MADRID, 9 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
CD Tenerife secured fourth place in the LaLiga SmartBank 2021-2022 standings after getting a valuable away victory against a direct rival like Girona, whom they beat 0-1 in the match that closed the thirty-ninth day on Monday of the championship.
The team from Tenerife showed why they are the best away team in the Second Division and added their eleventh win away from Heliodoro Rodríguez to place themselves with 69 points, almost guarantee the playoff and still dream of direct promotion. It is difficult for him since with three games to go, he is five points behind Eibar, but he still has to visit Ipura on the penultimate matchday.
For its part, the team from Girona remains in fifth place with 64 points, the same as Oviedo, which is sixth and with only one advantage over Ponferradina, which is seventh after stumbling again against a direct rival in Montilivi.
Tenerife played a very serious game in defense to contain Girona’s greatest drive and possession. A goal from Mario Soriano in the 40th minute gave him the advantage for a second half where Míchel’s men pressed in search of the equalizer, which they touched in the 75th minute when Cristhian Stuani finished off and even celebrated a goal, finally ‘ghost’ because Mellot took it out very tight when he was going to go over the line.