First session cheers from the fans.

David Amaral led his first training session for CD Tenerife today, Wednesday. The local coach stepped once more on the grass in the Heliodoro Rodríguez López as chief trainer for a session which lasted and hour and a half.
Before it started, both Antonio Tapia and Antonio “Toño” Hernández said goodbye to the players. Afterwards the sports director for the club, Juanjo Lorenzo, presented the new training team, formed of David Amaral & Quique Medina, to the whole squad so they could take part in the workout which then took place on the grass in the HRL.
 
When they came on the pitch, both David Amaral and Quique Medina were received with applause by the many fans who were at the session.
 
With reference to the actual training the team warmed up, and followed this with exercise with the ball. After some rounds with the ball and some tactical practise, and the training was then finished with a game in reduced space.
 
Dani Kome trained at the edge of the group and Omar Ramos & Antonio Hidalgo completed most of the session with their colleges.
 
The squad will train again tomorrow, Thursday, from 10am, in the Heliodoro Rodríguez López.

Call for help from the club

Taken from the club website:

The Liga Adelante competition 2010/11 is moving into the last stretch with everything still to be decided. The bad results that have occurred for CD Tenerife in the last few rounds, leave the club with the need to add points to save their position in the league. What is more with the arrival of Antonio Tapia the team proved themselves capable of moving up the table. Now is the moment to move forward together with more faith than before and to help the team move back up the table.
CD Tenerife finished the first half of the league with 16 points in 22nd position. Their position in the table was in the relegation zone with points to reach salvation. It was urgent that they were able to cut the difference between this position and the 18th which was Las Palmas. With the arrival of Antonio Tapia the team proved they could react. 2 days after the arrival of the new coach the club won their first point (Tenerife, 2; Granada, 2).
Since then the fans thought that the club could maintain their position in the Liga Adelante. In Girona the team added another point with 10 men against Girona (3-3). A week later the team again with 10 men won against Salamanca in the second win away from home this season (1-2).
By then had arrived on the island three new players: Sebastián Dubarbier, Ritchie Kitoko e Igor de Souza. The fans were excited the following weekend when the team managed to win against Rayo Vallecano, who were at that point leaders (2-1).
Antonio Tapia's team at that point had six rounds without a loss. Then in Vigo the team lost in the last minutes (1-0). With this loss the team were sure they would come back and this they did with the win at home against Xerez (2-1). So at that moment the team were eight games in which they had gained points in seven with three victories and four draws.
Then with the team finally outside the relegation positions the tide turned. Right now the team has 12 games to play and is six points away from the team in 18th position.
Right now is the moment that, all together, we need to start again. Antonio Tapia made clear in the interview after the game against Cordoba on Saturday. “We need to fight to the end” he proclaimed. “The fans don't deserve that the team gives up” insisted the coach. In the form the members of the team have proclaimed the same comments. “The solution is to fight to the end” underlined Ricardo Leon, who then added that “we all know of teams who have been written off six or seven games before the end who then saved themselves”.
Along the same line Ezequiel Luna stated: “Talking means nothing, the only thing that counts is to give everything in every game”. He also assured that “the squad have the strength to manage this”. Dani Kome referred to the things that need to be done before the end of the league. “In this house we are not losers” he assured the press. He then continued “the fans in spite of the way we have played up to now, still support us and we need to go on working so we can make all these people happy”.
There are five more games in the Heliodoro Rodríguez López stadium (Huesca, Villarreal B, Recreativo Hueva, Valladolid y Ponferradina) and seven away (Elche, Nástic de Tarragona, Alcorcón, Granada, Betis, Albacete y Las Palmas). These are all finals, 36 points in play and one single objective: achieve the points to stay in the second division. Together, without differences, this is the moment to start again so we can play next year again in the Liga Adelante. We can achieve this.

