Marc Cardona joins Las Palmas and heads to Valencia | Football | Kinds of sports

The defense blocked attacks in a match with few scoring opportunities in which Las Palmas and Valencia managed to neutralize each other for 90 minutes with almost no exceptions. One of the few tries came when the game seemed destined to be 0-0. But then in the 89th minute, Marc Cardona, who had entered the field a little earlier, broke the belt of Sergi Canos on the flank, and Alex Suarez took advantage of his cross to unbalance the match. Six minutes later, in extra time, Cardona himself finished the match with a score of 2:0, which helped the Canarian team overtake Valencia in the standings.

Las Palmas, who had gone two days without a win, remained true to their style in this direct confrontation between two teams looking to sneak into Europe through the back door. García Pimienta’s team took possession and tried to combine on the edge of the box to find gaps that Valencia’s defense did not allow. Ruben Baraja’s side waited behind but enjoyed some comfort in a match in which defense clearly dominated attack.

The night, despite its touch carnival boy, it was quite tiring. There were no clear scoring chances. Nothing more than an innocent shot from Javi Muñoz into the hands of Mamardashvili or Pepelou’s home-kick that fell wide of Alvaro Valles, a goalkeeper with midfield feet who likes to be outside the box. But the two rear areas were impenetrable. The one led by the hairless Mosquera knew how to weave a network in the center, the area around which Las Palmas likes to wander. And the yellow defense perfectly blocked the flanks, the opponent’s favorite place to chase the opponent’s goal.

Valencia were missing Diego Lopez, who is injured and has been the leader of the attack in recent weeks. In the middle of the second half, Baraja began to look for an alternative, bringing into the game Peter Federico, the only reinforcement from Singapore sanctioned in the winter, and inviting Canos and Jesus Vazquez. García Pimienta reacted and added Alberto Moleiro, the latest gem of the Canary Islands youth team. But the key moment was Marc Cardona, who in two actions decided the situation with an assist and a goal.

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