Tenerife clinched a crucial three points at home, defeating Atlético Madrid in a tense Primera División Femenina encounter, showcasing their defensive resilience and opportunistic attacking play. The hosts established an early lead and added a second-half goal that ultimately proved decisive, despite a late consolation from the visitors deep into stoppage time, in a match filled with physical challenges, tactical adjustments, and missed opportunities on both sides. The hosts established an early lead and added a second-half goal that ultimately proved decisive, despite a late consolation from the visitors deep into stoppage time, as Atletico pushed hard for an equalizer but were thwarted by solid goalkeeping and timely interventions.
First Half
Tenerife started brightly, pressing high and creating early pressure on Atletico’s defense. Right from the opening minute, Gabriela García tested Noelia Ramos with a right-footed shot from the center of the box, assisted by Luany, but it was saved in the bottom right corner. The hosts responded well, with Paulina Gramaglia winning a free kick in the defensive half after a foul by García in the 2nd minute. Sakina Ouzraoui Diki was caught offside in the 5th minute, but Tenerife continued to build momentum.
Amaiur Sarriegi fouled Claudia Blanco in the defensive half in the 6th minute, allowing Tenerife to regain possession. Ouzraoui Diki saw her right-footed shot from outside the box blocked in the 7th minute, assisted by Gramaglia. The breakthrough came in the 12th minute when E. Verges scored with a header from the center of the box to the bottom left corner, assisted by Claudia Blanco with a cross following a corner. This goal followed a sequence where Gramaglia’s left-footed shot from outside the box was saved in the bottom left by Lola Gallardo in the 11th minute, leading to a corner conceded by Gallardo, and Sandra Castelló missing a header from close range in the 12th minute.
Tenerife kept pushing, with Ouzraoui Diki winning a free kick in the attacking half after a foul by Silvia Lloris in the 15th minute. Bernadette Amani missed a right-footed shot from the center of the box to the right in the 16th minute, assisted by Ouzraoui Diki’s cross. Atletico responded in the 18th minute when Luany fouled Blanco in the defensive half. The visitors’ frustration showed in the 19th minute as Alexia was booked for a bad foul on Ouzraoui Diki, who had won a free kick on the left wing.
Atletico created a chance in the 22nd minute, with Sarriegi’s left-footed shot from the left side of the six-yard box saved in the bottom right by Ramos, assisted by Júlia Bartel with a through ball. Gramaglia won another free kick in the defensive half after a foul by Lloris in the 26th minute, and her right-footed shot from the center of the box was saved centrally by Gallardo in the 27th minute, assisted by Amani. Ouzraoui Diki won a free kick on the left wing after a foul by Alexia in the 28th minute.
A delay occurred in the 33rd minute due to an injury to Gallardo, but play resumed in the 35th minute. García fouled Castelló in the 36th minute, leading to a free kick in the attacking half for Atletico. The visitors earned a corner in the 36th minute, conceded by Blanco, but García’s left-footed shot from the center was blocked in the 37th minute, followed by Bartel’s right-footed shot from the center being blocked, and another corner conceded by Cinta Rodríguez. García’s right-footed shot from outside the box was saved in the top center by Ramos in the 39th minute.
Fiamma Benítez fouled Ramos on the left wing in the 40th minute, and Blanco was caught offside in the 42nd minute. Ramos fouled Bartel in the attacking half in the 43rd minute. Lauren Leal was shown a yellow card for a bad foul on Gramaglia in the 45th minute, who had won a free kick in the defensive half. The fourth official announced four minutes of added time in the 47th minute, during which Gramaglia’s header from the center of the box was saved centrally by Gallardo in the 48th minute, assisted by Rodríguez with a cross. The first half ended with Tenerife holding a deserved lead after a gritty, foul-heavy period.
Second Half
Atletico made halftime substitutions, bringing on Carmen Menayo for Lauren Leal and Xènia Pérez for Alexia. The second half began with Ouzraoui Diki winning a free kick in the defensive half after a foul by Pérez in the 51st minute, who was then shown a yellow card for a bad foul. Aleksandra Zaremba fouled Luany on the left wing in the 53rd minute, and Amani was booked for a bad foul on Lloris in the attacking half moments later.
Natalia Ramos missed a left-footed shot from outside the box too high in the 49th minute. Ouzraoui Diki missed a left-footed shot from the right side of the box to the left in the 55th minute, assisted by Ramos. Synne Jensen missed a left-footed shot from outside the box to the left in the 56th minute, assisted by Lloris. Blanco missed a right-footed shot from the right side of the box to the right in the 58th minute following a corner conceded by Lloris in the 57th minute.
Jensen’s left-footed shot from the center was blocked in the 60th minute, assisted by Luany, and she missed a right-footed shot from the center to the right moments later, assisted by Andrea Medina with a cross. García missed a header from the center too high in the 62nd minute, assisted by Menayo with a cross following a corner conceded by Zaremba. Rodríguez fouled Luany in the attacking half in the 63rd minute. Gramaglia’s right-footed shot from the center was saved in the bottom right by Gallardo in the 64th minute, assisted by Ouzraoui Diki with a through ball. Benítez saw her right-footed shot from outside the box blocked in the 64th minute.
Jensen missed a left-footed shot from outside the box close to the top left corner in the 67th minute, assisted by Medina. A delay occurred in the 68th minute due to an injury to Sarriegi, resuming shortly after. Atletico substituted Vilde Bøe Risa for Jensen in the 68th minute. Ramos won a free kick in the defensive half after a foul by Sarriegi in the 70th minute. Tenerife made changes in the 71st minute, bringing on Bicho for Amani and Carlota Suárez for Gramaglia, with a brief delay due to an injury to García.
The substitutes made an immediate impact as Bicho scored in the 73rd minute with a right-footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom left corner, assisted by Suárez. Atletico responded with substitutions in the 76th minute, bringing on Rosa Otermín for Medina and Sheila Guijarro for Benítez. They earned a corner in the 77th minute, conceded by Rodríguez. Paola Hernández substituted for Ouzraoui Diki in the 82nd minute for Tenerife.
Guijarro fouled Ramos in the defensive half in the 83rd minute. Hernández fouled Sarriegi in the defensive half in the 84th minute. Luany’s left-footed shot from the center was saved centrally by Ramos in the 87th minute, and Pérez missed a right-footed shot from over 35 yards too high moments later, assisted by García.
The fourth official announced seven minutes of added time in the 92nd minute. Bicho fouled Risa in the attacking half in the 94th minute, earning Ramos a yellow card shortly after. Bicho fouled Otermín in the defensive half twice, in the 94th and 96th minutes, with Otermín winning free kicks. Zaremba fouled Otermín in the defensive half in the 97th minute. Atletico pulled one back in the 97th minute when G. Garcia scored a left-footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom left corner, assisted by Guijarro. The second half ended in the 98th minute with Tenerife holding firm amid late pressure.
Top Performers
- Elba Verges (Costa Adeje Tenerife)
- Gabriela Garcia (Atlético Madrid)
- Claudia Iglesias Bicho (Costa Adeje Tenerife)
