Unión Deportiva Lanzarote fell in the Martínez Valero against Elche Ilicitano by 2 to 0, so they will have to come back next weekend in the Ciudad Deportiva to be able to pass the round, in a match in which the Alicante team knew how to better take advantage of their opportunities in the second half.
The first half was dominated by the Elche subsidiary, who took the ball from the beginning, although without putting excessive pressure on goalkeeper Luis Agoney, since their arrivals, especially from the left wings, barely created excessive danger for the Lanzarote goalkeeper who did not have to make any saves.
Adolfo Pérez's team, on the other hand, closed their lines well and tried to counterattack, but they also did not have the necessary ideas to create danger, only highlighting a shot by Toñito after a free kick that went very wide, and on the local side an arrival by Rubio was the most dangerous, but his shot went excessively crossed.
After the restart, the Elche team continued with its greater territorial dominance and thus scored the first goal in the 55th minute, with a header from Nuha after a cross from the right wing by Iván Agudo. Before, Javi Llor had already warned with a distant shot that Agoney responded to with a good save.
The team from the Island of Volcanoes tried to react, opened their lines a little more and approached the goal defended by Juanma. The visiting arrivals alternated with the local approaches that had Nuha as their best offensive reference, being able to extend the differences in the 65th minute, but this time Agoney responded with a good hand.
The changes gave new energy to UD Lanzarote and Mauri tried to equalize in the last bars of the match, when finishing off a corner kick from outside the area, but without good destination to the goal.
Already in the final stretch and after a corner kick in favor of the islanders that was cleared at length by a defender, it ended with a counterattack by three local players against a defender who got rid of them without problems, shooting Sory at point-blank range and clearing the goal Agoney. The rejection, which fell on the left wing, was put back into the area and this time, Sory did not fail.
At the end of the match, the match was heating up between benches and with the field players,