UD Lanzarote faced Arucas CF on Sunday midday, a match dominated by the red-and-whites, but they were not rewarded with the three points at stake. The team from Gran Canaria took the lead through Héctor Figueroa, Di Renzo equalized for the red-and-whites, and David Figueroa scored the winning goal in the 95th minute. A goal that was preceded by a clear foul on Leo, but the referee allowed the game to continue.
The game was monotonous in the first minutes of the match, with UD Lanzarote taking control of the game as the minutes passed. A cross from Miguel Gopar that was finished by Di Renzo and saved by goalkeeper Toba, and a header from Di Renzo from a free kick taken by Pacheco, were the best chances for the locals in the first half.
At the beginning of the second half, Ayoze Pérez brought down Pedro inside the area, and the referee pointed to the penalty spot. Héctor Figueroa was in charge of taking the penalty and making it 0-1. UD Lanzarote could have equalized just four minutes later, in a penalty committed by goalkeeper Toba on Di Renzo. The striker took the penalty and sent the ball over the crossbar.
UD Lanzarote went all out in search of the equalizing goal, trapping an Arucas team that began to accumulate many players in the defensive zone. The reward for the greater push of the locals would come in the 92nd minute, when Leo finished with a bicycle kick a ball on the edge of the area and the lobbed shot was headed by Di Renzo to beat the visiting goalkeeper.
And when five minutes had passed over the regulation time, the action that unbalanced the match in favor of Arucas arrived. Jorge Flores stole the ball from Leo in the vicinity of the area, an action in which the defender was fouled, but the referee allowed the game to continue, so that Flores entered the area and passed for David Figueroa to beat Alejandro.
Controversial ending to the match at the Ciudad Deportiva Lanzarote, with Arucas taking the victory and leaving UD Lanzarote in a complicated situation. The red-and-whites will recover the postponed match against CD Tenerife “B” on Wednesday.
Match Details
UD Lanzarote (1): Alejandro, Leo, Dani González, Keita, Gonzalo Di Renzo, Miguel Gopar, Pacheco (Aythami Yebri 80), Raúl, Adrián Machín, Ayoze Pérez and Kevin Lemes. Coach: Mateo García
Arucas CF (2): Toba, Emilio, Carlos Delgado, David García, Abraham (Santi Salgado 67), Héctor Figueroa, Futre, Pedro Relloso (Ruymán Hernández 91), David Figueroa, Chiqui (Jorge Flores 87) and Bangoura. Coach: Juan Germán Jiménez
Goals:
0-1: minute 51, Héctor Figueroa from penalty
1-1: minute 92, Gonzalo Di Renzo
1-2: minute 95, David Figueroa
Referee: Christian Agustín Sagredo González, assisted on the sidelines by Samuel Henriquez de León and Álvaro del Río Benítez. He cautioned Gonzalo Di Renzo for UD Lnzarote and Carlos Delgado, Toba, Chiqui, Ruymán Hernández and Nauzet Alemán, while on the bench, for Arucas CF
Incidents: Ciudad Deportiva Lanzarote, about 400 spectators. Match corresponding to the 29th matchday of Group XII of the Tercera División RFEF.
