Even allowing for a dreadful referees decision and a soft goal, CD Marino made this 2-1 win over SD Tenisca harder than it should have been. The good news is that despite holiday wins by CD Tenerife B and Granadilla the blues from Las Americas sit proudly in first place with just three regular Tercera games to go before the play offs.

Aaron Darias is always a good source of ammunition coming up from right back, he slung in a great ball for Murci but it was a little high for the striker to get a clean shot. After 15 minutes Marino made the breakthrough, the ball came loose to Airam and he fired a rasping shot into the Tenisca net. A Murci header was close to doubling the lead but strayed wide and the second goal was needed. The La Palma side have an outside chance of making the play offs and Rayco put some swerve on his free kick but Alberto was wise to it and took it well.

Lamine was sharp to pick up the ball when it rebounded off a defender just outside the box, he stumbled a little and it was enough to take the power out of his shot. The slender lead would have done at the break but the ref let Tenisca back in. Mendy made a solid blocking challenge on a Tenisca forward but the ref gave a free kick in shooting distance. Rayco curled the ball over the defensive wall at the top corner of the goal, Alberto got a hand to it but that just took the sting off it and it dropped down for Morcuenda to poke in. 

That goal encouragement put a spring in Tenisca’s step when they returned to the pitch. Chema was through early on, this time Alberto was quick to clear. Marino had to get their authority back and they did quickly, Lamine sent in a hanging cross giving Balduino ample time to head a 2-1 lead. Roberto Carlos started to exploit the right side of the visitors defence, his well worked cross was met by a low header wide from Balduino. The full back was off again a few minutes later, this time setting his cross higher, Pablo got a glancing head to it but missed the target. There was a late trade off, a Marino free kick was stopped by the goalie as it headed for the net, and Lamine cleared  a Tenisca effort off his goal line.

Not the most convincing performance but at this stage of the season it’s all about results and the top spot is the first prize that Marino want to wrap up before taking a tilt at promotion.