Good results for the Canary Island sides in the first legs of the second division B play-off finals, Las Palmas coming away from Linares with a 2-2 draw and Vecindario beating Levante B 2-0. The other two games finished all square, Sevilla B and Salamanca drawing 0-0 and Ponferradina and Alicante ending 1-1.

Las Palmas went ahead twice at Linares, the first when Nauzet Aleman scored seven minutes before the break. Chico equalised from a free kick a couple of minutes later, but Marcos Márquez headed them back in front after the restart before Dani Bouzas levelled the scores again. Both sides played most of the match with ten men after Romerito and Darino were sent off for fighting.

Levante B were hoping for great things after their first team won promotion the day before, but Aitor Goñi headed Vecindario ahead from Viyuela's corner immediately after the restart, and David Dorta repeated the act for the Gran Canaria side a few minutes later before Goñi was sent off for a second bookable offence soon afterwards.

The game between Sevilla B and Salamanca ended goal-less, leaving everything up to the return match at the Helmántico stadium next week. Both sides had chances in the first half, but the Andalusians could have won it after the restart had Felipe not made important saves from Winde and Diego Capel.

A last minute headed goal by Marcos Estruch saved a 1-1 draw for Alicante at Ponferradina. The León based side had taken the lead with a Diego Ribera penalty after Chupri was fouled early in the second half, and seemed to be on their way to a clean sheet before Estruch popped up to equalise.

The battle to avoid the drop appears to be settled after Baza won their first leg game 0-1 at Castillo on Saturday evening. The Andalusians scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot, Pepe Díaz converting the kick twenty minutes from the end to leave the Canary Islanders staring relegation in the face. (18.06.06)