Sabadell ends up hitting a wall and draws with Tenerife

SabadellSabadell ended up frustrated for not being able to take the three points against Tenerife in a match where Saúl Ais's refereeing drove the 'arlequinats' crazy (1-1). It was not a refereeing performance that decides a match, but it was one of those that generate frustration, as it was hard to understand the criteria. If Saúl Ais even had any, of course. Now he would ask for free kicks to be retaken, now he would move the ball a few centimeters, now he would send someone off from the bench. The cards kept falling generously and he seemed more determined to make himself seen than to ensure a game with rhythm. Ferran Costa's team carried the weight of the match, but once again they were penalized by the lack of firepower in attack, where it becomes evident that a center forward is missing after Nico Gioachinni's injury.

Ferran Costa tweaked the team to be able to overcome the intensity of Álvaro Cervera's Tenerife, a coach who always finds a way to create competitive groups. The 'vallesà' López Pinto started in attack alongside the Uruguayan Gaston Vallés, who did not have his day against his former team. The visitors carried the weight of the match for the first 15 minutes, but Sabadell grew into it and eventually took control of the game, and enjoyed a very clear triple chance in which Vallés hit the crossbar. Costa, however, saw how he had to tweak the team even before halftime because two of the three center-backs, Edgar and Bonaldo, were on a yellow card. The coach decided to change Bonaldo for Català, seeing that the referee had a certain tendency to pull out cards. In fact, Edgar will miss the Albacete match due to suspension.

In the second half, Sabadell came out with more intensity. Costa brought on Eneko for Edgar. Sabadell played their best moments and found the path to goal thanks to a header from a corner by Òscar Sanz. The former Nàstic player scored his second goal of the season, but the joy was short-lived, as Enric Gallego caught a beautiful cross from Nacho Gil with a great header. The veteran Catalan forward continues to dominate the opposing penalty areas and gives air to a Tenerife side that found itself overcome by the intensity of a Sabadell that bites, but lacks the finishing touch inside the rival area. The visitors defended their area very well, rejecting the crosses put in by a Sabadell that almost never loses its competitive capacity despite being a team debuting in the category. “Adding points is always positive. You have to convert the ones you have, and we have seen how the opponent tweaks things in order to stop us, a sign that they respect us,” said Ferran Costa after the third consecutive match without a win. Sabadell remains quite comfortable in the middle of the table, but frustrated, as the win slipped away in a very physical match in which both teams ended up exhausted.