Tenerife B took the duel of candidates for promotion that the ninth day of the Canary Islands group of the Third RFEF held against Panadería Pulido in San Mateo (1-3). The duel was decided in a hectic final stretch. The local Pedro Manzi, with a penalty in the 85th minute, equaled the 0-1 that Ethyan achieved in the first half; However, the blue and white reserve team took the lead again in stoppage time (90′) and ended up rounding off the victory with a third goal in the last action of the match, from Dailos Tejera in an own goal.
Start of the match with a high pace by both teams. The first warning came from Chiqui five minutes in for Panadería Pulido with a high shot from the edge of the area. But the two clearest chances were made a little later by the Tenerife team, forcing goalkeeper Ale Medina to work hard.
The pace was declining, although Tenerife B seemed a little more comfortable on the pitch, assuming possession and putting pressure on the opponent’s ball. In this way, in the middle of the first half, a robbery in the opposite field of the reserve team ended up being taken advantage of by Ethyan (0-1).
After the goal, the game became a blue and white monologue. San Mateo, very thick in the rival field, could not overcome the solid visitor defense, although Ale González came close to equalizing by heading a cross from the wing that licked the post. In the reply, the local goalkeeper intervened again to prevent Ethyan’s double.
After the break, Israel Quintana, Panadería Pulido coach, made a move and his team went one step further. But they ran into a Moha Ramos who remained safe between the sticks. For its part, Tenerife B was not far behind and was able to extend the lead with long shots that often went just wide.
After the hour of play, Pedro Manzi had the tie in his boots when he got hold of a dead ball a few meters from the goal that he ended up finishing just wide; Just a minute later, he tried his luck again in an individual action that ended with a new deflected shot. Finally, the third time was the charm for the same footballer, who made it 1-1 from 11 meters, thanks to a maximum penalty signaled by a handball inside the area with five minutes remaining in regulation time.
The madness
The final stages became a back-and-forth duel, in which both teams went on the attack in search of victory. With this situation, the balance fell in favor of the subsidiary, which during the extension once again took the lead with Jony as the protagonist. After that, those of La Vega de San Mateo They went out desperately in search of an equalizer, leaving spaces behind that would lead to the final 1-3 by Dailos Tejera when he put the ball into his own goal.
