The team are on their way to Xerez via Sevilla but the week has been a struggle. From last Saturdays crushing loss against Celta de Vigo, Gonzalo Arconada's sacking on Monday after allowing him to train the team Monday morning, two days training with second team coach Alfredo Merino, to the trip of all eighteen available players today for tomorrows match.
Their last training session will be this afternoon at 5pm in the Instalaciones Deportivas Montecastillo. The players present are Luis García, Sergio Aragoneses, Marc Bertrán, Aitor Núñez, Carlos Bellvís, Pablo Sicilia, Gregory Beranger, Melli, Ezequiel Luna, Antonio Hidalgo, Ricardo León, Omar Ramos, Juanlu Hens, Mikel Alonso, Iriome, Nino, Natalio & Dani Kome.
When interviewed on Wednesday afternoon after training Alfredo Merino trainer of the CDT second team who haven't been beaten this season stated,he hoped the team would score their first points in the Chapin stadium.
“In principal we need to start this new stage with pride. It is a real honour to be the CD Tenerife coach. If we can score the three points then things will look different. With a change of trainer a group can be reactivated and here is no different. I see the players with a need to prove themselves”, he started.“I don't have a magic wand. I am worried about the players not only as players but as people. To tell you now about tactics seems surreal. The players seem happy and keen to play. Finally the players are the ones who are responsible on the field. We need to talk about us, our first rival is us. They need to get out there and show what great players they are. Everyone here believes in them. I want to see deeds not words”, Merino added.
“I am here in CD Tenerife to help where I can. Right now that is the first team and I hope we are going to score their first three points. I need to be realistic my work here could finish on Sunday or Monday or next week. But what I see is that I am here to help the club to the best of my abilities where they see fit.perhaps we have looked too much to the end of the season and not we need to centre on how we will get there week by week. The players are human and make mistakes too.”, the trainer explained.
“Logically there will be changes, to put out Saturday's team again wouldn't be right. The players need to fight for their places. We need to look for each players good points not the weakness of our oposition”, he finished.
What I see is a man with a difficult job, he needs to motivate 18 players who have seen no win since the season start. Players whose coach blamed them for playing badly even when it was not just their fault. A job that has no clear dates and could end at any moment. This job he also needs to share with the job of training the second team who are on a good run and it is to be hoped this can be maintained. I wish him the very best of luck and three points tomorrow night for all of us.
Marc Bertrán, CD Tenerife defender and captain, said on Thursday in an interview in the Heliodoro Rodríguez López stadium “For us the most important thing is to score points. We hope this change will reactivate the team. We want to play a good game, that things go well and achieve our first points. Which at this date in the competition is really important.”.
The blue and white club shop is now selling shirts for 5 and 10 euros until Saturday lunchtime. This sounds like the Luanvi outfits will be available from Monday onwards.
Before he left the island ex-trainer Gonzalo Arconada said some very negative things about one of his assistant coaches Toño. A man who has been with the team as a player and later over the last several years as assistant coach. He accused him of being a sneak and a title-tattle having said the day before he would not be the one to throw S**t. Not a elegant way to end your career here in Tenerife.
