13/05/2010

On tenterhooks

I am sure the first thing you do in the morning is not supposed to be check the AENA flight website. This was my first action today and I expect it will be tomorrow. I need to get to Valencia. If I do my part and am there to support the side. I am sure the team will do theirs and play the best they can.
Other subjects of conversation can be heard on the Island this week but eventually the subject comes back to whether the listener thinks CD Tenerife can save themselves. It will not be easy but after watching them against Barcelona 11 days ago I am sure they can.
The players train again tomorrow morning and then trainer Jose Luis Oltra will announce the players who will be playing. The team then departs for Valencia on a direct flight from the south at 16.10

The Frente Blanquiazul the animation sector of the fans have called for the island to be covered in blue and white for the game. That all buildings, balconies, plazas etc. should be covered in flags, shirts, with cloth and ribbons. This way the islanders can support the team


The two players interviewed today were Pablo sicilia and Ricardo Leon .
Ricardo started commenting on the 1000 plus fans who were going to Valencia on Sunday to support them in Mestalla, "You have to thanks the fans. There is a whole island behind the team. An island who feels the colours and  who we should make happy at the end of this final day." He continued, "We are preparing for a game that is to us very important. It will be a final against a great rival," added the midfielder. "We need to think how to work hard in our intent to beat Valencia. Our intensity will need to be the maximum possible. Most importantly we need to forget everything that is not this game. We need to go out to win, knowing that we play for everything."
He finished, "We need this victory to stay in the first division. We will do our part and not watch the other teams. We need to be calm and up to the game day train as hard as we can."

For his part, Pablo Sicilia started explaining that "the game on Sunday is a final and we need to win what ever happens elsewhere. We know that the fans want to see the team spend another year in Primera. Valencia will try for the three points. No player will go out onto the field thinking about their holidays or something like that. If we manage to save ourselves, I am convinced it will be because we played well enough to deserve it.”
He added, "We will go out and give our all, with a great attitude. Everyone benefits from being in the BBVA League and we need to achieve this for the club, the fans and the team."

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