieja, in turn, will try to bounce back by hosting Soneja on Sunday, 27 September, at 11:30, needing to stop its losing streak before the gap to the top positions grows.
The calendar has so far alternated home and away fixtures: the opening defeat, the away draw at Utiel and now the win at El Fornàs sketch a season still looking to settle down. The trip to San Vicente will test whether the defensive block holds up away from home support, while Torrevieja, back home against Soneja, will need to respond quickly to avoid slipping away from the top of the table. The outcome of that double appointment next weekend will show whether this Acero celebration marks the start of a run or stays an isolated result.
For Puerto de Sagunto fans, the win arrives at a welcome moment: after an uneven start, the team is already showing signs of settling into Tercera Federación, the division it returned to this season. According to Golsmedia, with additional background from Wikipedia on the club and its stadium.