UD Las Palmas: Pimi punctures the European bubble and remembers that the winter is long

The coach of UD Las Palmas, Xavi García Pimienta, does not want to listen to theories about the potential of the Canaries to play in competitions other than LaLiga EA Sports. Not that UD Las Palmas is in the Primera qualifying Siberia but the 21 points achieved already havelegacies in December in the yellow coach serves to protect the island club from the cold in 2024.

This Friday, Pimienta launched the idea to stop the euphoria and remember that, after this victory against Getafethey will wait until where they stay out of the relegation places, despite the fact that they are closer to those that grant the right to play in European competitions. In the stadium of the Canarian team he saved a minute silence in memory of Jerónimo Saavedrafirst president of the Government of the Canary Islands, and Henri Stambouliformer coach of UD Las Palmas

“If safety is 40 points, we already have 21 and we are very happy, but we are wrong no matter where we look. We must be aware of who we are and what it costs us to win, but, if a bad streak comes, we already have those points in our backpack,” he concluded.

He emphasized the “personality” his team had this Friday against Getafe, with a 2-0 victory that allowed them to have “21 points on the backpack“, perhaps more than half of those are needed to achieve permanence in LaLiga EA Sports, without reaching the halfway point of the competition.

UD Las Palmas beat Getafe 2-0, moving ahead of them in the LaLiga EA Sports standings, and closing in on a European spot, after snapping an eight-game unbeaten run that has a Madrid team going without winning away from home, his great pending subject.

A goal by Mexican international defender Julián Araujo in the 43rd minutewith a header that caught David Soria on the wrong foot, after a cross from Kirian Rodríguez from the right, opened a local victory against a rival that played the entire second half with one less player due to the expulsion to Omar Alderete.

And, during the extension, Cristian Herrera refereed the match, past Marvin Park. The match could have been conditioned earlier, in the 9th minute, when the referee showed a straight red card to Óscar Rodríguez for a tackle on Julián Araujobut after being called from VAR and reviewing the game on the monitor, the referee changed his decision and the color of the card, which became yellow.

In the island group, incl Kirian as the game master, it was difficult for him to find the wings and, at times, he had to use a long ball. This is how Sandro stood up to David Soria outside the area and scored, but in a clear offside position.

And Las Palmas couldn’t close the game with the second goal, but Nor did he find his purpose disturbed, not even from a set piece, a facet that dominates his rival and where the forces are always equal. Only his automatism in taking too much risk in launching the ball could jeopardize his success.

Within In the 88th minute, Alberto Moleiro’s goal was disallowed due to offside.after a visit to defensive indecisiveness, but in extra time, Marvin Park cut in from the right and served the ball on a plate for Cristian Herrera to push it into the net, ensuring the success of an island group approaching European positions.