Carnival queen

What has this got to do with football you ask yourselves.
The Carnival queen competition was last night and the lovely Alicia San Juan was judged to be the winner. Judged by whom you ask?
By our own Pablo Sicilia amongst others.



Not only is she now queen but she will also make the kick off for Monday nights game against Mallorca.

Island Dream or Island Horror

Island Dream or Island Horror yesterday it depended which Island you came from. Mallorca had a wonderful time with a 4-0 win and Tenerife came away battered with 2 sent off and a dire loss.
Supporting a team will always bring days like yesterday when you want to go away and cry but tomorrow is another day and Wednesday's game will hopefully bring better results.

Video from Zonablanquiazul in Spanish but you can see their highlights

In his blog Colin Kirby said Defence? it’s a swear word to CD Tenerife. There is no doubt our defence needs to concentrate more and passes need to be more accurate. The game was not all bad and the second part of the first half showed some great play. There were chances from

In his interview Jose Luis Oltra bluntly said "This was a game where we were not comfortable on the field a goal was scored against us and then we had some good chances. At the start of the second half we went back out to try to play up then the next 2 goals came and we tried to row against the current. The team wasn't very accurate today. You can always find good points" he continued " This is the first division and we need to be aware of the quality of play at this level. We have had 2 good games but today wasn't like that. I didn't like the way the team started, but we reacted well to Mallorca's goal. There were 20 good minutes with chances to score. In the second half the 2 other goals really killed us and then we were 10 men and at the end we were 9

When asked about the absence of Luna and Marc Bertran for the game against Atletic de Bilbao he commented that the squad is good and there are various players who can cover these positions. He would not make a comment about the referee when asked. His final statement was that "he tries not to be affected by euphoria or pessimism. We need to correct our errors and we need to work hard."

Interview with the team members included:

Ricardo who said "it hurts to lose, the first goal affected us a lot and I think Sergio (Aragoneses) was fouled. In the second half they were clearly better and we were lucky they didn't score more then the 4 goals".

Marc said "This was a lousy result we need to try to forget it and move on to the next game" He also said he hoped the club would lodge a complaint against his red card.

Manolo said " This wasn't so good. we have good and bad points but Mallorca had a good game plan and without too much effort they beat us easily. we need to think about the game about Bilbao. We need to continue to work hard. The little details have a way of costing teams a game".

Luna was sure that the first card wasn't a yellow card he said he went for the ball clearly with no intention to foul and the second he stated that maybe he touched the Mallorca player but if so it was an accident.

Notes from the game


REAL MALLORCA 4 (1)
CD TENERIFE 0 (0)

REAL MALLORCA
Aouate; Josemi, Ramis, Nunes, Ayoze; Julio Álvarez, Mario Suárez, Borja Valero, Tuni (Martí, 83’); Víctor Casadesús (Pezzolano, 57’) & Aduriz (Webó, 77’).

CD TENERIFE
Aragoneses; Bertrán, Luna, Manolo Martínez, Bellvis (Ayoze, 61’); Ricardo, Román Martínez (Dinei, 54’); Alfaro, Kome (Ángel, 70’); Richi; & Nino.

Referee
Rubinos Pérez, from Madrid. Sent off Luna, from Tenerife, fro double yellow (74’) & Marc Bertrán with a direct red card (86’). Yellow cards for Aragoneses, Dinei y Borja Valero.

GOalS
1-0: (17’) Mario, took advantage of a defensive error. 2-0: (51’) Aduriz, from a cross ball. 3-0: (59’) Julio Álvarez from an indecisive moment of the Tenerife players. 4-0: (87’) Webó, penalty shot.


The game was played in the Ono Estadi. The grass was in average condition, slightly hard going due to the heavy rain of the previous days. A sunny afternoon with 10,000 spectators.

Mallorca V. CD Tenerife

The game this afternoon is at 5pm Canarian(UK) time. It is being shown on Pay Per View on Canal Plus which we are lucky enough to have at home and although I am not sure what they are charging I am going to watch it anyway. The Armada Sur fans are going together to watch it in Suters Bar, Parque de La Reina, Tenerife.

The Club is looking for their first away points in the Ono Stadium. They are sure that the great form they have been showing until now will stand them in great stead for gaining the 3 points available in this afternoon's game.
In an interview yesterday afternoon in Los Rodeos airport Ezequiel Luna stated "we are very excited we have worked hard all week to correct the mistakes we made in Sunday's game We will be concentrating hard for the 90 minutes of tomorrows game so we won't be making any more mistakes. In this category if you make a mistake it can cost you a goal and you lose the game."
Richie said Mallorca is a good rival, they have great players and are not going to be easy to beat, we are going to the match with our game plan and expect to play well and gain a good result. We know it has been raining a lot in Mallorca but the ground condition will be the same for both teams.
Jose Luis Oltra in his interview announced “You need to keep both feet on the ground. We aren't inferior to any team, but we are not superior either. Mallorca has 2 good results so far, but we are confident the team can show their good side.”
Miguel Concepción will be at the Mallorca v. CD Tenerife game. This is the second away game the president has managed to attend.
The team will be staying at the Hotel Tryp Bellver, in Palma de Mallorca the Capital.

Dani Kome who played for Mallorca commented that "we are going with the aim to gain 3 points. We are a humble team but we are keen to show our skills and we will continue to follow the trainers instructions." He has been injured this week but stated that is the Mister called for him to play he would be enchanted to play against Mallorca
He finished his interview saying that although he didn't play many games for Mallorca during the 2006/07 season he had enjoyed his time there and was looking forward to going back to show how well he can play.