Police forced to intervene as hooligans clash with rival fans in disgraceful scenes before pre-season friendly

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There were disgraceful scenes on the Canary Islands as a derby between Las Palmas and Tenerife was marred by pre-match violence.The match is an annual one, known as the Teide Trophy, but on this occasion the friendly was anything but.Police quickly flooded the corner and snubbed out any escalationCOPELas Palmas fans ran at the Tenerife end in shocking scenesCOPESpanish outlet Cope had a journalist on the scene at Los Cuartos Stadium, the home of Tenerife, and captured the moment around 80 to 100 Las Palmas fans stormed the pitch and headed for their rival’s corner.They add that objects were thrown, as seen in the video, and the Civil Guard (local police) had to intervene, thankfully calming down a scary looking situation before it escalated.The match would finish 1-1, with Tenerife claiming the trophy on penalties.The two island rivals haven’t been in the same division since the 2022/23 season when they both played in Spain’s second tier.There was a Copa del Rey cup clash in January 2024 which Tenerife won, but this incident will likely raise tensions further before their league clashes this season.The two sides are located on different Canary Islands, but are neighbours, and separated by around 100 kilometres.Despite the other islands also having professional teams, Tenerife and Las Palmas are the most high profile of the seven islands.Las Palmas’ relegation storyLas Palmas were in fact in Spain’s top flight LaLiga for the past two seasons, but were relegated with a 19th place finish, sending them down to face Tenerife.Their relegation was perhaps a little unexpected too, given that they had a better squad than many of those in the battle at the bottom.Ex-Nottigham Forest defender Scott McKenna played in defence, and fellow Scotland international Oli McBurnie was part of a front line that had a few recognisable faces.View Tweet: https://twitter.com/UDLP_Oficial?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwWolves loanee Fabio Silva was their top scorer, finding the net ten times, five years on from the Premier League side paying a club record £35million to sign him from Porto.His fellow Portuguese Dario Essugo played on loan from Chelsea, while forgotten Manchester United winger Adnan Januzaj was a regular, as was Liverpool prospect Stefan Bajcetic.None of the aforementioned players are contracted for the upcoming season, as per transfermarkt.Instead helping Las Palmas attempt to make an instant LaLiga return this season will be winger Jese, who was compared to Cristiano Ronaldo in his early days at Real Madrid.The Las Palmas-born forward graduated from Los Blancos academy and scored 18 goals in 94 games, winning the Champions League twice and LaLiga once.He’d go on to add two more trophies at Paris Saint-Germain, but was rarely used, spending much of his career on loan and undertaking a side career as a DJ.Former Stoke man Jese quickly made it to the top, but it didn’t last longGettyBack for a third stint at Las Palmas, he said upon signing: “The important thing isn’t what I say today, but what I do tomorrow. “I’m going to sweat this shirt until I can’t anymore, and I’m sure the good results will come.”