Gloves to illuminate regime change. The leopard sharpens its claws. Álex Domínguez (Granollers, 24 years old) returns tomorrow to the goal of UD Las Palmas against Levante UD in the City of Valencia in a league pulse (8:00 p.m., Movistar Vamos #). A good brown. A quote of fire and uranium missiles. Álvaro Valles’ injury –at least two KOs– leaves him in a privileged and dangerous position. On the horizon, the giant millionaire granota and Tenerife (the derby is on November 26 and is insistently remembered on the yellow social networks).
After debuting this season 22-23 against CD Teruel of the Second RFEF at Pinilla and in the first round of the Cup six days ago (0-1), He defends the yellow arc again in a Second duel 538 days later. The Granollers patient. The last league appearance with UD of this under 21 international took place against UD Logroñés in Las Gaunas on May 30, 2021 (0-1). It was the 42nd and last day of 20-21, the league edition of the Covid and the pandemic. Games behind closed doors, a scene that seems from the Paleolithic.
ADE student, went through Ibiza and takes advantage of the loss of Valles, KO until next February
Under the orders of José Mel Pérez, from the eleven of that game, who sent the La Riojans to the First RFEF, only three wickers travel to Valencia: Eric Curbelo, Álvaro Lemos and Sergi Cardona. That duel meant the debut of the Catalan defender, who did it with the number ’39’ and as a left-back. In the rest of the initial proposal: Tomás Cardona (now at CSD Defensa y Justicia de Argentina), Sergio Ruiz (plays for Granada CF after going through Major League Soccer), Maikel Mesa (Albacete Balompié), Rafa Mujica (Arouca from Portugal), Juan Fernández (Badalona), Kirian Rodríguez (without a record and in the final stretch of his recovery from cancer) and Edu Espiau (SD Ponferradina). Only Álex himself, Lemos, Curbelo and Sergi Cardona can topple Levante UD tomorrow.
Regarding the bench, Mel brought on Aridai Cabrera (plays for Inter Club d’Escaldes in Andorra), Jesé Rodríguez (Ankaragucu from the Turkish Super League), Ale Díez (Ponferradina) and the yellows Óscar Clemente and Coco.
One year, five months and 18 days later, Domínguez returns to the goal for UD in LaLiga. He closes a circle of waiting and frustration. “I have limited myself to working in silence,” he assessed before the media in Pinilla, aware of Valles’ medical mishap – a torn meniscus in his knee – and that his time had come. The Catalan goalkeeper computes 19 official pulses with the UD after standing out in the nursery of Las Palmas Atlético. Identical journey as Raúl Lizoain Cruz (76 games in yellow), Josep Martínez (30) or the aforementioned Álvaro Valles (82).
Goodbye Pedri, ‘bona tarda’ Álex
The debut of the Catalan Álex Domínguez took place on the 42nd and last day of the 19-20 season in Gran Canaria against Extremadura. It was July 20, 2020 and ended with a placid (5-1) against an already relegated rival. That game went down in history as the last of the infante de Tegueste Pedri in yellow, before starting his glorious cycle in the ranks of Barça. Behind closed doors, in a silent parthenon, Álex Domínguez left his signature.
At 20-21, he started the course as a substitute for Álvaro Valles. In November, in the matchday 15 match against Sporting, he returned to the front row. For four months and through the Under 21 national team, he was the owner of the goal. On July 27, 2021 he was loaned to Ibiza. The recovery of Raúl Fernández and the presence of Valles left him without alibis.
Chronology
August 28, 2019
- Álex Domínguez Romero signs for Las Palmas Atlético after passing through Deportivo Alavés and the RCD Espanyol academy. With the UD subsidiary, he completed 25 games under the command of Juan Manuel Rodríguez (2019-20) and made his debut in the yellow professional team with Pepe Mel against Extremadura (5-1). On the return of football, he does it in a Gran Canaria Stadium without fans due to the pandemic.