Interviews with Dani Kome, Luna, Gregory Beranger & Marc Bertrán

Gregory Beranger & Marc Bertrán were interviewed on Thursday after the training session in the El Mundialito grounds.
The French defender firstly commented in the way CD Tenerife were playing in the last few games. “We need to look at the game against Cartageña and keep the positive things we managed in mind. You can see that the team is improving. We are strong at home in the Heliodoro ad we need to stay that way. The game against Barcelona B will be hard as they have been on a winning run, but we need to break that. If we play as we should then we will have chances for the three points. We need to think about our game and prepare the best we can, we still have several days to do this”.
Marc Bertrán, then talked. He started by saying about Mondays game that, “this will be an important game. We are once again in a difficult position in the table and we need to follow the style of play we have had in the last few games. We need to improve and keep growing”.
About Barcelona B, he commented that, “they have some great players, real quality players. We are expecting a complicated game and we will need to be mentally prepared to play well. We need to play our game not get caught up in the opponents style especially as we are at home”.
To finish Bertran talked about the magic in the Heliodoro. “It's true that we need the points and in our ground we need to give everything, once more to win. It is hard but if we are consistent we will get out of relegation. You can see that the team wants to compete”.
Ezequiel Luna & Dani Kome were the two players interviewed on Friday. The first indicated that , “we need to think about the next game. We know that the Barcelona B team is a difficult team. We are going to play our game and try to win three more points”.
“we need to keep working “, the Argentine player continued. We need to keep them under control and play hard all the time”, he added.
In spite of the loss against Cartagena, Luna was still optimistic. “We are still looking better, above all at home. We are strong in the Heliodoro. We have been improving and and need to continue this way. We need to think about our game and how to win. That’s what counts”.
The “19” in the blue and white team finished saying, “a defender always hopes that the gaol will be empty. Sometimes we have achieved this above all recently. We are still working on things and we need to look to win”.
Dani Kome, when he talked spoke of the difficulties in the up coming game. “To play against Barcelona B is always complicated but we need to be strong at home. Especially right now when we need the points so badly”.
The midfielder from Cameroon also hopes they way they played recently continues. “I think that we look different now. Not just when we play in the Heliodoro but also away. From the first minute we need to go all out”, he finished.

Interviews on Friday - Nino and Kome

“In front of us a another difficult game but we are on a good run, We are winning, adding up points and this is giving us confidence. We know that we can win games and we need to keep doing that”.
This was how Nino's press conference started. He also talked about the next rival in the league, “Celta has a good rhythm going in their games. They like to play the ball and more so at home. We need to know how we plan to play the match. We want to organise how we are going to play to our advantage. There are tow good teams in this game both of which are playing well right now”.
To conclude, Nino analysed the path CD Tenerife has followed in the last few games, “since the start of the second half of the league we have seen some good results. We need to go out on the pitch convinced that it is possible to win this match. The feeling right now is really positive. We are on the way up and the group is responding to this”.

Dani Kome was also interviewed when the team arrived in Madrid and started by commenting on the improvement that the CD Tenerife have seen. “The team has grown enormously, above all on the field. We are happier now and more concentrated, We will be trying for a good result in Vigo”.
The midfielder from Cameroon followed up saying, “ The team is better but in playing standard and in their attitude. We are no longer fearful on the pitch. In every aspect of the game we are more together and more concentrated. Before it was easy for teams to catch us in a counter attack but the team is better now and we are making the most of this. We are much better than at the start of the season. We need to get off the bottom of the table”.
When asked about his physical state, Kome admitted that “I feel good better physically. This year I am making the most of the minutes that the coach give me. It has been now I play now I don't. Some of the time I wasn't very well but now I feel much better. I will be trying to keep this up until the end”.
The press enquired how difficult it was for the blue and white “14” to be in the starting eleven, he pointed out, “the competition isn't just to be in the starting eleven it is to be in the list of players for each game. This is good for the team as each player needs to work as hard as he can”.
Dani Kome also talked about the next game. “we need to keep a clear plan of how we want to play, not on how our rival is. If we are strong then we can beat any rival. We are on a good run and have a few games without a loss. I hope we will continue on this line. If they respect us that's good. Although we are at the bottom, teams have respect. We need to demonstrate on the grass that they are right” he finished.

