Celebration of Iván Romero’s goal against Granada. (DEPORPRESS)
Aleix Valero (Santa Cruz de Tenerife) | Tenerife gives itself a First Class tribute. Club Deportivo Tenerife reconciled with its identity this Sunday by defeating an entire Granada (2-0) at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López. The recently relegated from the top category and favorite to return was a red toy at the hands of Luis Miguel Ramis’s men, who had the best minutes of this season.
The best? That this Tenerife today has been the one that last year was barely half an hour away from promotion. And that the streak of four consecutive draws and the first qualifying doubts are largely dispelled after what was seen against the Andalusian team.
A goal in each half left the three points at home. In addition, the islanders had their second consecutive game without conceding goals. Except for the first part of the first half, Tenerife passed over a Granada team that arrived on the island to give a hand to Sporting Gijón but left the island surpassed by the Tenerife that we all recognized. So, yes.
The islanders started the game with a good face, playing in Granada’s field and trying to get on the wings, with Mo Dauda and Teto getting inside to free the lanes. They were the first minutes of good intensity against a team that was going to demand the maximum in every minute and with every ball.
From the 10th minute onwards, Karanka’s men took control of the ball, patiently touching it to disrupt a Tenerife team that seemed nervous at the back. The visitors were now in control, although there were no scoring chances in the first quarter of an hour.
Little by little, Tenerife found themselves trapped in their own field, but without conceding. She could even give the impression of feeling comfortable with that script of limiting herself to closing spaces and hunting for some counterattack, but the attack was disconnected. Without Teto or Mo Dauda coming into play, the solution sought was long balls from the centre-backs into the spaces of Gallego and Romero; a very poor game, although against an opponent with much more individual talent.
But in minutes of back and forth, Tenerife pumped out oil. The blue and white team was in tune with Javi Alonso being the team’s beacon in the center of the field. The youth squad had a more than notable first half. The goalkeeper Soriano was probably the blue and white player who was having the most contact with the ball, he looked for the unmarking by Iván Romero who stole Cabaco’s wallet with a luxury control to face Raúl Fernández and beat him low (1-0, 30′). The goalkeeper assisted for the local goal…and prevented the tie in the 37th minute with a low hand on a cross shot by Uzuni, in a great intervention.
After the break, Granada once again dominated the game, knowing that the back-and-forth in the final stretch of the first half did not suit them. Even so, Tenerife was more vertical and determined towards the opposing goal. He found the goal through Mo Dauda (58′) assisted by Iván Romero, but he was offside (it was confirmed by the VAR), so the score did not increase.
A minute earlier Ramis replaced Carlos Ruiz (injured) and Javi Alonso, to bring on José León and José Ángel, in a double man-for-man change. Karanka, for his part, opted for a triple change to seek the tie.
But again the couple Romero-Mo Dauda met. The first assisted the Ghanaian who faced Raúl Fernández, reaching the ball into the hole first. He brought down the blue and white in a textbook penalty that Enric Gallego did not miss, with great calm (2-0, 63′).
Tenerife was much superior to a Granada in decline after the opening minutes of the second half. Even with 2-0, the locals seemed to have greater ambition, despite facing talents like Melendo, Puertas or Callejón.
Granada was lost, without finding itself as a team, the complete opposite of a Tenerife that was reminiscent of last season, and that would benefit from continuing to be similar so as not to lose its way again, as in the first ten days.
In short, three golden points for the islanders, who were better in everything than a First Division rival and who alleviated the streak of four consecutive draws to once again show their credentials as a solid and supportive team in the effort and thus add the second game followed without conceding a goal.
DATASHEET
CD Tenerife (2): Soriano, Mellot, Sipcic, Carlos Ruiz (León, 57′), Nacho; Teto, Aitor Sanz (Larrea, 80′), Javi Alonso (José Ángel, 57′), Mo Dauda (Elady, 74′); Iván Romero (Borja Garcés, 74′) and Enric Gallego.
Coach: Luis Miguel Ramis.
Granada CF (0): Raúl Fernández; Ricard (Bryan, 59′), Víctor Díaz, Cabaco, Quini; Bodiger, Victor Meseguer; Puertas, Soro (Melendo, 59′), Uzuni (Arezo, 74′); Jorge Molina (Alley, 59′).
Coach: Aitor Karanka.
Goals: 1-0 (30′) Long pass from Juan Soriano to Ivan Romerocontrols with great quality and surpasses Raúl Fernández one on one. 2-0 (63′) Enric Gallegopenalty committed against Mo Dauda.
Referee: Saúl Ais Reig (Valencian Committee). Assisted on the bands by Saenén Álvarez (Valencian committee) and Campo Hernández (Valencian committee). He admonished the locals Aitor Sanz (72′), José Ángel (78′) and Borja Garcés (89′); and to the visitors Ricard (50′), Cabaco (70′), Quini (82′) and Bodiger (89′). Fourth referee: Escriche Guzmán (Valencian committee). VAR referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias (Navarrean committee). AVAR: Areces Franco (Asturian committee).
Incidences: Match corresponding to the 11th day of the SmartBank League, played at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López Stadium, Tenerife, before 11,482 spectators. CD Tenerife wore blue pants and the white Centenario t-shirt. Granada dressed completely in black.
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