Busy week

Almost a week in Santa Cruz has seen a win against Ourense and now the team travel on to Alcoy for the cup match on Wednesday.

CD Tenerife had their first trip off the island for a league match last weekend. They left Santa Cruz on a long trip. Their first port of call was Ourense where they played their league game with a win making them three out of three so far this season. Today they train in Galicia and instead of returning home as is standard for the blue and white players they travel across Spain for the cup game Wednesday night.
It is hard to say which is easier to stay four nights on the mainland or as CD Marino did two weeks ago travel to the mainland Wednesday stay one night come home and repeat the whole process  again on Saturday. Cup games on the Canary Isles are hard.

Yesterdays game the Blanquiazules always looked like theywere going to win though there were a few hairy minutes at the end. Perhaps these will serve the coach Alvaro Cervera. as a way to keep the team on their toes. The first goal was Lusmi Loro's, and it was outstanding. Worthy in fact of any of the great footballers.

CD Tenerife had control of the game except the last minutes when they relaxed their guard. New in the line up was Yeray instead of David Medina.



CD OURENSE 2 (0)
CD TENERIFE 3 (2)

PLAYERS:
CD OURENSE: Pato, Josu, Claudio, Campillo, Capi, Yebra, Pillado (Jona, 46’), Alex, Quintairos (Adil, 67’), Noguerol & Sanginés (Iván, 46’).

CD TENERIFE Sergio Aragoneses; Moyano, Raúl Llorente, Tarantino, Bruno; Íñigo Ros, Yeray (Abel, 80’), Chechu Flores (Suso, 53’), Cristo Martín (Víctor Bravo, 68’); Luismi Loro & Aridane.

REFEREE: José Ignacio Hernández Cifuentes,  from Castila Leon. Sent off local player Yebra (86’), with a second yellow card. Yellow cards for local players Capi y Alex; and for visitors Aridane, Yeray, Moyano, Chechu, Raúl Llorente, Loro & Suso.

GOALS: 0-1: (22’) Luismo Loro, from a free kick. 0-2: (32’) Aridane, from a cross ball. 1-2: (85’) Jona, with a header. 1-3: (89’) Víctor Bravo, with a short pass. 2-3: (93’) Claudio, from a penalty.

INCIDENTS Played in the O Couto stadium. With the grounds in average condition on a warm afternoon with approx 2000 spectators. CD Tenerife were in a complete white strip.

3 + 3 is first

I could get to like this. You know I like Mondays when we win well today not only did we win but we are in play off positions. There was a moment after the game when we were leaders alone but then the other teams played, Marino de Luanco and Oviedo also won and therefore are on the same points.
I liked the way the team played. There is enthusiasm and desire on the field. they want to win and have a plan as to how this can be achieved. We have a coach with clear ideas and this comes over when they take to the field. The defense looks better then it has for years and I think we are in for a good season. Interestingly the coach has a long term plan here as he commented last week he wants to take the tram back to the first division.

Game notes 


CD TENERIFE  2 (2)
RAYO VALLECANO B 0 (0)

CD TENERIFE
Sergio Aragoneses; Moyano, Raúl Llorente, Tarantino, Bruno; Íñigo Ros, David Medina (Yeray, 58’), Chechu Flores, Cristo Martín (Abel, 78’); Luismi Loro (Suso, 62’) & Aridane.

RAYO VALLECANO B
Ismael, Roberto, Nacho, José Manuel (Nanclares, 75’), Gabri, Cuerva (Ripa, 29’), Manquillo (Juanito, 56’), Álvaro, Mesa, Dani & Jorge.

REFEREE
Abraham Domínguez Cervantes (Andalucia). Yellow crd for local player Luismi Loro; and for visitors Nacho, José Manuel & Ripa.

GOALS
1-0: (15’) Aridane, on the line. 2-0: (19’) Luis Loro, from a pass by Aridane Santana.

INCIDENTS
Played in the Heliodoro Rodríguez López. The ground was in good condition and it was a sunny warm morning with 6,399 spectators. One minutes silence was held for all shareholdres, season ticket holders and fans who died in the lat year. In the stand was Javier Hernández Olympic sailing athlete.

Win first time out

Although the Marino players and management thought they could win this game when th league started CD Tenerife came out with all guns firing to show what they are made of.
The teams came out on the field and there was a presentation for Sergio Rodriguez who just returned home from the Olympics with a silver medal.for basketball.
The teams then took to the field. Within the first 30 seconds Aridane headed the ball into the goal and the blue and white players moved ahead. From then they controlled the game, Cristo Martin had another header then the local team had a shot which Sergio Aragoneses saved.
In the second half as the minutes ticked by the heat increased and the game got harder. Crsito Martin had another shot at goal, Alberto knocked the ball out and CDT took a corner. Luismi kicked the ball for a direct shot and the ball reached Ros and he passed it to Aridane and there we were second goal.
Although Marino tried to shoot there was never a moment that they looked likely to score.
The game finished and CD Tenerife headed back to Sante Cruz with three points.

