Cristóbal Olivero
This Saturday, the fourth day of the XXII Lanzarote Island Tournament will conclude at the "Feluco Paz" arena in San Bartolomé, a competition organized by the Island Federation and sponsored by the Island Council through the Island Sports Service.
Starting at 8:00 PM for cadets, and an hour later for seniors, the most outstanding wrestling match of the week will take place, featuring San Bartolomé Construcciones Acosta and Unión Sur Yaiza Grupo Rosa.
The locals will try to secure victory to position themselves at the top of the competition, although they will be without their island "A" mainstay, Efraín Perera, due to a federation suspension for being eliminated twice due to warnings. However, the team's coach, Jorge de León, will have island "B" Roberto Berriel, island "C" Francis Aisa, and the unclassified Valentín Elvira "Valentín I", José Alfredo Mendoza, Enrique Hormiga, Octavio Perera, Alexis Rodríguez, Darío García, Rubén Álvarez, Aníbal Corujo, Moisés Brito, Javier Fajardo, Alejandro Corujo, and Francisco Rodríguez "Tino".
Meanwhile, the visitors will try to take advantage of this opportunity and secure victory to continue as the sole leaders of this competition. The coach of the southern team, Ernesto Saavedra, will have all his men available for this match, including island "A" José Antonio Santana, island "B" Rafael Rodríguez "Pollo de las Parcelas", and island "C" Anyelo López, as well as the unclassified wrestlers Juan Manuel López, Francisco García "Curri", Carlos Bravo, Manuel Bravo, Alexis Caraballo, Ayonath Caraballo, Alberto Carrara, Angel Lago, Alexander Martín, Marcial Viñoli, and Jonatan Machín.
Mega Centro Playa Honda, leader after defeating Tinajo
Last Thursday, the first wrestling match of the fourth day of the Island Council league was held in the municipal arena of Tinajo, featuring Tinajo and Mega Centro Playa Honda, with a final victory for the visitors by 12 to 9, with a regular turnout of fans and weak arbitration by Francisco Hernández, who was assisted on the sidelines by Juan Carlos Perdomo and Sebastián Lemes.
In the wrestling match, Moisés Olivero stood out for the locals, eliminating Melo Tavio and Cristóbal Moya, while Suso Hernández did the same with Raico Rodríguez and Maikel Umpiérrez.
For the visitors, Francis García was the best, defeating Carmelo Montelongo, and eliminating the local midfielder, Josué Cedres, by warnings when he had a fight against him. It is also worth highlighting the visitors' mainstay, Carlos Moreno, who eliminated Suso Hernández and Moisés Olivero.
With this victory, Mega Centro Playa Honda is the provisional leader of the league with 9 points. The beach team has not conceded a single point and has been proclaimed the winner of the three wrestling matches played so far.
On Monday, fifth day in youth category
This Monday, November 7, the fifth day of the XXII Lanzarote Island Tournament in the youth category will be held. In the "Luís Montero" of Haría, Unión Norte Orvecame and San Bartolomé Construcciones Acosta will face each other, while in the Socio-Cultural Center of Playa Honda, Mega Centro Playa Honda and Tao Cicar will face each other in the most outstanding wrestling match of this day. Finally, in the "Ulpiano Rodríguez Pérez" arena of Tías, Tías Cabrera Medina Hotel Fariones and Tínajo will face each other. All the wrestling matches will take place from 8:00 PM, and on this fifth day, the leader of this competition, Unión Sur Yaiza Grupo Rosa, will have a day off.