Euskaraz irakurri: Athleticek UD Tenerife kanporatu du, penaltietan, eta Erregina Kopako finalerdietan da

Athletic has qualified for the semi-finals of the Queen’s Cup of the 2023-24 season, this Wednesday, in Lezama, by eliminating UD Tenerife in the penalty shootout in the quarter-final tie. Ane Elexpuru scored the goal scored by Athletic during the match, which ended with a 1-1 draw, and Irene Oguiza converted the decisive penalty that has granted the classification to Athletic, in the ninth launch. Goalkeeper Adriana Nanclares, with several outstanding saves and with three penalties saved in the shootout, has been the great protagonist of the red and white team.

The tie was full of excitement and interest, since the prize was great for the winning team, a pass to the semifinals, and, in addition, Athletic and UD Tenerife are showing a very similar level in League F: both teams have 20 points, and are classified in the middle of the table.

With a great atmosphere in Lezama, Athletic took little time to strike the first blow. The Canarian team had a good chance, in the third minute, well resolved by Nanclares, but the response from David Aznar’s team was overwhelming: In the tenth minute, after a great play on the right wing, arriving with speed and strength, Ane Elexpuru was left alone against Aline Reis and made it 1-0 with a great shot.

UD Tenerife, however, did not give up after Athletic’s goal, and tied in the 22nd minute, from a corner that Patri Gavira headed in at the near post. Adriana Nanclares was unable to prevent José Ángel Herrera’s team from scoring, but almost immediately she made an excellent save after a great header from Jassina Blom.

In the final stretch of the first half, Athletic managed to dominate the center of the field, with Itxaso doing a great job in that area, and he clearly reached the rival goal, but was unable to get the goal right to break the tie. Azkona and Pinedo had good opportunities to do so, and a player from the visiting squad had to take a shot that slipped in, with Rais beaten. However, the last dangerous action of the first half took place in the red and white area; Nanclares, once again with an outstanding intervention, cleared a ball touched unintentionally by Itxaso towards the Athletic goal for a corner.

After the break, Athletic took control of the ball, with UD Tenerife well positioned and looking for a counterattack. The Canary Islands team then pressed, increasing their pressure and trying to assert their physical strength. Nanclares had a prodigious hand, in the 64th minute, on a header from Gavira, and, in the following play, the red and white goalkeeper was once again brilliant, rejecting a very dangerous shot. The visitors have created a lot of danger in strategy actions.

Koko’s speed and strength hurt Athletic, who did not give up, however, trying to make it 2-1 before the game. extension. Neither team managed to score before the end of ninety minutes, and the tie went to extra time.

Jone Amezaga, with a good left foot shot from the edge of the area, had the goal close, as did Babajide, who was very incisive in her additions to the attack. The equality was great in extra time, with two rivals in whom fatigue took its toll; It gave the impression that UD Tenerife still had some strength, but Athletic gave their all and fought with success and enthusiasm, thus balancing the game.

In the second half of extra time, with ten minutes remaining, the referee showed the second yellow card to Itxaso, who had to leave the field of play after playing a great match. His teammates, with enormous effort, have managed to resist until the penalties; In fact, in the final minutes, Athletic pressed in search of the winning goal, which was not far away.

If emotion has dominated the entire tie, the truth is that it has overflowed in the penalty shootout. Athletic has come to be in a very difficult situation, when, after the fourth shot, UD Tenerife was winning 3-2; but Nanclares saved the Tenerife team’s fifth penalty, and the red and white team tied it, taking the shootout to the alternate turn. In the ninth penalty, Adriana Nanclares once again excelled, giving Oguiza the opportunity to put Athletic in the semi-final; The Biscayan player has not failed, and the Basque team is already on the verge of the final.

Data sheet

1 (7) – Athletic: Nanclares; Elexpuru, Landaluze, Maddi, Nevado (Garazi Fácila, m. 106); Itxaso, Ortega (Zugasti, d. 91), Zubieta (Oguiza, d. 106), Pinedo (Mariana, d. 91); Azkona (Bibi, d. 91) and Nahikari (Amezaga, d. 79).

1 (6) – UD Tenerife: Aline Reis; Clau Blanco (Aleksandra, m. 100), Agus Barroso, Patri Gavira, Pisco; Natalia Ramos, Thais Ferreira; Koko Ange, Paola (Estella, d. 100), Blom (Monday, d. 85); and Babajide.

Goals: 1-0, m. 10: Elexpuru. 1-1, m. 22: Patri Gavira.

Penalty shootout: Pisco, goal (0-1). Zugasti, for Aline (0-1). Babajide, for Nanclares (0-1). Mariana, goal (1-1). Natalia Ramos, goal (2-1). Maddi, goal (2-2). Patri Gavira, goal (2-3). Amezaga, to the post (2-3). Thais, for Nanclares (2-3). Elexpuru, goal (3-3). Barroso, goal (3-4). Garazi, goal (4-4). Monday, goal (4-5). Bibi, goal (5-5). Aleksandra, goal (5-6). Landaluze, goal (6-6). Estella, for Nanclares (6-6) and Oguiza, goal (7-6).

Referee: María Planes Terol (Murcia). She sent off Itxaso for a double warning (m. 50 and 110). In addition, she has shown yellow cards to Zubieta (m.63), from Athletic, and Natalia Ramos (m.40), Clau Blanco (m.84) and Patri Gavira (m.93), from Tenerife.

Incidents: Queen’s Cup quarter-final tie, played in Lezama before 1,193 spectators.

Source: Eitb

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