From Argentina to Cameroon, player interviews

Daniel Kome & Ezequiel Luna were the two players interviewed on Wednesday in El Mundialito. The players from Cameroon and Argentina about the importance of the next game CD Tenerife plays in Salamanca next Saturday, in the first away game of the second half of the liga Adelante.
Kome said  “all the games left are important and we are going to Salamanca to get the three points. It would appear that they are also not good right now. Lets see if we can do things well”.
The Camerunian International has no doubts about the state of mind of the group right now as they try to help the team our of the relegation positions: “You can see what the team wants and that they are all keen. We need to go back to winning, and move into the safer positions. I am here to help and hope to be able to do this on the field”.
Kome spoke about the change of feeling which has come about since Antonio Tapia arrived: “He is asking that we give everything. The group needs all the players”. “The new players have also arrived to help. I hope that the three can add to the team”, he finished.
For his part, Luna started his interview remembering the last visit to Salamanca, which finished in a win: “It was something special. The mentality right now is to win the three points. We know it will be hard, but we are going to try. Wining would be vital for us, really good”.
The blue and white defender was clear that CD Tenerife needs to do more: “We need to defend as a team. Doing this in an organised form means we can all add together to be more. We need to improve to keep our net empty. There needs to be a collective effort to receive no more goals. We need to work 100 %”.
“I feel confident as the games pass we get better and correct our mistakes. I only think how I can help the team and play better”, he finished.

Pre - Derby round up.

Thursday Morning ticket sales for the Derby in the Heliodoro started. There was high demand. Hundreds of people waited for the office to open. The Popular stand behind the goal sold out within a couple of hours. There were 3000 tickets available and they are expected to sell out before Sunday. There were 1,150 packs sold between the three and four game ones.

Fuentealta, a company who are committed sponsors of CD Tenerife will be adding a little colour to the Derby. As a high interest game they will hand out more than 18,000 blue and white flags amongst the fans who are at the game to help increase the atmosphere at the game.

Dani Kome knows how it is to live the Canarian Derby. Two years ago he lived the triumphs against Las Palmas and as such knows the importance of these games. The Cameroon national player was in the press room on Wednesday. “We know there will be many fans in the stadium this Sundays game, there always are for a Derby. I hope history will repeat itself” the forward started. “It is a great opportunity for us. A triumph against Las Palmas, at home with our fans will serve to gain confidence”.
About the change of position on the field Dani explained that “I feel very well and hope to play this game, which is so special for the whole island. I am happy playing in the centre. If that is where the coach wanted me then great”.
“We are going to give everything and gift nothing this game. If we win the fans will have more confidence in us too and this will give the players wings. On Sunday we will play all out for the three points, so everyone can go home happy. A derby is like a final and we will play one hundred percent. There are no favourites, but I only think about going out to win” he concluded
For his part Pablo Sicilia knows how to live through a Derby. The player who is from Gran Canaria has experienced Derby's before, “It is very special. If you are Canarian probably more so. To play one, and more than that win one  is a great objective. With the possibility of winning the three points I wouldn't care who scores. There is no better gift we could give the fans than a win against Las Palmas”.
“I feel privileged. It is a dream to play in a classic game like this. It is awesome. Who ever is in the Heliodoro, will enjoy a very emotional day”, he added.
“The derby's are always remembered. The chance to be there is lovely. Bad runs don't exist when you meet your greatest rival. We are all ready to give the maximum for every minute of the game”, he finished.


