First Division - Day 26

Tenerife 4 - Espanyol 1

Tenerife: Aragoneses; Pablo Sicilia, Manolo, Culebras, Héctor; Ricardo, Richi; Juanlu (Mikel Alonso 74', Román 78'), Alfaro, Ayoze (Kome 68'); Nino. 4-2-3-1.
Espanyol: Kameni; Chica, Nico Pareja, Forlín, Didac; Luis García, Moisés Hurtado, Verdú, Marqués; Osvaldo (Sahar 61'), Iván Alonso (Raúl Baena 46'). 4-4-2.

Goals:
1-0. 20. Richi. Shot from outside of area which took deflection off Moisés.
2-0. 49. Nino. Intercepted Verdú back pass and ran on to beat Kameni.
2-1. 70. Verdú. Ran on to Marqués back-heel pass and shot into roof of net.
3-1. 82. Alfaro. Scored with shot on turn after Román headed back corner.
4-1. 90. Nino. Ran in from right of area and squeezed shot past Kameni.

Yellow cards: Nico Pareja 29', Osvaldo 37', Forlín 50', Manolo 52', Luis García 88'.

Tenerife moved to within three points of escaping the drop zone after a 4-1 victory over Espanyol on Sunday evening. The Canary Islanders started strongly, Kameni having to make a couple of saves before he was beaten by a shot from Richi which took a wicked deflection off a defender. Four minutes after the restart Nino took advantage of a loose back pass by Verdú to run on and score the second, and although Verdú made up for his mistake with a consolation goal after Marqués set him up, two more in the last ten minutes by Alfaro and Nino made sure of a vital three points for the locals.