UD Granadilla crashes against the wall of a pragmatic Athletic Bilbao
The UD Granadilla Tenerife lost 0-2 against Athletic Bilbao in the postponed match, corresponding to the first day of the league. An unfortunate own goal by Maria Estella in the 20th minute he gave the advantage to the Basque team who, from that moment on, focused on defensive tasks. those of jose herrera they tried with all their weapons but the device designed by Iraia Iturregui hardly showed fissures throughout the entire meeting. When the team from Tenerife was more focused on attack, a headed goal from Oihane Valdezate in a corner play in the 82nd minute it was the definitive 0-2 at La Palmera.
A determining mistake
Granadilla assumed responsibility at the start of the game with direct football based on the spark of koko by band and the imagination of Maria Jose Perez. The local attackers, accompanied by Blom, dismantled the visiting defense in the first minutes of the game and, however, the attacks from Granada ended without major consequences for the goal of Quinones. For its part, the Basque team tried to approach through lateral centers and a shot from outside the area to catch them off guard. Nay Caceresowner to the detriment of Noelia Ramos. In the 20th minute, precisely in one of those services from the wing, Athletic Bilbao’s first goal came. The play starts from a center of Oguiza from the edge of the box to the heart of the area where María Estella, in her clearance attempt, sent the ball into the net.
Without too many merits, Iraia Iturregi’s team went ahead on the scoreboard, taking better advantage of the inaccuracies that both teams made at the start of the game. Granadilla needed to combine in attack to dismantle the dense defensive network of the Bilbao team, who were managing their advantage while waiting for the break. In the aerial balls, José Herrera’s could do little against a tall defense like the Basque, so they chose to look for María José in space. In this way, with a cross from Blom on the brink of rest, the best chance for Granadilla came. María José received in the area, cut past her defender and shot when Quiñones was already losing to her left side, but the goalkeeper took out her right glove at the last moment and deflected the shot from the Tenerife striker.
the Bilbao wall
After a lukewarm start after the restart, in which a weak shot by Koko summed up the danger in Granadilla’s attack, José Herrera opted to change the scheme to a defense of three so that pisco and Estella would become long-distance lanes. The proposal energized the Tenerife attack and María Estella came up that she wanted to make up for the own goal. Her internships by band, concluded with centers and some inconsequential shots for Quiñones, encouraged the attack of the locals.
The rhythm intensified as the minutes passed and La Palmera saw how his team did not get situations of clear danger. In the round trip, Pekingese He concluded a counterattack with a shot that Nay Cáceres was able to save, attentive to his post. Increasingly entrenched in their area, Athletic built a wall against which Granadilla constantly collided. The management of the scoreboard by the visitors was perfect, even more so when in the 82nd minute, in a corner kick, Valdezate He got ahead of the near post and combed the ball with a header that went past Nay.
With seven minutes of extension, the team from Tenerife harbored some hope of scoring but the centers of Pisco and Estella did not find a finisher, the perseverance of Koko and María José did not generate danger and the individual attempts to Naseal either laura ortega they did not reach the Quiñones arch. Finally, Athletic Bilbao knew how to prevail thanks to their pragmatic game, displayed especially as a result of the first goal, which put them in the game to end up sentencing in a set piece play.
lineups
UD Granadilla Tenerife: Nay Cáceres, María Estella, Andrea Marrero, Patri Gavira, Pisco, Paola Hernández, Natalia Ramos, Sandra Hernández, Koko, María José Pérez and Blom. // Nasello by Blom, Sara López by Paola Hernández (57), Laura Ortega by Andrea Marrero (68′), Silvia Dublado by Sandra Hernández, Claire Falknor by Natalia Ramos (84′)
Athletic Club de Bilbao: Quiñones, Oihane Hernández, Bibi, Oihane Valdezate, Nerea Nevado, Marta Unzue, Oguiza, Ane Azkona, Mariana Cerro, Clara Pinedo and Peke. // Paula Arana for Oguiza (77′), Eunate Araiza for Marta Unzué (85′), Itxaso Uriarte for Clara Pinedo, Nekane Díez for Mariana Cerro (96′).
cards
Yellow cards: Natalia Ramos (25′), Oguiza (54′), Unzué (60′), Nasello (62′), José Ángel Herrera.