A double in two minutes from the island forward against Racing puts the Canarian team in a position for direct promotion
The Tenerife native replaced Enric Gallego, who suffered a serious blow and had to be transferred to a hospital as a precaution.
He Tenerife beat this Tuesday 2-0 at Santander Racing thanks to a double by Ángel Rodríguez in just two minuteshis first goals in his second stage in the blue and white team, shortly after replace Enric Gallego, who suffered a spectacular blow and had to leave the field to be later transferred to a hospital as a precaution.
The coach of the island team, Asier Garitanoopted for the usual headlines against a rival, that of Jose Alberto Lopez, in which there were rotations in the starting eleven. Tenerife, with little speed in the circulation of the ball, He was entrusted to the power of Waldo Rubio on the left wingbut the Extremaduran abused distant shots, without aim, and only executed one centered one that he rejected Jokin Ezkieta in the 35th minute.
The mountain team hardly showed any cracks in its defensive structure, with its defensive quartet and the midfielders constantly helping the defenders, to maintain the goalless draw without excessive problems until halftime.
Tenerife shot more in the first three minutes of the restart than in the entire first half, with a clear chance for Roberto López whose left-footed shot went wide. Shortly after, Enric Gallego collided with Rubén Alves in an aerial ball and both players had to be treated for three minutes. The Racinguista defender was able to continue, but the Catalan forward, after trying, had to be replaced later, somewhat shaken by the impact on the chin after his plummet fall.
Penalty and double
Ángel entered for Enricand in a counterattack started by the Tenerife striker, Luismi Cruz was knocked down in the area precisely by Alvesand the referee awarded a penalty protested by the visitors. Ángel converted it with great serenityhiding his shot until the end to fool Jokin Ezkieta.
Without yet recovering from the conceded goal, Racing was surprised in another counterattack in which Ángel started the race alone from his field to finish his gallop with an accurate low shot to the short post.
José Alberto’s team did not react in the final minutes as they had done the previous day in Leganés, where they did not score points either, and Tenerife lived the final stretch of the match relatively comfortably to secure a victory that allows you to sleep in direct ascent.