Guijelo at home

This Sunday we play Guijuelo at home. In theory this should an easy game but the little teams have caused a lot of difficulties.
Aridane and Javi Moyano are out due to accumulation of yellow cards and the blue and white coach Cervera yesterday said Guillem Martí will be starting as our forward. The other player who is expected to start for the first time this season is Sergio Rodriguez. Hopefully his patience will pay off and he will play well.
There has been a lot if talk about the financial problems the club is facing. There is no doubt in Segunda B with little income there are problems but earlier in the week the management issued a calming statement which seems to have reassured the fans. Going back up to professional football would be a great help for income. Just the TV money would change from 30,000 euros which RTVC paid this year to the 2,500,000 which was signed with Canal Plus for Segunda.
We will be in the stadium tomorrow and hope to see you then.

Thinking time

I have been a football fan for most of my life.
I have always enjoyed going to games home and away, but like every fan you have your ups and downs. 

The last 2 days I had a very bad down. Like everybody who was in Madrid and had to watch how bad we played was demoralized and the final straw was the hellish trip home. You think to yourself : Is it really worth it. And today Wednesday I will answer you - YES IT IS. It is worth the suffering and the hurt, because after bad times always comes good times.
Good times will come for us again, we just have to hang on and keep supporting.
I am now looking forward to Sundays game and I hope many of you will feel the same and we will be there together to support our colours .
VIVA EL TETE

New year

Sunday was a great game. 2-0 win is always good to see but it was more than that. The club made an outstanding effort to see the fans in the stands. Although Ephifany isn't really important in the UK, in Spain it is a highlight in the year. This is the day the three kings bought presents and therefore the day presents ate exchanged throughout Spain. A difficult day then to have the fans in the stadium at 12am. Prices for the entrance tickets were slashed. Season ticket holders could bring their children free. The radio stations gave away entrance tickets with charitable giving. And the turn out showed, nearly 6,000 people turned up to see the team win. More than the two teams in Segunda that played at the same time.
As for the game, the players took to the field with enthusiasm. Suso who had a very tough week losing a family member went all out to score goals for his loved one, but the whole side looked stronger than that have for a while. Once again Cristo Martin played with enthusiasm, Chechu seemed to be everywhere at once and Moyano recovered ball after ball.
In defence it was great to see two youth players, Bruno and Jesus giving everything. Sergio didn't have much to do but as ever was there giving his all.
This win puts the team three points ahead of the rest and gives the team a gap especially as they play Marino at home next Sunday.

Draw against Oviedo leaves CD Tenerife top

Sundays result could have been better but still the team is group leader and one point ahead of rival Aviles.
Coach Cervera said it was the best second half we have played this season and to some degree I have to say I think he was right. There were moments where they fought really hard. And Oviedos goal was a series of errors. 2B is a very hard race and we need to hang in there.
Latest news on the games over Xmas implies that we will play Alcala on the Friday night and Salamanca on the Sunday Morning. I am not very sure how the stadiums will be cleared but if they play at 12 on Kings day I am not sure how many fans will attend.

Point by point and Marino lends a hand

Zamora came for a point and achieved their aim. Although they are fairly far down the table they have what looks like a fairly good squad. Their keeper worked hard and CD Tenerife frequently looked like they were about to score. Zamora in their only shot at goal after a terrible mistake by Yeray one of the blue and white defenders managed a goal.
CD Tenerife stepped up their game and with the entrance of Suso Santana looked much more aggressive. A centre from him and Aridane pushed the ball in the goal
Yeray then managed to get sent off the field from the bench for laughing. No mean feat. This brings the total of red cards to three for three in the last games. The last two sending offs were for being mouthy which is really to high a price to pay.
Marino managed a draw away against Oviedo which puts Willy Barroso's team on the way with a second point and the draw deprived Oviedo of two extra points which helps CD Tenerife.

Still leaders

In Leganes we managed a draw. It was not as good as we would have liked but certainly better than last season wher we had an abismal loss. Last season that was the game where I who am positive to the end began to wonder if we would make the play offs.
This was something else, the team looked solid. Leganes never really looked like they were going to score and without the penalty for me they didn't have a chance.
In the final minutes we were robbed of a penalty when the referee ignored a handball in the Leganes area. But this season our refereeing has been exceptionally bad. So much so the club president is talking about complaining to the school of referees.
We had a great trip, although we were not treated very well in the stadium. The fans were overcharged on the gate. The sector we were in should have been 10€ and finally we were charged 17€ when fans tried to complain club officials and police ignored them. A flag with 7 green stars was removed and the owner was told leave it behind or go home.
Still we had a great day and a point.

Busy week

Almost a week in Santa Cruz has seen a win against Ourense and now the team travel on to Alcoy for the cup match on Wednesday.

CD Tenerife had their first trip off the island for a league match last weekend. They left Santa Cruz on a long trip. Their first port of call was Ourense where they played their league game with a win making them three out of three so far this season. Today they train in Galicia and instead of returning home as is standard for the blue and white players they travel across Spain for the cup game Wednesday night.
It is hard to say which is easier to stay four nights on the mainland or as CD Marino did two weeks ago travel to the mainland Wednesday stay one night come home and repeat the whole process  again on Saturday. Cup games on the Canary Isles are hard.

Yesterdays game the Blanquiazules always looked like theywere going to win though there were a few hairy minutes at the end. Perhaps these will serve the coach Alvaro Cervera. as a way to keep the team on their toes. The first goal was Lusmi Loro's, and it was outstanding. Worthy in fact of any of the great footballers.

CD Tenerife had control of the game except the last minutes when they relaxed their guard. New in the line up was Yeray instead of David Medina.



CD OURENSE 2 (0)
CD TENERIFE 3 (2)

PLAYERS:
CD OURENSE: Pato, Josu, Claudio, Campillo, Capi, Yebra, Pillado (Jona, 46’), Alex, Quintairos (Adil, 67’), Noguerol & Sanginés (Iván, 46’).

CD TENERIFE Sergio Aragoneses; Moyano, Raúl Llorente, Tarantino, Bruno; Íñigo Ros, Yeray (Abel, 80’), Chechu Flores (Suso, 53’), Cristo Martín (Víctor Bravo, 68’); Luismi Loro & Aridane.

REFEREE: José Ignacio Hernández Cifuentes,  from Castila Leon. Sent off local player Yebra (86’), with a second yellow card. Yellow cards for local players Capi y Alex; and for visitors Aridane, Yeray, Moyano, Chechu, Raúl Llorente, Loro & Suso.

GOALS: 0-1: (22’) Luismo Loro, from a free kick. 0-2: (32’) Aridane, from a cross ball. 1-2: (85’) Jona, with a header. 1-3: (89’) Víctor Bravo, with a short pass. 2-3: (93’) Claudio, from a penalty.

INCIDENTS Played in the O Couto stadium. With the grounds in average condition on a warm afternoon with approx 2000 spectators. CD Tenerife were in a complete white strip.