Tenerife draw away again and Lugo's coach has sour grapes

Slowly and surely went the Turtle and the Hare ran too fast. Lets see if this is hopw the race to the end of two B works out for Tenerife. A draw away in Lugo was a good result marred only by Castilla's win against Athletico B.
The team started well yesterday and the promise which seems to hold was showing. Kitoko was in central defense which is not his natural position but he worked hard and was well paired with Ayoze. The team fought hard and looked competitive, showing that they are on the right path. Perona nearly scored after a play by Chechu and Zazo. Then Lugo scored and they seemed to grow and had several good chances but the blue and white players fought back finalising just before half time in a play by Victor Bravo with a pass to Perona which he put into the goal.
In the second half Lugo came out strong and controlled the ball but CD Tenerife aslo had chances including one from Kiko Raton after he came on the field. The island team were on a level with the team which up to last round had been leaders.
The game could have been a play off match and showed that CD Tenerife is on the right track.

Game notes

CD LUGO               1 (1)

CD TENERIFE        1 (1)

CD LUGO
Diego Rivas; Aitor, Rubén García (Iván, 80’), Garrido, Manu; Luismi, Pita, Claudio Monti, Belfortti; Ismael (Berodia, 80’) & Belencoso.

CD TENERIFE
Sergio Aragoneses; Cristóbal, Jonay, Medina, Ayoze; Zazo (Tarantino, 58’), Marcos Rodríguez, Chechu (Kiko Ratón, 70’), Víctor Bravo (Nico, 84’); Ferrán Tacón & Perona.

REFEREE
Germán Cid Camacho, from Castilla Leon. A Yellow card for local players Berodia & Garrido; and for visitors Ayoze, Perona, Bravo, Marcos Rodríguez & Tacón.

GOALS
1-0: (23’) Belencoso, with a header. 1-1: (40’) Perona,with a pass by Victor Bravo.

INCIDENTS
Played in the Anxo Carro stadium. The ground was in average condition, on a cold damp morning with 2,500 spectators of which approx 150 were from CD Tenerife.

 Calderon commented that he was pleased with the way the game had been played. The Lugo coach in a fit of sour grapes could only comment that one team went out to play and the other to stop the game. Perhaps no one had told him all is fair in love and war and certainly for the blue and white team this and every game is a battle to go back to professional football.

The next match is at home against Atl Madrid B on Sunday at 12.00

Win against Rayo Vallecano B

They say another day another dollar but here it is another game another win, for home games at least. Rayo B are probably the best team we have seen here in Tenerife this season. They fought hard but never really looked like they were going to score. I felt sorry for Luna as on the pitch it really didn't look like a penalty but having seen the replay I can't see how we can fight this with the federation. So he won't be playing next weekend. We are away to San Sebastian de los Reyes, they are a local team on the outskirts of Madrid. I wish I could make it but as we are going to Toledo I really can't justify going. There will be a good crowd as the university students are close enough to reach there and they don't need to walk miles when they reach the other end as they did for the RM Castilla game. There were just over 9,00 people in the stadium but even so there was a good atmosphere with the two main fan group singing to each other. The Frente Blanquiazul had a great display for the Canarian flag day with small papers which were the right colours across their area so this formed the flag.

  Game notes



CD TENERIFE  3 (1)

RAYO VALLECANO B 1 (0)

CD TENERIFE
Sergio Aragoneses; Cristóbal, Tarantino (Jonay, 55’), Medina, Luna; Zazo, Kitoko, Chechu (Bravo, 55’), Ferrán Tacón; Perona & Kiko Ratón (Marcos, 61’).

RAYO VALLECANO B
Ismael; Aitor (Owusu, 84’), Villarejo, Alcañiz, Guadaño; Diego, Alberto, Sáez (Mata, 61’) Nono; Rayco & Dani (Álvaro Martín, 80’).

REFEREE

Carlos López, from Castilla-La Mancha. Sent off local player Luna (59’), with a direct red card; and visiting coach, Jimeno. Yellow cards for local players Cristóbal, Medina & Calderón; and visitors Aitor Núñez, Guadaño, Sáez, Diego & Mata.

GOALS
1-0: (26’) Perona, from a penalty. 2-0: (58’) Bravo,taking advantage of the ball. 2-1: (60’) Rayco, from a penalty. 3-1: (82’) Víctor Bravo, from a pass by Ferrán Tacón.

INCIDENTS
Played in the Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez with the grounds in good condition on a warm morning with 9.343 spectators.  One minutes silence was kept in memory of Andrés Gómez “Cuco”, ex-keeper for CD Tenerife.

3-0 win against Vecindario

This was the game every fan wants to start the season. A 3-0 clear win, with goals from three different players. After the trials of last year this was a fresh start. The sun shone, the team had managed to organise an afternoon game and as the players came out onto the field there was a feeling that something special was going to happen.
In the first half Vecindario defended well, not letting Tenerife reach the goal. But after the break the black and green team seemed to relax and two goals in six minutes were the result. Victor Bravo was the first goal scorer with a pass from Perona. The ex Oviedo player then shot the second goal giving the team a bread advantage. The third goal came 30 minutes later with a pass by Ferran Tacon to Nico who has not long been substituted onto the field.. The players celebrated each goal together and seemed content as a group. Vecindario played well but they weren't at CD Tenerife's level.
Coach Calderon stated after the game that “although the game was hard the players controlled the ball”, he rated the game as good but more than that he commented he was pleased how the squad were with each other.
The players interviewed after the game were Victor Bravo and Abel. Victor was please the crown had enjoyed the game and hoped that he “scored more goals”. Abel who played fro the fist time in the Heliodoro said “This was a good result for a game that is like a derby”.
The team is training today Monday, and is off tomorrow. CD Tenerife are third in the table with La Roda and Lugo ahead of them on goal difference.

Game Notes

CD TENERIFE 3 (0)
UD VECINDARIO 0 (0)
CD TENERIFE
Sergio Aragones; Cristóbal, David Medina, Tarantino, Jonay; Marcos Rodríguez, Abel (Álvaro Zazo, 63’); Ferrán Tacón, Perona, Víctor Bravo (Nico, 60’); & Kiko Ratón (Germán, 82’).
UD VECINDARIO
Santi Hidalgo; David Simón, Badayco, Edu, Fran; Michel (Moisés, 60’), Rubén Coméndez, Yeray López (Derek, 70’), Rubén Quesada; Óscar (Roberto Sánchez, 73’); & Ruymán.
REFEREE
David Jiménez Moreno, from Castilla-La Mancha. Yellow card for visitor Yeary López.
GOALS
1-0: (47’) Víctor Bravo, from a pass by Perona. 2-0: (51’) Perona, with a shot at goal. 3-0: (81’) Nico, knocked gently into the goal.
INCIDENTS
Played in the Heliodoro Rodríguez López. The grass was in good condition. On a warm and sunny afternoon. With 8.206 spectators. Santi Hidalgo wore the 13, which is Yan Luis shirt , as the first kit was the same as Sergio Aragoneses.