Journey Day

The team set off today on their journey to Huesca. The trip started with a bus journey to the airport, a plane to Madrid, the train to Huesca and a bus to the hotel. There were gripes on some of the forums that the players were not training enough this week but I personally can't see how anyone could have expected them to train today.

Players who were called to make the trip were; Luis García, Marc Bertrán, Bellvís, Hidalgo, Nino, Ricardo, Omar, Natalio, Beranger, Sergio Aragoneses, David Prieto, Juanlu Hens, Melli, Luna, Julio Álvarez, Míkel Alonso, Iriome, Dani Mederos y Josmar Zambrano. Although Sergio Aragoneses has not trained in full this week it is hoped he will be fit to play tomorrow afternoon. 

When interviewed before the trip Mikel Alonso stated that, "it is clear that tomorrows game is very important. We need to show intensity and play as well as we are able. Nobody likes to be in the lower end of the table". He went on to explain that he was "here for the team and the trainer, at his orders. It is good that there is a choice of players to play". When asked about himself he stated "I am not happy about the events this season neither indivdually or for the team because of the position we are in. Here we are a team and we are all unhappy. Lets see if we can start to gain the points we need to move up the table" he finished.

Wednesday interview with Antonio Hidalgo & Julio Alvarez

Antonio Hidalgo & Julio Álvarez were in the press room this week in the El Mundialito grounds. Both were clear in the thought that the team needs to concentrate on the next game against Huesca.

“Things haven't worked out so far but we need to look forward”, said Antonio Hidalgo he then remembered that “On Sunday they took the three points easily. There is still time and possibility to fix everything. If each of us puts a little more effort then the team will show how much better they can be”.

The blue and white midfielder admitted that “We need to keep adding three points to recover the good feelings. The players are conscious of the situation and have nothing to hide. This is the reality”.

When asked about the next rival, Hidalgo stated that "Huesca has 4 points more than us. The field is small and they like direct football. We know they will be a difficult rival and we are going to try to cut the points difference". When he was asked about his situation he said that "I am not getting to play but everyone needs to keep training as hard as possible until a new opportunity arises”.

For his part, Julio Álvarez coincided when he discussed the last game: "We are really fed up after a loss that didn't make sense. We need to look forward, but no further than the game against Huesca. We are playing for three important points”.

The Venezuelan mid-fielder admitted that against Nastic "the 0-1 was hard and left us really damaged. This is a really hard time for the players but the group is sticking together. Neither excuses nor lamentations count here. We need to demonstrate what we can achieve with three points. If we do things right the final result will more than likely be positive”.

Usually lucky in Huesca.

In six of the seven visits the team has played in Huesca the team has come home with points. Only when C D Tenerife was in the third division did they lose in the Alcoraz stadium.

	CD Tenerife is visiting this Saturday one of its lucky stadiums. Only the first game played against Huesca in the third division resulted in a loss in the season 70-71 but that was in the San Jorge stadium. Since then they have achieved three wins and a further three draws.   The most recent game in the season 08-09 in the second division ended in a 0-0 draw in spite of many chances to score.  Iriome González who played on loan last season for Huesca commented yesterday that the stadium holds many good memories for him and that he was looking forward to visiting Huesca again. But he also stated that "We need to win and the Alcoraz is a difficult stadium. We will need to play full out to win there". When asked about Sunday's game he said "It was a tough game and we made an effort but things didn't work out. The first half was under control but everything changed with the Nastic goal. We are all conscious that this was a good chance to move up the table and we have lost that opportunity, now there is nothing left but to continue working hard". Pablo Sicilia also spoke of the next game in Huesca on Monday, he noted that "It will be complicated as it seems especially hard for us to add points away, but we need to do the right things in the game to be able to get a good result".