LANZAROTE 1 CD TENERIFE B 2

The Rojillos lose the top of the table match in controversial circumstances and slip to fourth spot and are now seven points adrift of the league leaders.

After only two minutes Lanzarote lost their influential defender Alex Cruz with a knee injury but still the Rojillos looked the better of the two sides in a high tempo match.

A superb strike from the outstanding Javi Martín from 25 yards rattled the underside of the crossbar and clearly crossed the goal line but the official failed to see that it had done so.
One minute into first half stoppage time and Chucky Pierce met a Santi Rosa corner and headed Lanzarote into a 1-0 halftime lead.

Ten minutes into the second half and Lanzarote had a great chance to make it 2-0, after some great quick passing and a deft back heel from Adrián Machín sent Santi Rosa through with just the keeper to beat. Unfortunately the Rojillos striker did not lift the ball high enough over the keeper and a great chance was gone.

The Tenerife side pressured the Rojillo defence and on the hour mark a thumping strike from Ethyan once again hit the underside of the bar and the ball did not look as though it had crossed the line but the same official awarded the goal to make the score 1-1.

The home fans really felt hard done by and in the 68th minute a lovely strike from Tenerife sub Jony from the edge of the area flew into the bottom right hand corner to give the visitors a 1-2 lead to compound the misery for the home fans.

With 10 minutes remaining ex Rojillo Fabricio picked up his second yellow card and Tenerife had to play the remainder of the match with 10 men.
Lanzarote tried with everything they had sending Chucky up as a striker but all to no avail. Next Sunday 10th March at 12 noon Lanzarote are once again at home against second from bottom of the table CD Unión Puerto.

GOALS
1-0 min 45+1 Chucky Pierce
1-1 min 60 Ethany
1-2 min 68 Jony