Tapia was with the press on Friday morning in the El Mundialito training grounds after the morning training session. The press conference was offered before the home game against Girona FC, the first game of the second half of the Liga Adelante.
CD Tenerife comes to this match with three missing in defence. Melli, Luna & Beranger will miss the game for accumulation of yellow cards. Although this doesn't seem to be a problem for Tapia: “It is an opportunity to see some of the players who were not on the pitch the other night. We need to take a positive lesson. Here all the players are important and I hope they all do well”.
The man in charge of the Tenerife team knows the “medicine” for CD Tenerife's illness: “We need to believe in what we are doing. Against Granada they tried. We are going to keep on working on all aspects of the game especially those things that didn't turn out quite right on Wednesday”.
“All of this group has demonstrated in stages of their football careers that they can do more. We are working to improve the level of their game and the results”, he added.
Tapia pointed out that there needs to be a point that makes the change possible for CD Tenerife: “We are in a complicated situation, but we are convinced that if we do things right and with the help of the fans, we can move forward”.
Antonio Tapia is convinced that CD Tenerife has the strength to leave these problems behind “The team can count on some great players and they are professionals. I came to give them a hand so they can recover the best version of themselves”.
When asked about Sunday's rival Tapia responded that “Girona's style is to play the ball. They play good football and have well known players at this level”.
In relation to possible signings, Tapia only commented that, “I have talked several times with the sports director and any questions you have about this matter should go to him, to Juanjo Lorenzo. The decisions taken will be agreed by all”.
The first CD Tenerife squad trained Friday morning in their penultimate session of the week.
At 10 am they were on the grass and trained for 60 minutes, after a talk by the technical team.
Marc Bertrán y Sergio Aragoneses worked separately from the group. Mikel Alonso completed the session and did extra work with the readaptator. Also present from CD Tenerife B were Josmar Zambrano, Dani Mederos & Moreno.
Tomorrow at 10am, in the Heliodoro, with the door shut will be the last training session. After there will be interviews with two of the players.
At the end of training practise on Friday, Marc Betrán was the player to be interviewed. The captain spoke to start with about his injury, “I hope to be able to play in the game on Sunday and in this way help the team. We will see how it goes. In the first half of the Granada game I had problems, but I managed to keep going. By the end, as a precaution, it was better I was changed off”.
The Catalonian understood that the group had shown a different style on Wednesday. “We received a goal and fought back. We need some time to accustom us to the new coach. Although so far everything has been positive”.
For Bertrán, the lesson from the present situation is clear: “We could have won the last three games. At times we were ahead on the score board. We are near to start to win again. I am convinced that things will come right. For the situation we find ourselves we need to win. And against Girona we have a game that is fundamental. Our rival is in a safe position in the table and if we do things right we will achieve the three points”.
“We need to take the first step of many. We are obliged to win”, he finished.
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