Zaragoza takes air in the Canary Islands

The Real Zaragoza won the UD Las Palmas (0-2), a victory that allows him to breathe and get closer to staying in The league
Smartbank with one goal in each half, in a match in which he was much more effective than an island team that had more and better chances.

The hands took advantage in the first half of the first of the two penalties that they had in their favor and in the second half they scored the second goal with a great header from Uruguayan Juan Manuel Sanabria to add three points with the aroma of salvation.

The first of the penalties was sanctioned after the VAR told the referee to see it on the monitor, because initially he had not caught the Argentine's stomp Cardona to Zanimacchia. The Italian footballer himself converted from eleven meters with a tight shot.

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Palms He reacted, had very clear opportunities to have equalized, with Jesé as the protagonist in almost all of them, but what came in the 25th minute was a new penalty, for another trip by an unfortunate Cardona, this time to Narvaez, after a counterattack by the Colombian. Threw it away Eguaras, but Valles deflected and ended up catching the ball with luck, after hitting a stick.

That action spurred the yellow team, who found their association football fluid on the inside, but also on the outside with deep arrivals from their sides. Jesse He kept accumulating chances, lacking aim in some, and in others he met Cristian Álvarez.

With the locals unleashed in attack, the one who could score before the break was the handy team with a shot from Narvaez that Valles deflected just enough for the ball to go to a post and Alberto Zapater ended up crossing out for very little.

In the second half, Las Palmas continued to roam and deserve the draw, already with changes in both teams, and some forced ones, such as that of Pejiño at rest, after an entry of Vigaray.

Zaragoza was beginning to make the game long, but the insistence of the Gran Canaria did not have a prize, the one that the Uruguayan Sanabria did pick up as soon as he jumped onto the grass, with a header on the plate after a great center from Tejero from the right, to to sentence a suffered victory for the Aragonese.

(+) See the summary of Las Palmas – Zaragoza

Data sheet

0. Las Palmas: Álvaro Valles; Ale Díez (Álvaro Lemos, min. 59), Álex Suárez, Cardona, Benito Ramírez; Clemente (Aridai, min. 59), Fabio (Kirian, min. 83), Sergio Ruiz, Pejiño (Mujica, min. 46); Araujo and Jesé.

2. Zaragoza: Cristian Álvarez; Vigaray (Tejero, min. 55), Peybernes, Francés, Nieto; Zanimacchia (Bermejo, min. 59), Zapater (Sanabria, min. 80), Eguaras, Narváez (Jair, min. 80); James Igbekeme (Francho, min. 46) and Iván Azón.

Goals: 0-1, min. 8: Zanimacchia, from a penalty. 0-2, min. 81: Sanabria.

Referee: David Gálvez Rascón (Madrid Committee). He showed a yellow card to local player Álvaro Lemos, as well as visitors Eguaras, Vigaray and Jair.

Incidents: LaLiga SmartBank match day 39 played at the Gran Canaria Stadium without an audience.