“Juanjo Sánchez picked up a yellow card for a foul, part of a chippy first half that set the tone for a card-laden contest.”
“Fabricio Assis broke the deadlock for Tenerife, converting to give the visitors a 0-1 lead against the run of play.”
Pivotal“Substitute Javier Soroeta leveled the score at 1-1, capping a late surge from Real Sociedad II after a wave of second-half changes.”
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Real Sociedad II
Tenerife
Outstanding performance
Real Sociedad II•DefenderReal Sociedad II dominated the underlying numbers, controlling 56% possession and out-shooting Tenerife 8-4, but it was the visitors who struck first through Fabricio Assis just after the hour mark. Tenerife's disciplined defensive shape - reflected in their 17 tackles to Sociedad's 11 - kept the hosts at arm's length for long periods, but they couldn't hold on. A flurry of second-half substitutions from Sociedad paid off when Javier Soroeta, on the pitch for barely ten minutes, equalized in the 81st minute to snatch a point. The match was littered with cards - seven in total - reflecting a physical, niggly contest that never quite opened up despite Sociedad's territorial edge.
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