Nov 29 of 2020
- Against Sporting de Gijón (3-2) in Gran Canaria, he resumed ownership after two consecutive defeats for the yellows against Sabadell and CD Mirandés. He chained nine games in the goal of Las Palmas and was called up by De la Fuente’s under 21 national team. On March 19, after losing to Girona, Mel sings another changing of the guard. Valles returns and Domínguez returns to the bench. He played the last two games of the 20-21 against Albacete and Logroñés. In the latter, Sergi Cardona made his debut.
June 29, 2021
- The Barcelona goalkeeper is part of the Sub 21 relationship that will participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games (which were held from July 23 to August 8, 2021). Due to the Covid, the UD Las Palmas goalkeeper is out a few days after the trip to Japan. Finally, Spain, with prominent names such as Pedri, Unai Simón, Eric García, Pau Torres, Cucurella, Mikel Merino, Soler, Asensio, Bryan Gil, Oyarzabal, Rafa Mir or Dani Olmo, succumbs in extra time against the Brazil of Alves and Richarlison .
July 27, 2021
- Domínguez does not pass the casting. With the medical recovery of Raúl Fernández, in addition to the presence of Valles, the UD must decide. At the pre-season training camp in Marbella, Helguera, sports director, tells the goalkeeper from Granollers that he will be loaned out to Ibiza in the silver category. He completed twelve games and conceded 16 goals. Invisible to Carcedo, he enjoyed more prominence with Jémez. Shielded until June 2024, he returns to the yellow house and I start work in July 2022.
Nov 20 of 2022
- The date of Álex Domínguez’s return to the UD goal in a league competition match. He will be extremely demanding against Levante UD of Roberto Soldado, Iborra or De Frutos. After debuting this season 22-23 in the Copa del Rey against Teruel, he left two good interventions, now he must take control of the goal in a demanding stretch of the calendar. Beyond the granota team, CD Tenerife awaits in the great derby.
Mel and the sports management, led by Luis Helguera, bet on the loan of the Catalan goalkeeper without a purchase option to boost his value with a view to a future sale as Josep Martínez (transferred to Leipzig in the Bundesliga for 2.5 million and who later was loaned to Genoa). Renewed until June 2024, in the Ibizan club he reached twelve duels.
Enrolled in ADE (Business Administration and Management Degree), the goalkeeper was left out of the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for Covid (June 29). The Under 21 team, with Pedri, won silver after losing to Brazil. At the gates of glory, emerge from the ashes.
He made his debut in this course in Teruel in the Cup and left two stops. “He’s under pressure”, they say in the club
The loss of Valles returns Domínguez to the starting box. Like the day of Extremadura, on Pedri’s flight to the Camp Nou. In pandemic football, the one with the deserted stands, he left samples of his art. He marveled in the melist cycle. Pimienta, an admirer of Valles, whom he rescued from the substitution in March to condemn Raúl Fernández (he went to Granada), attends the changing of the guard. The one from La Rinconada was ten unbeaten in a historic start. The leopard begins its wild dance. From silence to the eye of the hurricane. The journey of ‘1’.
The fever of 22,741 tickets
The entity from Gran Canaria announced yesterday that the sale of tickets for the 26-N Canarian classic reached the figure of 22,741. The derby will be played on Saturday, November 26 at 9:00 p.m. in Gran Canaria (Movistar Vamos #) on matchday 17. Season ticket holders have until tomorrow to collect their tickets with the prices set as Club Day. Last Tuesday, the first day of sale, 9,514 seats were sold, while on Wednesday there were 5,964. On Thursday, 4004, for 3,259 on yesterday Friday. The fans of CD Tenerife have a quota of 690 and it is already sold out. The price of tickets for subscribers range from 12 euros in the adult category in Curva to 23 in the Grandstand -for 15 euros in the South-. For non-season ticket holders, and also in the adult category, prices are 25 euros in Curva, 35 in Sur and 45 in Tribuna. UD-Tenerife from the second leg of the promotion promotion semifinals filled Gran Canaria on June 4 with 31,502 spectators. Before Oviedo, 30,063 faithful attended. There are still 8,761 tickets to be sold.| pc
