CD Tenerife qualified this Thursday for the second round of Copa del Rey football after winning 0-2 against CD Alfaro, although they suffered to beat a lower category rival -Segunda Federación-, as they had to wait for the second half of extra time to score their two goals.
He The island team missed a penalty in the 107th minute by Enric Gallego, but six later he again had the maximum penalty in his favorwhere midfielder Sergio González scored the first goal of the night.
In the same play, the The Rioja team lost Mario León and Aitor Pérez due to expulsionsthe footballers who knocked out winger Alassan, the star of two actions and the most outstanding footballer of the visitors on the heavy grass of La Molineta, stadium that went dark in the first half of extra time due to a blackout in its lightsso the game was stopped for a few minutes until the light came back on.
After scoring 0-1a Enric Gallego’s hard tackle earned him a straight red cardso Tenerife ended the game with only one player more than its rival -ten against nine-, but that numerical superiority was enough to score a second goal, in the 121st minute, with a Sergio González shot into an empty goal, after a pass behind Yanis Senhadji.
Despite qualifying for the next round, The team coached by Pepe Mel does not offer a credible imageand throughout the game they only created one clear scoring chance with a cross-shot from Mellot hitting the crossbar in the 25th minute.
Furthermore, the Alfaro managed to surprise and avoid extra time with a clear chance from Kevin Soeiro saved by goalkeeper Tomeu Nadal in the 89th minute.
He Tenerife will return to the island this Friday after accumulating more minutes than theoretically foreseen by the dispute of that unexpected extensionand besides missing Colombian winger Marlos Moreno, injured in the 6th minute of the game.
Source: La Verdad
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