Unión Sur Yaiza and Santa Brígida shared the points this Saturday after a 1-1 draw at the Municipal de Yaiza in a match corresponding to the seventeenth day of Group XII of the Third Federation.
The match could have gone either way after ninety minutes. The problems for the southerners started early. The visitors made their match approach clear from the start. Long balls aimed at the fast yellow attackers. The first one didn't go well, but the second one, in the 4th minute of the match, ended with a perfect lob from Santi in front of Álex Medina's goal (0-1). A capital slap in the face for the green-black defense right from the start.
The rest of the first half was quite difficult for the locals. In the 10th minute, the first yellow card for Yaiza went to Javi Morales for hitting the visiting striker in a jump. The referee, José Elías Mendoza, was quite disputed by the southerners.
Santa Brígida continued with their game plan, in the 13th minute Pipo missed what could have been the 0-2. Seconds before, the first local chance had arrived after a cross from the right wing that was well blocked by goalkeeper Jonay.

In the 15th minute, the second local yellow card went to Joni for a mistimed tackle on Álex Gil. The visitors were doing damage with the long balls, but Yaiza kept trying. In the 18th minute, they asked for a penalty for a tackle from behind on Juanca when he was about to finish. The referee didn't see anything punishable. The greens didn't give up in their attempt to equalize the score. In the 26th minute, Juanca shot again from the edge of the visitors' area and the ball went slightly over the crossbar of Santa Brígida.
Ángel López's team continued with their purpose. In the 27th minute, another long ball was taken advantage of by Josemi to leave it on a platter for Santi. His shot was met by two green-black defenders who collided with each other when trying to block the shot. The play ended in a corner but the local defender Tana came out badly. Shortly after, in the 33rd minute, he had to be replaced by Senem due to physical problems that would take him to the Molina Hospital
Orosa from the capital of the island where they confirmed that his jaw had been dislocated. It seemed that the problems for Yaiza were multiplying by the minute.
Tana's replacement was going to be the next recipient of a new yellow card in the last minutes of the first half for a tackle on the wing. Card again highly protested by the locals. The seconds before the break seemed eternal. It started to rain in Yaiza and, in addition, just before the break, the referee showed Javi Morales his second yellow card for a meaningless foul in the center of the field. The greens had to try to come back with one less player in the second half.
In the restart, when the road seemed clearer for Santa Brígida, those difficult minutes to explain in football arrived, as Yaiza changed their mindset and offered a memorable half hour in inferiority, cornering the visiting team and achieving the tie.
The second half didn't start well as a clearance from the local defense almost went into their own net. Álex Medina prevented it in the second minute. Two minutes later Lucas shot and it deflected, licking the right post of Yaiza.
In the 6th minute, the yellow card show continued only for the greens. It was Joni's turn for a foul on the edge of the area that was centimeters away from being a penalty. The free kick taken by Santi was saved without problems by the local goalkeeper.
The first card for Santa Brígida came very late, in the 9th minute of the restart, for Ramón, for cutting a green-black counterattack.
In those moments a new match began. Soon came the first serious warning from the locals. Santa Brígida tried to take advantage of the numerical superiority but Yaiza was emptying. In the 12th minute a small mess in the visitors' area was not taken advantage of by any Yaiza player with the ball centimeters away from becoming a goal.
Carlos Ramírez began with the changes to oxygenate the team. Roy and Nico González were the chosen ones.
The 17th minute was going to be key as it went from a great save by Álex Medina after a header from the yellow striker to the equalizing goal, a shot after launching a corner gave Ubay the opportunity to put it into Jonay's goal. Yaiza managed to tie with one less player. After the equalizing goal, changes arrived in the visiting team, Lucas and Arisa left their place to Barrios and Ayoze. Shortly after Aljeo came out in exchange for Pipo.
The minutes of overwhelm for Santa Brígida were going to continue until the 35th minute. A shot from Acorán in the 19th minute was stopped by the goalkeeper. Yaiza was really pressing and the chances followed one another. In the 31st minute Miguel Gómez came out for Álex Yunes. Santa Brígida defended as best they could, still surprised by a team with one less player. In the 32nd minute, yellow card for Ayoze for a hard tackle on the southern goalscorer, Ubay.
Until that moment Yaiza had the first line of attack, with the defense, in the center of the field. But the passing of the minutes would balance the scales on the artificial turf
of the Municipal de Yaiza. The last ten minutes of the match became a madness with options for both teams.
Santa Brígida had it in the 35th with a header at the far post from Santi that hit the back of a defender. Ubay cleared the danger. In the 39th minute the match was completely broken. The visitors failed to score with a shot from the penalty spot that hit a green defender again.
Miguel Gómez would have his option but failed to complete it. He threatened down the right wing of Yaiza while Roy did the same down the left. In the last minutes either team could have scored. In the end, bittersweet point distribution for Yaiza who could have sentenced but who manages to score in a more than meritorious way with one man less for 45 minutes.
Technical Sheet
Unión Sur Yaiza (1): Tana, Carlos Rosa, Joni, Javi Melián, Álex Yunes, Juanca, Álex Medina, Aridani, Javi Morales, Acorán and Ubay. Substitutes: Floro (goalkeeper), Nico, Senem, Roy, Grimón and Miguel Gómez. Coach: Carlos Ramírez.
Santa Brígida (1): Jonay, Arisa, Ramón, Pipo, Santi, Josemi, Lucas, Dani, Ascanio, Leto and Álex Gil. Substitutes: Alberto (goalkeeper), Barrios, Ayoze, Alejo, Álvaro and Samuel. Coach: Ángel López.
Goals:
Min.4 -Santi (0-1)
Min.62 -Ubay (1-1)
Árbitro: José Elías Mendoza Godoy with Roberto Adrián Álamo Muñoz and Samuel Henríquez De León on the wings.
Incidencias: Municipal de Yaiza. Match corresponding to the 17th day of group XII of the Third Federation.