Marc speaks of the hopes of the team & Mandia is interviewed before this important game.

Marc Bertrán, as one of the captains of CD Tenerife is a voice more than authorised to speak for the team. The Catalan defender spoke today Friday and from his point of view he talked of the points that preoccupy the blue and white team.

Bertrán started talking about the match this weekend: “I have a real desire to play. Right now we are in a really complicated situation and I want to help the team to win the three points. We need to think, only and exclusively about the game in Ponferradina. We want to do everything as well as we can. It will be a hard game and the rival will as needy as us. There will be a good fight for the game”.
When asked about the work Mandia was doing he replied “he asks us to give everything we have and to help each other. I am completely convinced that we will b saved”.
When asked about the signing of Sebastián Dubarbier, Marc Bertran noted that, “We will welcome him with open arms. He is coming to help and will be very welcome. The squad is small and we have clear plans as to our objective. The more of us there are to achieve this the better”.
On the other hand the CDT first squad trained for over an hour this morning in the El Mundialito training grounds. Starting at 10 am This is the penultimate session before they travel to the mainland Saturday to play in Ponferrada. With the group was Josmar Zambrano, from CD Tenerife B. David Prieto & Ricardo León worked on one side away from the rest of the group. Luna didn't train but only worked out in the gym.

The last training session will be tomorrow Saturday From 10am but with closed doors. Then will give the list of players and then there will be interviews before the team departs for the Iberian peninsula.








Juan Carlos Mandía was also interviewed on Friday in the press room of the El Mundialito grounds. The Galician trainer spoke about the game on Sunday in Ponferrada and he spoke about it in the general context of the situation the club finds itself. For the club's chief trainer there is no doubt that from his point of view the squad is completely committed.
“This is not an easy situation but I have no doubt that this team will work their guts out and they will achieve our aims. There is no objective in Ponferrada except winning. The ideal situation would be to win against Ponferradina and then think about the derby with all the differences that sort of game brings” started explaining Mandía.
“The players are committed and that is everything. This is how I see it in their weekly training. Something else is if we talk about how accurate they have been” he added.
Mandía doesn't expect the team to give up the style of play they have been playing since he arrived in Santa Cruz: “To play the ball is something that is indispensable. They need to have the ball and when you lose it they need to make maximum effort to recover it”.
The coach also stated that the game in El Toralín is all that counts right now and there was no need to think further: “The only thought we need to have right now are about beating Ponferradina. The situation is difficult. We need to win to boost our confidence. We need to be brave. We have a lot in play and are very conscious of that. We need to know what we want to do to win and then do just that”.

A bout the signing of Sebastián Dubarbier, Mandía commented “he is a player in whom we have seen a desire to help the team. We need him to give us hope. What I have said he has a lot of need to play and he plays good football”.