LA LÍNEA DE LA CONCEPCIÓN, SPAIN — Kirian Rodríguez delivered a match-winning double to send Las Palmas to a 2-1 victory over Cádiz at Nuevo Mirandilla, inflicting yet more misery on a home side that has now suffered five straight defeats in Spanish LALIGA 2. In front of 12,605 supporters who had dared to dream when Joaquín Felipe González Rodríguez struck inside four minutes, the afternoon unravelled with cruel efficiency for the hosts, as the visitors from the Canary Islands demonstrated the composure and quality that their recent form had promised.
Cádiz arrived at this fixture desperate for a result — any result — after a run of form that had seen them concede eleven goals across their previous four league outings. Las Palmas, meanwhile, carried genuine momentum, having won three of their last five matches and showing a hunger to climb the table. The contrast in confidence between the two sides would ultimately prove telling, even if the opening exchanges suggested a very different story was about to unfold.
The hosts made the most electric of starts. Joaquín Felipe González Rodríguez broke the deadlock in just the fourth minute, sending Nuevo Mirandilla into raptures and briefly silencing the doubts that had followed Cádiz through their wretched run. The goal appeared to offer a lifeline, a chance to arrest the slide and restore some belief to a dressing room that had been battered by results. Yet the lead lasted barely eleven minutes before Las Palmas reasserted themselves.
Kirian Rodríguez, the man who would define this contest, drew the visitors level in the 15th minute, finishing with the calm authority of a player who knew exactly what he was doing. The equaliser shifted the psychological momentum entirely. Where Cádiz had buzzed with energy moments earlier, uncertainty crept back in. The teams shared possession almost equally across the afternoon — a perfect 50%-50% split — but Las Palmas grew increasingly assured as the half progressed, their passing more purposeful, their defensive shape more disciplined.
The second half became a war of attrition, with Cádiz pushing for a goal that would restore their lead while Las Palmas probed for the chance to punish them on the counter. Cádiz made a change as early as the 33rd minute when Juan Díaz was withdrawn, a sign that things were not going to plan even before the interval. Iker Ortega was cautioned in the 61st minute, adding to the growing sense of frustration among the home ranks as the game entered its critical phase.
Las Palmas made their decisive move in the 71st minute. Kirian Rodríguez struck again — his second of the afternoon — to put the visitors ahead for the first time and effectively settle the contest. It was a goal that reflected everything about Las Palmas' approach: patient, clinical, and ruthlessly timed. The Cádiz goalkeeper could only watch as the ball found the net, and the travelling supporters celebrated with the kind of joy that comes from knowing the job is done.
Cádiz threw bodies forward in search of an equaliser, with Álex Fernández, Dawda Camara, José Antonio De La Rosa, and Jerónimo Domina all introduced from the bench in the closing stages. Las Palmas responded with their own changes, bringing on Iker Bravo, Pejiño, Iván Gil, and Iñaki González to shore up their advantage and see out the clock. The visitors' goalkeeper made three saves across the ninety minutes — compared to just one from his Cádiz counterpart — underlining how effectively Las Palmas managed the game's closing stages.
The final insult arrived in stoppage time when Bojan Kovacevic received a red card in the 92nd minute, reducing Cádiz to ten men and ensuring the afternoon ended in complete disarray. The scoreboard resets; the table does not — and for Cádiz, the table makes for grim reading after a sixth defeat that deepens their crisis in LALIGA 2.