A double from Uzuni puts Granada in second

Granada secured a fourth successive victory and went to sleep on Friday in direct promotion position by beating Tenerife 2-0 with a double from Albanian Myrto Uzuni from a penalty in Nuevo Los Cármenes, which ended his streak of eight straight days without losing

Granada came out of the match with a huge plan and in the first quarter of an hour they scored 1-0, through Uzuni by scoring a penalty made on himself by Sergio González, and had two very clear opportunity in the boots of Uzuni himself and the Israeli Shon Weissman to extend his income.

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pomegranate: Raul Fernandez; Ricard (Quini, m.34), Rubio, Ignasi Miquel, Carlos Neva; Bodiger (Meseguer, m.70) Pol Lozano, Melendo (Bryan, m.70), Callejón (Víctor Díaz, m.84); Uzuni and Weissman (Famara, m.84).

Tenerife: Soriano; Mellot (Aitor Buñuel, m.88), Sergio González, León, Nacho; Javi Alonso (Alexandre, m.64), José Ángel, Waldo (Selma, m.88), Teto (Mo Dauda,​​​​m.64); Borja Garcés (Elady, m.64) and Enric Gallego.

The objectives: 1-0, (m.7) Uzuni, penalty. 2-0, (m.83) Uzuni, penalty.

Referee: Ávalos Barrera (C. Catalan). He advised locals Ricard (m.76) and Bryan (m.98), and visitors Mellot (m.56), Sergio González (m.88) and Elady (m.88) with yellow card.

Incidents: The match corresponding to the 27th day of LaLiga SmartBank was played at the Nuevo Los Cármenes Stadium in front of 13,362 spectators, according to official figures. Before the start, a minute’s silence was observed in memory of those who died in the recent earthquake that affected Turkey and Syria.

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Tenerife improved as the minutes ticked by, although they only put Raúl Fernández in trouble with a shot from Teto Martín late in the first half that saw local winger Ricard Sánchez injured.

Teto himself and Waldo Rubio put Raúl Fernández to the test at the start of a second half that started evenly, with neither team determined to risk more than necessary.

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In the 67th minute, Elady Zorrilla, who had just left the field, scored the goal that could have meant the visitor’s tie but it was annulled by the referee due to Enric Gallego’s earlier offside, a decision confirmed from the VOR Room after a few minutes of waiting.

Granada, who did not create any scoring chances in the second half, sealed the game with another goal from Uzuni from a penalty, in the 83rd minute, after a handball from Sergio González.