Aragoneses talks

Interviewed today in the El Mundalito training grounds were Sergio Aragoneses and Pablo Sicilia. Here is what they had to say.

Sergio Aragoneses was the first to talk about the upcoming league game on Sunday against Alcorcón. The goal keeper from Galicia commented that, “we need the three points. In last Saturdays game we were solid in defence but defensive could describe the whole team. Up front we need to find the opposition’s goal”.

 

Aragoneses admitted that within the group, “we need to help each other to get things going and move forward. This moment is not positive and that shows in our performance. If everyone just improved a bit then I am sure that we would start to play well”.

 

When asked about his fitness level the keeper explained that “ I have tried to recuperate as fast as possible to be able to play for the trainer. I need to take care and not move badly but I am almost totally recovered.

 

For his part Pablo Sicilia followed the same line as Sergio in the press room, “we are aware that the situation is hard and a victory would help us all. With the help of our fans I am sure we will win. That said any rival in the second division can be dangerous and Alcorcón has potential, but we are going to do our best to achieve this triumph”.

 

Now he has overcome his injury the player from Gran Canaria admitted that”when you don't play you feel really bad. Personally I feel better and better, I have a good feeling about things right now and now we will see. We are the first to have confidence in our ability and our chances. We believe in ourselves and are going to make chances now”.

 

Lastly when he was questioned about the training team he answered”I like how we train each day. There us intensity and the coach is always very attentive of the players”.

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.

This seasons captains

The club has announced that this season the captains will be Marc Bertrán, Sergio Aragoneses, Nino, Pablo Sicilia & Luis García.
There are two weeks left to renew season tickets. They can be renewed until the first home game against UD Salamanca on either the 4th or 5th of September. There have been 1000 new season tickets taken up and no more will be sold until the club sees how many season tickets are not renewed. The club announced on Sunday that 9,400 season tickets had been sold until then.

Club president Miguel Concepción commented on Canarias Radio that, " we are excited for the new project that we have put into action. It will help us overcome the bad feelings going down last season left us with". He sated that he was excited for the new season to start and was plaeased with the way the league is now set out. That not only do the clubs have a cahnce to go straight up if they are first or second but also that is they finish between third and sixth they can play in the playoff to have a chance to go up. 

Pablo Sicila expected to recover quickly.

The health of Pablo Sicilia was a concern last Sunday after he was injured in the Teide Trofeo against Real Zaragoza. Both teams played well but part of the battle was the constant kicking that took place of both sides. For a friendly there was more then a fair share of violence. It didn't look good when Pablo was taken off after an injury an a tackle with Braulio. It would now seem after two days in which the players injuries have been looked at that it is not too bad. He is sure the injury "isn't too bad" and hopes today to "feel better." He folowed this by saying "The truth is I was in a lot of pain after the gameand the area still hurts although I am recovering. For a preseason game there were a lot of fouls. There was more kicking than usual and things were a little out of hand but it was us as well as the Zaragora players. Any way what counts is we played well andit seems we will all recover quickly form our injuries," he stated reminding that the team can feel lucky that none of the players are badly hurt. "I liked the way the team played against a team from a higher division for the whole 90 minutes,"he commented. "Of all the times I have played the Teide Trophy this was the game with the biggest audience" he stated. When asked about the fans he replied "It shows how much the team means to the island, it is special and the fans are enthuastic." I was actually on the touch line when he came off the field and although he was in pain he took the time to shke hands whith many fans. This is one of hte many reasons he is a very popular palyer with the fans. Pable finished by saying how pleased he was with his position in the group, "I am happy to have been chosen to play as it was a great game but the Mister(trainer) still has time to make changes."
Others injured during the game were Omar and Sergio Aragoneses who the team obviously thought had broken something as he had an emergency x-ray and a magnetic scan yesterday. Both were clean and he is recovering.
Pablo and Omar both went with the squad to Alicante so the medical team must think they will be fine soon.

The president has stated that he hopes to anounce the arrival of the second new central defender this week.

Training starts 12 - 18 July 2010

Agenda for the  week 12 - 18  July 2010

Day	Time	Place	Activity
Monday	Morning	Clínica Parque	Medical
Tuesday	Morning	Clínica Parque	Medical
Wednesday	Morning	Clínica Parque	Medical
Thursday	10:00	El Mundialito	Training
Thursday	18:00	El Mundialito	Training
Friday	10:00	El Mundialito	Training
Friday	18:00	El Mundialito	Training
Saturday	10:00	El Mundialito	Training
Sunday	17:00	Los Rodeos	Trip to La Palma (Islas)
Sunday	Afternoon	Hotel La Palma Romántica	Concentration

Friday morning I managed to get away form the south and take a trip up to the Mundialito. The players were all working hard with the ball and circuit training. Hidalgo hadn't trained with the group yesterday but today he was out with them.
The photos I have were taken during the circuit training from behind the fence.


Marc Bertran

Sergio Aragoneses

Pablo, Bellvis and some of the second team.

Mikel Alonso

And a video from the first 15 minutes