If the human being is an animal of habits, the trend should indicate that the Sports Union should not have problems tomorrow in its visit to the Heliodoro Rodríguez López to resolve the round of 32 tie of the Copa del Rey. Because? Well, because history says that of the nine times that the two teams have faced each other in the KO tournament, eight have been favorable for the yellow interests.
Still, be careful, The only time the blue and white team was able to beat Las Palmas occurred in the fiefdom of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the 1980-81 season. after a refereeing that raised blisters among the Gran Canaria fans.
A situation that is currently also stinging the followers of the YOU after the last two arbitrations of the island team. The one from Athletic Club in San Mamés cost points by canceling the VAR a penalty Marvin Park after having been whistled by Martínez Munuera, and that a prior foul was not signaled. Sandro Ramirez in the play that ended in Unai Gómez’s Basque goal in the 94th minute.
All this together with the understanding of the 31,772 spectators who gathered on Thursday in Seven Palms and they had to see how González Fuertes did whistle a clear penalty Sinkgraven to Gundogan, but that raised doubts both in part of the public and in several players on the squad who were against the referee’s judgment.
Thus, with this tailwind, Las Palmas will arrive in Tenerife without wanting Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea, the referee of the match, to perpetrate a situation similar to that of 44 years ago, when the referee of the second leg of the first The Copa del Rey tie was a bit homemade for the blue and white.
The subtitle of the chronicle in the pages of this newspaper about the disputed second leg on Thursday, October 9, 1980recorded the collegiate criterion: “2-1, at the Heliodoro, with refereeing very detrimental to the yellows,” wrote González Morera.
Regarding the plays that caused the discomfort in the Unión Deportiva locker room, the disallowed goal against Julio Suárez and two actions in areas favorable to the chicharreros stood out.
“Goal disallowed in a scandalous and unfair manner” for interpreting that Julio was offside after the lineman invented an advanced position for the forward; “something unspeakable,” dictated the editor in this case.
“When it seemed that the two teams were going to rest with the score tied, another invention by Damín Rendón arrived – already in Ceuta in the Alfonso Murube trophy he created the marmorena – pointing out a penalty to Félix in a legal fight with Chalo,” he continued. the story for Tenerife’s 2-1.
And finally, an infraction in the opposite area that the man in black He didn’t want to see. «Julio was knocked down from behind by Manolo with the help of Marrerín, in a penalty like a cathedral that Damín Rendón did not want to see. Then the story is limited by an increase in the nervousness of the yellows, with an audience standing up shouting “Tenerife, Tenerife”, the journalist closed about the sequence of tragic misfortunes of the Sports Union.
External help in what has been the only occasion in which the blue and white were able to celebrate a victory against their greatest territorial rival, a situation that they do not want to be repeated. within the yellow club, no matter how hard it is to publicly target the refereeing apparatus.
The rest of the qualifying rounds always fell on the side of Las Palmas. The last of them, 26 years ago in a duel in which Tenerife was settled in First division and that he had just played in the UEFA semi-final the previous season. A domain that is expected to continue.