Mikel Alonso also know what a CD Tenerife-UD Las Palmas game feels like. The blue and white midfielder understands the importance of Sunday's game and expressed himself this way. “The derbys are the games you feel the most. With maximum emotion. It is football at its maximum. We want to make our fans happy. I know that is a giant step. We need to tighten our game and do this for the fans. The are always there for us. We want to make this a great game. It is a Canarian football party. The players are trying their best”, said the Basque.
Mikel, who on Thursday trained part of the session on one side due to injury hopes not to miss the game: “I hope I will recover quickly to be able to join the squad as soon as possible. We need to wait and see. Then if need be I can force it. If I can I hope to play ”.
Thursday the squad trained in the Heliodoro. It was the first session there this week. They trained for and hour and 20 minutes. Cristian, Josmar Zambrano, Moreno, Bruno y Germán, were all there to train with the first team.
Tomorrow, Friday the squad will be again in the Mundalito from 10 am. Juan Carlos Mandía, the CDT trainer will have a press conference after the session.
12 players in the present squad have taken part in a Canarian Derby:Marc Bertrán, Ricardo, Pablo Sicilia, Nino, Antonio Hidalgo, Sergio Aragoneses, Iriome, Kome, Juanlu Hens, Ezequiel Luna, Luis García y Mikel Alonso. Marc Bertran has played more than any other player. He has had the chance to take part in 6 Canarian classic games. The result of which is positive. He has played in three victories and three draws.
Of the Canarian players Ricardo León y Pablo Sicilia have played on 5 different occasions against Unión Deportiva.

Local player Iriome González managed on his first game against Las Palmas to score two goals against them. Nino has also managed two goals but in different games.
Dani Kome, Juanlu Hens, Ezequiel Luna, Luis García & Mikel Alonso have always seem wins when they played.
Saturday night there will be a dinner for the club representatives including presidents Miguel Concepción for Tenerife and Miguel Ángel Ramírez for Gran Canaria and they will dine in the Restaurant Los Limoneros, in Guamasa.

Interviews with the players and Mandia after the loss against Albacete

After the loss against Albacete it is hard to explain what happened. Pablo Sicilia, Daniel Kome y Omar Ramos were the three players whose turn it was to be interviewed in the Heliodoro after the game and to explain what happened. The players were all sad about the result and felt the expulsion of Luna left them all affected.
Sicilia: “The team started well, we dominated Albacete up to the play where Luna was sent off. This changed the game. Even then, CD Tenerife was still looking to score. We made an enormous effort and there was no joy for it. We need to try to make a change, although the situation is difficult. No one expected that his late in the season the team would be so bad. There is nothing left but to stick together and try harder. What ever I say now it won't make the fans any less cross”.
 
Kome: “The situation is complicated. We didn't count on losing this game. We started well but the expulsion of Luna left everything in the wrong direction. There is nothing but to keep working to make this better between us. The team was playing well even after the sending off. In the second half Albacete had no shots at goal. The fans are there and the team is there and between us we can improve. We are going to Ponferrada and need to try to win the game. From there we can win more games. I can't value other things, the management are there for that. The player need to be out there working hard. Today we deserved at least a point”.

Omar: “We started out controlling the game up to the sending off. With eleven we could have won this game. After the red card we tried everything but we had no luck in scoring a goal. The idea now is to try to get three points in the next game. This match was really important for us. There is lots of league left and we need to keep working hard to reach our goals. With one less we had the game under control. I can't comment on decisions that are the clubs to make. The most to blame are the players ourselves”.

“It is difficult to explain the result. With eleven player on the field we were in control and with ten too. When you are down everything that you do can cause more bad effects”. This is how Juan Carlos Mandía started his press conference on Sunday after the end of the match which C.D. Tenerife lost against Albacete Balompié.
The maximum responsible trainer for the blue and whites said “everyone had the feeling we would win the game. We need to be the team that you saw in the first minutes of the game. Who made the other side uncomfortable and unable to attack. If we make less mistakes it will cost us less. When we were 0-0 we had chances”.
For Mandía, “today we weren’t inferior to Albacete. If we hadn't received the goal we would have had more chances to win. The key point is to make less mistakes give our rivals very little space and not let in goals”.
That said, Mandía showed that he hoped the situation would change: “I believe that at any moment what we are doing will show results. But to get there we need to be consistent”.
“There are many games left and many points in play. Our time needs to come”, said the man from Galicia when asked about what options CD Tenerife had to escape relegation. Mandía also commented that he wasn't afraid of possibly being sacked that “the club employed me to train, not to value someone else's work”.
Juan Carlos Mandía again expressed his thanks to the fans for their fabulous support in spite of the results: ”the fans are going to push. The loyalty that the supporters have with the club you don't see very often. What we professionals need to do is work hard and not commit mistakes. The feelings of the fans can't be mistaken. They know we will do our best out there”.
For the Tenerife coach part of the reaction that the team are going to have comes form the reinforcement in the way of players who are expected to arrive in the next weeks. Mandia explained this in the following terms: “The club is looking for players. It is better that they arrive earlier than later. But that is a question for other departments though I know it is not easy”.
Juan Carlos Mandía concluded his interview with the statement “I am really fed up. I hurt for the club and the city. The only thing I can promise is that we will continue working”.

