Atletico nick the first leg. But the tie’s far from over.
The CD Tenerife women travelled to Madrid on Wednesday for the first leg of their Copa semi-final and came away with a narrow 1–0 defeat. Not ideal… but hardly a disaster either.
In truth, it was a tight game from start to finish.
A very even match
Atletico Madrid started the brighter of the two sides and had a few early chances. Most of them were dealt with by Tenerife’s keeper Noelia Ramos, who was kept busy in the opening stages.
Gradually though, Tenerife settled.
Yerai Martín’s side started to grow into the game, slowing things down a bit and keeping the ball better. By half time it was still 0–0 and, if you were watching it, you’d probably have said it could go either way.
Which, to be fair, it still can.
One moment decides it
The breakthrough came late.
With around fifteen minutes left, Atletico managed to find the goal. Rosa worked some space down the left wing and delivered a good ball across for Gio, who finished it to make it 1–0 in the 75th minute.
After that Tenerife pushed to get something from the game, but Atletico held on.
Even with eight minutes of added time at the end, the score stayed the same.
All to play for in the Heliodoro
The good news is the tie is still wide open.
The second leg will be played next Tuesday, 17th March at 6pm in the Heliodoro Rodríguez López in Santa Cruz. Home crowd. Big stadium. Big occasion.
And if Tenerife manage to turn it around, that place will be bouncing.
Before that though, there’s league business to deal with. Tenerife are back in Liga Moeve F action this Saturday at midday, hosting UD Levante at their ground on Calle San Sebastián.
Busy week for them.
Let’s see what happens in the return leg. One goal isn’t much in football… especially when you’ve got the second match at home.
You can read the full match report and match details here.