English:
CD Tenerife suffered a bittersweet defeat against Elche CF in a vibrant match at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lopéz. The match, corresponding to matchday 17 of the Segunda División, ended with a 1-2 scoreline, a result that doesn’t entirely reflect the territorial dominance of the visiting team. Elche, with 60% possession, controlled the game, while Tenerife showed more incisiveness in attack, albeit with less effectiveness.
The match was marked by a high incidence of cards. Elche’s Nico Mercau saw two yellow cards and a red card before halftime (minutes 23′, 26′, and 26′), while Tenerife also suffered the expulsion of J. Mellot in the 83rd minute after accumulating two yellow cards (minutes 69′ and 83′). Other yellow cards were shown to A. Martín Luis (Tenerife, minute 3′), A. Febas (Elche, minute 35′), M. Mesa (Tenerife, minute 60′), W. Rubio (Tenerife, minute 62′), C. Salvador (Elche, minute 74′), N. Castro (Elche, minute 86′), and R. Guti (Elche, minute 90′).
Despite the initial numerical superiority, Tenerife opened the scoring with a goal from Y. Diarra in the 30th minute, assisted by Cruz Luismi. However, Elche managed to equalize and then win in the final minutes. The equalizer came in the 90th minute thanks to Kaba, who scored with an assist from Bigas. Tenerife had 12 shots (2 on target), while Elche had 7 (2 on target). The match, refereed by Daniel Palencia Caballero, was an intense encounter with numerous fouls (20 for Tenerife and 19 for Elche).
Substitutions elche: at minute 46 C. Salvador came in and A. Febas went out., at minute 46 N. Castro came in and Y. Santiago went out., at minute 67 R. Nunez came in and Josan went out., at minute 75 S. Kaba came in and A. Alvarez went out., at minute 80 O. Plano came in and D. Affengruber went out.
Substitutions tenerife: at minute 46 A. Teto came in and A. Martin Luis went out., at minute 61 Y. Senhadji came in and M. Mesa went out., at minute 71 M. Moreno came in and A. Rodriguez went out., at minute 71 D. Perera came in and W. Rubio went out., at minute 84 D. Rodriguez came in and D. Perera went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Tenerife
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Elche
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