Wednesday interviews

Dani Kome & Ezequiel Luna were the two players interviewed this Wednesday in the press room in the El Mundialito training grounds, where they discussed the state of different events in CD Tenerife.

The footballer from Cameroon started, referring the the mind set of the team, "we are more confident now. We are working well and lets see if we can come home after the weekend with three more points. It has been a long time since we won two games in a row”.

When asked about the next game against Villarreal B, Dani Kome commented, “everyone knows how b teams play. We need to be very concentrated from the first minute onwards. We are nearly out of the well at the bottom of the table and to make good on the last win we need to triumph again”, he added.

Lastly, the CD Tenerife player added about the path the team had followed so far this season, “To start with we were also trying but things didn't work out. We are working a lot and the best football always develops as the league is in flow” he concluded.

Ezequiel Luna, for his part, commented on his personal situation. “I am really keen and now I need to work hard to recover my position in the first eleven. I feel good in spite of the weeks at the beginning of the season when I didn't get to play. I am confident in the way we are playing and you can see this”.

In reference to the way to score three points in the Mini Estadi, the Argentine central defender commented that “we will need to defend well and make sure they are not comfortable on the field. It is important that we keep our goal empty again”.

Luna, as the finished, reaffirmed that “any central defender will try to play the best he can, you just need to look at my companions and this benefits the team. I try not to look too much at the table. I just need to concentrate on Villarreal B and our victory against them. We are playing well and little by little we will move up”, he finished.

Wednesday interview with Juanlu and Kome

Juanlu Hens & Dani Kome were the two players in the press room on Wednesday in the press room in the Mundialito training ground. The midfielder from Cordoba was first, he started talking about the triumph against Elche last Sunday. “We needed the three points and achieving them is the prize for all the work we are doing”.

He followed this statement with these words, “It was a game we really had to fight to win and now we have to carry on. The intensity we had during the game is how to play well and in games makes you opponents really uncomfortable. Now the moment is here for us to play in a clearer style”.

When asked about Natalio’s goals which came from a pass Juanlu provided he said, “If you can score goals or assist in making them then all the better. Last Sunday’s game has left me in a very positive frame of mind”.

He was then asked about this weekend’s game, and if he thought the team could win again. The player from Andalucía answered, “We are playing at home and that is always good. The fans are happy and I feel is very positive to have another home game”.

Finally, Juanlu Hens talked about the rivalry to have a place in the first eleven.”The competition is good. Everyone has to fight for their place. We are a team and the group finally is the entity who benefits from our effort”.

Dani Kome, for his part, started talking about how the group feels. “We are very happy. This win came at the right time, but now we are only thinking about the next game. The most important thing is to win again. We need more points to move up the table. Then with the players we have our style of play will show”.

The midfield from Cameroon, also confessed that the win against Elche had renewed his confidence. “We need a run of wins, when you win everything looks better. We have more confidence and not only did we win but we didn’t receive any goals”.

Kome, on the other hand also talked about Mandia, “The new coach has given me a chance to play. The other day I wanted to play longer but that doesn’t matter. The team won and that is what counts”. Kome finished by saying thanks to the fans, “We are at the bottom of the table and in spite of this still 16,000 people came to the stadium for every game. We need to thanks the fans form our hearts and reward them with victories”.

