Thursday round up

Tickets will go on sale for the CD Tenerife v Rayo Vallecano B game from Saturday the 22nd of October from 10am to 1pm. and on Sunday from 10 am until the start of the game at 12.00. The team trained Wednesday and all were fit except Ruben Rosquete, Pablo Sicilia and Jesus Alvarez. Also present from the second team were Dani Mederos and Roberto. Thursday training was in the Heliodoro and the additional players were Alberto, Jairo & Sandro from the B team. Pablo Sicilia, Jesús Álvaro and Rubén Rosquete trained separately again. Pablo is now beginning to train with a ball. This week players interviewed included Marcos Rodríguez who was asked about the distance achieved by rival teams. He replied, “The competition has just started and although some teams have had positive results we need to stay calm and think about our games”. Richie Kitoko talked about how he was looking forward to “Sunday” to compete against Rayo Vallecano B: “Like all my colleagues, we want the game to come so we can correct our mistakes”. Ferran Tacon commented that the squad “want to make the point we won in La Roda count by winning at home”. He continued, “we want to make the fans happy. Rayo Vallecano B will make things difficult for us but we need to control the game and play the way we want to. I think the game will be open, with both teams trying to control the ball”. Christobal Juncal spoke of the match too, “Playing at home, where we are strong means we can win the three points. We are all aware that we can't let these points go. We are fed up with only gaining one point in the last 2 games. But the world didn't end with those games and we need to play from match to match. Just thinking about the next game. We need to go out and try hard against Rayo Vallecano B and see if we can make the results work for us”. Aitor Nuñez who really didn't play for CD Tenerife in the two years he was with the club is now playing for Rayo B and talked on the radio this week about how he now feels he should have put himself forward more. Especially last year when the results were so awful.

Round up

Héctor Sánchez played his first game in the first Spanish division, against Sporting de Gijón. He said" I lived the sort of debut everyone dreams of in the first division. I couldn't ask for more especailly as we won. I felt proud of the support from the fans. I played well on the field and was really concentrated not to make any mistakes. It is true I neede to ask for the change in that moment I thought more of the team than of myself".

Reservations for tickets for the game this Sunday against Getafe away must be with the club by 2pm this afternoon. The tickets can then be picked up on Friday morning.

The club has reminded us this is the best placing we have had in the first division since Heynckes was trainer here in 96/97. Their information was quoted from here.

In Getafe, Pablo Sicilia played his debut in the first division for Athletico de Madrid on the 19th of February 2006.. When asked about it he said," I hope to be able to celebrate on Sunday a win for Tenerife. Football isn't easy and playing in the first division is very complicated. Sometimes your career takes straight lines and somtimes you need to bend and weave to get where you want to be. The important thing is to fulfill your dreams".

In 2000 Tenerife won against Getafe 0-5 the best result the have ever had in the first division. Gavilán will play the first time against CD Tenerife since he left the team after his time here on the island in 2004-05 when he played here ceded by Valencia.

President Miguel Concepción says

In the last couple of days the President of Club Deportivo Tenerife has talked about in the medium to long term building a 40,000 seater stadium. This would be built in conjunction with the Canarian Government in the area between La Laguna and Santa Cruz. This was talked about yesterday when the 15,000th season ticket was bought. Jorge Perera Castro was the Tenerife fan who registered for this season ticket and he was gifted one of the going up remembrance shirts with his name on it.
There has also been stated that the club will keep communication with the Spanish football federation that home games are not played at 4pm on Sundays due to the excessive heat. although negotiations failed for Sunday the 13th of September in the game against Osasuna the club will continue to fight for the players and the fans.
The refurbishment will not be finished by the start of the season and the VIP stand is expected to be finished by the winter break. The Offices under the Popular stand should be finished by the end of the season and this will allow the club to move their administration to the Stadium grounds.
Tickets went of sale this morning from 10am in the Stadium and in the registered sale points in Puerto de La Cruz and Playa de las Americas. Tickets are expected to sell out before the game starts.
The club president also stated that he expects the club to stay in the first division this year. He expects the support for the fans to help the players maintain the high level of play they had last year.