It was the 83rd minute of the game when in a striking way, not because it was a surprise but because it had not happened all season, a part of the public whistled the team on the umpteenth backward pass when UD lost 0-2 and did not generate danger in Gazzaniga’s goal. It was then that Moleiro became active, grabbed the ball, advanced until he was out of line and hit it violently in search of the goal, but it crashed into the crossbar. From there, Las Palmas went up and deserved at least a goal, but the fact is that they needed a wake-up call again, this time from the stands and not from the president, to wake them up.
And suddenly, the yellow team once again showed that when they put intensity and look up, they are capable of generating danger. After the blow from Tenerife, a good collective action ended with a cross shot by Benito that went wide, to the left of the goalkeeper, by a few centimeters. Then, Munir, with a shot from point-blank range, was about to make it 1-2, but the Argentine goalkeeper, who had already saved a penalty against Sandro with his face, was successful in preventing the goal. Somehow, when UD showed pride, they left their best minutes, and not only with drive, but also with play.
The public thermometer never fails. In the 16 previous games in Gran Canaria, people had not shown any complaints; It was normal, since the team gave much more than everyone expected at the beginning of the season and achieved virtual salvation with its victory against Valencia in the second week of February. It was the last great joy.
The Almeria
Not even the loss at home against Jonathan Viera and Pepe Mel’s Almería, a team relegated to the Second Division this same day and which had not won a single game and has not done so again, provoked visible criticism from the stands. Nor the defeat a couple of weeks ago against Sevilla, probably because people understood that winning the duel when they had to face it with one less player – due to the expulsion of Coco – for most of the time was little less than an impossible mission, and because the team also took a step forward in the second half and dominated.
The yellow players activate after the warning signal and create three clear scoring chances in the final stretch
Yesterday, however, was different, because although Las Palmas improved a lot compared to the ridiculous performance they made in Balaídos (4-1), which was not difficult, they once again showed their problems in attack, the weakest point of a team that achieved the objective ahead of time by making the few profits it made because it barely fit. When he started doing it, the deficiencies began to come to light. The yellows seemed resigned, helpless, and the public reproached the attitude.
At least the players understood it and forgot about philosophies and ideas to go up in search of a goal that would put them in the game. He didn’t mark it, but he had chances.
There are two games left in Siete Palmas, one on Thursday, against Betis, and another inconsequential against Alavés
In any case, the sixth consecutive defeat marked another notch in UD’s free fall in recent months. The victory of Alavés made them fall one more place in the table and they are now fourteenth, far from that eighth place that would later be shown to be unreal. A shame, as García Pimienta expressed, but Las Palmas has insisted that this be the feeling it leaves at the end of the course.
For the first time in the entire season, the number of spectators fell below 20,000. Yesterday there were 18,734 in Gran Canaria, which shows that, beyond the schedule and the sun that was beating down on three of the four stands, the fans have disconnected.
There are five games ahead so that the taste in the mouth is consistent with the success of the season, which was none other than guaranteeing one more season in the top category. Only two of them will be in Siete Palmas, but one on Thursday against Betis, and the other, against Alavés, it is not yet known when, but neither will be played at all and it could be a Friday or Monday, away from the spotlight. Maybe even fewer go there.
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2024-04-28 01:56:45
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