Rumor says the Formula Uno may be shown in the stadium on Sunday. The Cabildo are aparently looking into if it is possible.

Melli is the new defender

Melli, the latest player for CD Tenerife arrived today in Compoamor to join Arconada's squad. He has signed for 3 years having been released by Real Betis yesterday










Melli is the new player in the CD Tenerife squad. The defender from Andalucia has signed for three season. Juan Alberto Andreu, Melli (6/6/1984, Barbate, Cádiz), has joined the blue and white group today in Campoamor. He was met by sports director, Santiago Llorente. He will pass the medicals and if every thing is right will then sign his contract.

The player comes from Real Betis. He has been a member of their squad since 2002 and was in the international youth squads. The defender talked to the press today and said he was pleased that the objective of the teams was to be at the top of the table and fight to go up to the first division. "I am now in a club where you can see how they competed the last two years. New players have arrived and we hope to be one of the teams who lead the way in the second division. Since I knew CD Tenerife was interested in me I was very clear I wanted to come. I am excited about the new season. This will be a new chance, but as I said from the moment I knew CD Tenerife were interested in me I was looking forward to being here" he finished.




Kome has renounced playing for the Cameroon national team. He says it is too much in the second division where there is no break and he would loose too many games with the club. Cameroon this week signed Javier Clemente this week. The Spanish trainer last trained Valladolid at the end of last season culminating in their going down from the first division to the second division.

The presentation game will be against Real Club Deportivo Mallorca on Friday the 20th of August at 9pm in the Heliodoro stadium. The team who were last years great surprise finished fifth and would have been eligible for the Europa league if financial difficulties hadn't stopped them taking part.
Ex-player who now play for Real Mallorca and might visit with the trainer Laudrup's team include Martí, Pau Cendrós & Ayoze Díaz.

CD Marino 0 - CD Tenerife 4

CD Tenerife had a great start to their pre-season games. A 0-4 win against Marino with goals from New player Antonio Hidalgo, nino (2) and Dani Kome. The group offered a great show in the Antonio Domínguez stadium and the fans left happy.

The blue and white players took control of the games form the start, showing a game that was fast and used the whole pitch. The defense looked solid and there were almost no chances for the Southern team. 0-3 was the score at half time when the team changed almost completely.

GAME NOTES
CD MARINO 0 (0)
CD TENERIFE 4 (3)
***

CD MARINO
Alberto; Alex, Miguelo, Almenara, Lanín; Rayco, Limones, Aarón, Noah; Maikel y Airam García. También jugaron Alexis, Pablo, Jorge, Alejandro, Caco, Nabil, Dani, Suso, Javi Marchena, Jordan y Mendy.

CD TENERIFE
Sergio Aragoneses; Marc Bertrán, Bellvís, Bruno, Moreno; Juanlu, Iriome, Ricardo, Antonio Hidalgo; Natalio y Nino. También jugaron Dani Mederos, Aitor Núñez, Beranger, Pablo Sicilia, Luna, Mikel Alonso, Alexis de Paz, Omar, Juan Ramón, Kome, Rubén Rosquete y Josmar Zambrano.

REFEREE
Jonathan Cruz Quintero, from the south. No cards.

GOALS
0-1: (11‘) Antonio Hidalgo. 0-2: (17‘) Nino. 0-3: (36‘) Nino. 0-4: (75’) Kome.

INCIDENTS
In the Antonio Domínguez stadium. The grounds were in prefect conditions. 3.000 spectators. Warm evening. Armada sur and the Frente had a good sized group supporting the team.

Interview with Dani Kome.

