He Atlético de Madrid has beaten Tenerife Costa Adeje (1-0) in the match of Queen’s Cup semi-final first leg played this Wednesday in Alcalá de Henares thanks to a goal from the Brazilian Gio Garbelini in the second half, who completed the spectacular pass by his teammate Rosa Otermín.
Gio Garbelini decants a match in which Atlético deserved more
The Costa Adeje Tenerife He placated Atlético throughout the first half. He hardly attacked, without a single chance on Lola Gallardo’s goal, but he also limited the red and white team’s options and their responsibility as a home team in the first leg, reduced before the break to a shot by Synne Jensen saved by Noelia to sustain the tie.
There was hardly anything else in the entire first half, far from the emotion and vibrations of a decisive match, with both teams aware of the remaining meeting in a week in the Canary Islands, but with the obligation that this presupposes for Atlético, frustrated by their difficulties in achieving at least some advantage.
Rosa aimed for the goal at the beginning of the second half, with a counterattack and a cross shot that the goalkeeper repelled, already close to the hour mark. Costa Adeje Tenerife managed to ensure that hardly anything happened over their goalfor more possession, movement and control of the local ball against the compact lines of the island team, firm at the back and harmless at the front. The Canarian team only really attacked when they received the 1-0 lead, in the last quarter of an hour.
Atlético intensified the pressure on Tenerife, discovered in a counterattack that gave Atlético the victory in the 75th minute. The depth on the left of Rosa Otermín was decisive in the action, but even more so was the resolution of Gio Garbeliniwhose shot was perfect, over Noelia, next to the post, out of the goalkeeper’s reach, after her teammate’s low cross. A goal advantage heading to Tenerife.