Game Notes:

CD MARINO TENERIFE SUR 0 (0)
CD TENERIFE 2 (1)

CD MARINO TENERIFE SUR: Alberto; Aarón Darias, Guayo (Barcos, 62’), Muny, Noda; Rayco, Peraza (Adán, 70’), Maykel, Javi Marchena; Noah (Airam García, 70’) & Balduino.

CD TENERIFE:  Aragoneses; Moyano, Raúl Llorente, Tarantino (Yeray, 75’), Bruno; Íñigo Ros, David Medina (Abel, 70’), Chechu (Suso, 85’), Cristo Martín; Loro & Aridane.

REFEREE: Víctor Manuel Sánchez Rico, from Catalunya.Yello cards for local cards Maykel & Guayo ; and for visitors Moyano, David Medina, Abel & Suso.

GOALS 0-1: (1’) Aridane, with a header. 0-2: (66’) Aridane, with a low shot.

INCIDENTS played in the Antonio Domínguez stadium in Playa de Las Américas. The groound was in average condition. On a warm morning with 2,500 spectators. CD Tenerife were wearing a shirt with #TFseMueve in support of the transport movement for the island. CD Marino were wearing a shirt for La Gomera in support for the fires they had this summer

It took 178 minutes and a questionable penalty

It took 178 minutes and a questionable penalty for UDLP to move into the lead. Not something I wpuld particularly want to shout about if I was a Las Palmas fan.
There were a selection of yellow cards on both sides culminating in David Medina being send off after the goal was scored by Las Palmas.
Tomorrow is the Trofeo Teide in La Orotava which will be interesting to see as Marino are at out level.


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Luismi is staying

Several of the players who came from the Spanish mainland last season came with a high wage bill, especially those who came at Xmas. The club knew if the team didn't go back to the second division these wages would need to be renegotiated. Slowly this is happening and yesterday it was confirmed that Luismi Loro will be staying two years but at lower wages.

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My understanding is they are still in negotiation with several others but I am sure that will unfold over the next couple of weeks

Monday morning

As many of you know we not only have the shop in Playa Fañabe but also run the shop owned by the club in the Callejón del Combate.

This leads to seeing many players come and go. Something I really like, it also feeds my need to travel with the team away as I see them so often. Not sure if that's good or not.
This morning Omar Ramos was about which I think will mean there is an announcement about where he is going. There are rumours he will sign for Huesca who will then loan him to Valladolid. The reason for this is Valladolid are in controlled bankruptcy and struggle to sign anyone. Rumour also says the club will maintain the possibility to earn a percentage on any future signing the player may have.
This can be a great help, if you look at Malaga, the will need to pay 10% to Las Palmas on the money they receive from Rubin Kazan for Roldon or even the money CDT received for Dos Santos when he went to play in Portugal.
Training this week is in the Mundialito Wednesday they play Granadilla and Saturday after training in the Heliodoro the team fly to Las Palmas to play the second round of the Copa Canarias Mahou.

First real test for CDT

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In a game without goals, CD Tenerife managed to hold their own against second division UD Las Palmas. The blue and white team are still expecting the arrival of more players includning a forward which should help them score when the league starts.

Game Notes

CD TENERIFE       0 (0)
UD LAS PALMAS 0 (0)

CD TENERIFE: Sergio Aragoneses; Moyano, Tarantino, Amado, Raúl Llorente; Suso, Íñigo Ros, Cristo Martín, Yeray, Ayoze Pérez; & Aridane. Also played Bruno, David Medina, Jeremy, Chechu, Luismi Loro, Germán, Abel & Nico.

UD LAS PALMAS: Barbosa; Pignol, David García, Murillo, Corrales; Vicente Gómez, Deivid, David González, Vitolo; Nauzet Alemán & Chrisantus. Also played Momo, Javi Guerrero, Dani Castellano, Francis Suárez & Juanpe.

REFEREE: Ariel Jorge González Sicilia, from the Tenerife federation. Yellow card for local player Moyano; and for visitors Vitolo & Barbosa.

GOALS: None.

INCIDENCIAS: Played in the Heliodoro Rodríguez López. With the ground in perfect condition. 2.382 spectators on a warm evening. This was the first game in the Copa Mahou Canarias. The referee, Ariel Jorge González Sicilia, was substituted in minute 89 by the forth referee, Alain Hernández Ramos, also in the Tenerife federation, due to muscle strain.


The next game is on Tuesday in Granadilla at 8pm.