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”.
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”.
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