Going to Huelva

After some complication with our flight. Vueling thought they would cancel it and not inform us we are going Saturday instead of Friday. It was probably more convenient for me but I won't tell them that. We hope to catch the game in Seville tonight and I am sure to have a little look at their fan shop before heading down to Huelva tomorrow.

The team are already there and will train today before coach Mandia decides which players are fit to play. We all hope Nino will be OK as he is sorely missed when he doesn’t play. Still as the trainer said yesterday when talking about other players who can't play we need to concentrate on those who are available.

Ríos the recreativo trainer made the following comments.
Juan Carlos Ríos considered that the game against Tenerife “is worth more than three points” in his interview he discussed that some games are considered “finals” in any competition. The Recreativo trainer said “ I don't trust anything about the team not even the colour of their shirt, right now they are a direct rival” he continued. As well as demanding the maximum effort from his team, Rios made a strong call to the fans: “the Nuevo Colombino should be hell for the rival, they need to think they are in the Vietnam war and not just at a football match” he commented. “We need to put every weapon in our arsenal into the possibility of winning these three important points” he added.

Back to work

The team have finished their holidays. The CD Tenerife first team are back to training tomorrow morning the 29th. After 1 weeks holiday the players have to be on the island by monday night to be fit to train in the Mundialito training ground for 10am Tuesday morning. This way the team can start to train for the game on Sunday the 3rd of January against Racing de Santander.
The players who are choosen to go to Santander with trainer José Luis Oltra to Santander will be travelling on Friday the 1st of January. This will be a direct journey with flights to and from Bilbao.

Marc Bertran - happy with his position

Although there had been several teams interested in buying Marc he is staying here in Tenerife. Zaragoza had offered 2 million euros for him but were turned down by the club who are interested to maintain the block from last year and have added to it with players like Dinei and Roman.

In an interview this week Marc Bertran CD Tenerife's new captain announced that he is very happy to have been elected main captain. He stated in an interview yesterday that he was happy the club had shown maximum faith in him. He talked about the players commitment to the next game at home against Ossasuna which they are going to play with maximum effort. He also commented on the fact that the home fans are a big support in the trail to stay in the first division.

There have been over 1000 tickets applied for for the following weekends game on the 27th away against Real Madrid. The requests are high as it is an important game but also because the stadium is easy to get to from here with no flight change or long journey on arrival in Barajas.

Aitor Nuñez has a contract with the second team Tenerife B although he is expected to play for the first team. This was a technical decision which leaves the club with 4 free spaces in case they need to buy more players in the winter break. Nuñez said when he first heard he was shocked but after speaking with Santiago Llorente he understood the club's position and was happy with this.

The sale of season tickets continues both in the club and in the Centro Comercial Meridiano