CD Tenerife 4, CD Alcala 0

ALCALA, Spain (Interstat) — CD Tenerife delivered a stunning upset Tuesday, routing CD Alcala 4-0 in a first-round match of the Copa del Rey Juvenil, a Spanish national youth football tournament. The match, played before a home crowd at Estadio Municipal Virgen del Val, defied all pregame projections. Interstat’s game simulator had predicted a narrow 1-0 victory for Tenerife, while its ELO rating system gave host Alcala a commanding 76.90 percent probability to win. Tenerife’s comprehensive performance rendered those forecasts irrelevant. The visitors seized control of the match just before halftime. Forward Francisco Sabina broke the deadlock in the 42nd… Read more...