 Kome: “I am pleased to be a player for CD Tenerife and I hope once more to be an important part of the team." The player predicts "a complicated year with lots of work”

His was the goal against Girona which  finally meant the CD Tenerife was going up to the first division. He was an important player in the season 08/09 and he told the staff at the CDT website that he hopes this is the moment to recover his skills. Dani Kome prepares for his third season in Santa Cruz with "maximum hope" These are his impressions in the last few days before pre-season starts.:

How are your holidays?
“I am having a great time, I have managed to spend time with my family. Really it has been a wonderful moment. I have tried to forget what happened at the end of last season so I will come back to the team with more energy.”

What is your opinion of the way your national team played in the World Cup in South Africa?
“I have seen a lot of the games in the World Cup as I love football. It was a shame Cameroon was eliminated so early although it was something I suspected might happen. The run up to the games were not easy.You could see unfortunately that this was not going to be a great games for Cameroon”.

Now you have had time to think how do you see the coming season?
“It will be a complicated year. Generally it is reckoned that teams who go down have a good chance to go back up, but this must be proved with hard work. I think we have an important place in the second division and we will need to use it to prove we are one of the teams with the right to go back up to the first division."

Do you know the new CDT trainer, Gonzalo Arconada?
“No, I don't know him personally, although many have talked about how serious he is and how much he likes to work hard and that he wants to see others work well too. Certainly he seems a demanding trainer.”

Will we see the best version of Dani Kome?
“I am very excited. I hope for myself to recover the skills and standard I had in my first season with the club. I know that last season was not good, not nearly. I hope that once again I will be an important player for Tenerife."

Do you think the fans will again play an important part in the season?
“To the fans all I can say is please stay right here, with your team because it is something the players really appreciate. This season they will again show how important they are and we want to make them happy.”

Rest day today

After a ninety minute training session yeaterday in The Mundialito stadium yesterday the players are off today. Tomorrow Wednesday, they will again train in the Mundialito stadium from 10am.
Tickets for Sunday's game will go on sale from Thursday morning in the stadium, the Liberia in Playa de las Americas and in the Bar Canario, in Puerto de la Cruz.

Interviews with players this week included so far Richi, Kome and Juanlu.

Richi is one of the most experienced players in the CDT team so when he talks he is always clear. "We don't like the position the team is in on the classification table. That is logical. But the way the table is right now is very tight. We need to move day by day. We have enough things to be optimistic." These words don't leave place for doubts.
When asked about the last game, the mid fielder explained that in Almeria we were serious. But we didn't hide: perhaps for a few moments we were missing long passes into attack. But anyway we were near a win and that is never a time to go crazy attacking."
Richi showed himself to be optimistic about the game as " we have one point more that before the game. I need to insist that this team can do great things. There are a lot of games left and the competition is very level. For those teams who just came up it is always more difficult, though this team doesn't need to be jealous of the teams just above us." The mid fielder discussed the game against Valencia which he sees as "Valencia is a great team, with wonderful footballers. We will see once again how we can do at home in our stadium with the support of our fans."

Daniel Kome stated that “This is the moment to stand together and help each other more to get out of relegation. It was a shame we couldn't win. I had the chance to score the 0-2 and just after they equalised. I would have been enchanted to have scored.”

For the player from Cameroon it is clear that “now is the time to continue working and demonstrate we are a strong team. The group is strong and in my case I am starting again to get a good feeling.”

Kome remembered again that “in the Heliodoro, with the support of our people, we are very strong. I hope the rest of the season we will be luckier than we have been up to now.”

Juanlu offered some opinions similar to Kome: “The analysis of what happened in Almeria has to be positive, because we have gained another point away. Independent to the classification it is the moment to have more confidence in our work. We have to forget what the classification says and centre ourselves in the game against Valencia.” He claimed “I felt really good during the game even with the niggles I had during the week.”

Kome back but injured

Kome was back at training yesterday but has an injured leg muscle and it is questionable if he will play on Saturday.

There were more than 200 people waiting to buy seats for Saturdays game this morning in Santa Cruz. The game is expected to sell out.

In interviews yesterday in the press room at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López Stadium Carlos Bellvis stated "I can see a very competitive team and we are capable of staying up. The fans always help us. On Saturday I hope the Helidoro will be full and am sure the fans will be ther to support us on hundred percent". When asked abou Sevilla Bellvis commented that they were a great team with many great players especially their forwards. "We know that a simple error could cost us the game. So we will need to be very concentrated from the first minute onwards."

Sergio Aragoneses started his interview by commenting that they were talking about a very complicated rival, a team that in the last few years has always been in European competitions. "That said," he continued "it is a game that anyone could win. We need to make the most of our chances as they present themselves. We need to go all out to win because the best would be if those three points stay here at home." To conclude he confirmed that the support of the fans will be very very necessary.


Miguel Concepción again affirmed that nothing had been discussed about paying the players an extra payment if they stayed in the first division. He said the players hadn't asked for anything all they need is to go out and win the 45 points the club needed to stay up.

Mid week comments

Agenda for week from 28 de septiember to 4 de octuber 2009

Day	Time	Place	Activity
Monday	-	-	Rest day
Tuesday	10:00	El Mundialito	Training
Tuesday	17:00	El Mundialito	Training
Wednesday	10:00	Heliodoro	Training
Thursday	10:00	El Mundialito	Training
Friday	10:00	Heliodoro	Training
Friday	-	Heliodoro	List of players
Friday	-	Heliodoro	Press conference José Luis Oltra
Saturday	17:00	Heliodoro	CD Tenerife-Deportivo

This is the teams plan for the week. Although we are half way through now it is good to see how their week is structured.
On the DR.s Report are


Juanlu Hens.- Now training progressively with the team and showing good signs.

Román Martínez.- Trained normally and completed the session.

Manolo Martínez.- Underwent physio with no complications.

Interviewed today were Dani Kome and Juanlu Hens
Kome stated that the team hope to win on Saturday and this will keep their points going. Playing at home makes it possible to win against some of the top teams. When asked about his team mates injuries he said, " it is a shame when people are injured butwe need to carry on. We need to learn from each game and if we are missing goal chances we need to work on that."

For his part Juanlu Hens commented that he was slowly improving and that he hopes to be better and able to play soon. He also mentioned that the points in the league were very similar and that CD Tenerife need to be strong at home together with our fans.

Mallorca V. CD Tenerife

The game this afternoon is at 5pm Canarian(UK) time. It is being shown on Pay Per View on Canal Plus which we are lucky enough to have at home and although I am not sure what they are charging I am going to watch it anyway. The Armada Sur fans are going together to watch it in Suters Bar, Parque de La Reina, Tenerife.

The Club is looking for their first away points in the Ono Stadium. They are sure that the great form they have been showing until now will stand them in great stead for gaining the 3 points available in this afternoon's game.
In an interview yesterday afternoon in Los Rodeos airport Ezequiel Luna stated "we are very excited we have worked hard all week to correct the mistakes we made in Sunday's game We will be concentrating hard for the 90 minutes of tomorrows game so we won't be making any more mistakes. In this category if you make a mistake it can cost you a goal and you lose the game."
Richie said Mallorca is a good rival, they have great players and are not going to be easy to beat, we are going to the match with our game plan and expect to play well and gain a good result. We know it has been raining a lot in Mallorca but the ground condition will be the same for both teams.
Jose Luis Oltra in his interview announced “You need to keep both feet on the ground. We aren't inferior to any team, but we are not superior either. Mallorca has 2 good results so far, but we are confident the team can show their good side.”
Miguel Concepción will be at the Mallorca v. CD Tenerife game. This is the second away game the president has managed to attend.
The team will be staying at the Hotel Tryp Bellver, in Palma de Mallorca the Capital.

Dani Kome who played for Mallorca commented that "we are going with the aim to gain 3 points. We are a humble team but we are keen to show our skills and we will continue to follow the trainers instructions." He has been injured this week but stated that is the Mister called for him to play he would be enchanted to play against Mallorca
He finished his interview saying that although he didn't play many games for Mallorca during the 2006/07 season he had enjoyed his time there and was looking forward to going back to show how well he can play.