UD Sanse v CD Tenerife 0-0

I have seen fields with cattle on them in better condition that the pitch in San Sebastian de los Reyes at the end of the match yesterday. I am not sure what the difficulty is with the pitch but it needs work. Maybe this is a plan to manage to win their home games as if you are not used to a pitch like that you would struggle to play there. That said we didn't have many chances, an early shot at goal by Zazo was the best chance we had. Although Kiko tried everything nothing seemed to turn out right and finally not long before the end of the game Antonio Calderon, the blue and white coach took him off exhausted. Sergio Aragoneses again had a great save and with the exception of the penalty has not received a goal for 3 games.

GAME NOTES 


UD SAN SEBASTIÁN DE LOS REYES:  0 (0)
CD TENERIFE:                                          0 (0)

UD SAN SEBASTIÁN DE LOS REYES: Miguel Ángel; Edu Ruiz, Castañera, Martín Vaquero, Iñaki; Biendi (Jairo, 92’), Vázquez, Héctor, José Luis; Portilla (Duque, 74’) & Felipe Cortés (Moreno, 87’).

CD TENERIFE: Sergio Aragoneses; Cristóbal, Tarantino, Medina, Ayoze; Zazo, Kitoko, Chechu (Marcos, 84’), Ferrán Tacón; Perona (Víctor Bravo, 69’) & Kiko Ratón (Nico, 77’).

REFEREE: Sales Montero, from Cataluyna. Yellow card for local players Héctor, Castañera, Vázquez & Miguel Ángel; and for visitors David Medina, Kiko Ratón & Ferrán Tacón.

GOALS: None.

INCIDENTS: Played in the Nuevo Matapiñonera. With grounds in terrible condition. On a warm sunny morning, with approx. 1000 spectators of which about 150 were CD Tenerife supporters, many of whom were from the fan group, Frente Blanquiazul. Present in the stadium was CD Tenerife president, Miguel Concepción.

Agenda for the week 31st October - 06 Noviember 2011

Agenda for the week 31st October - 06 Noviember  2011

 

 

DAY	TIME	PLACE	ACTIVITY
Monday	10.30	El Mundialito	Training
Tuesday	-	-	Rest day
Wednesday	10.30	El Mundialito	Training
Thursday	10.30	Heliodoro	Training
Friday	10.30	El Mundialito	Training
Friday	-	El Mundialito	Press conference - Antonio Calderón
Saturday	10.30	Heliodoro	Training
Sunday	12.00	Heliodoro	CD Tenerife-CD Leganés

Agenda for the week 24 - 30 October 2011

Agenda for the week 24 - 30 October  2011

DAY	TIME	PLACE	ACTIVITY
Monday	10.30	El Mundialito	Training
Tuesday	-	-	Day off
Wednesday	10.30	El Mundialito	Training
Thursday	10.30	El Mundialito	Training
Friday	10.30	El Mundialito	Training
Friday	-	El Mundialito	Press conference Antonio Calderón
Saturday	10.30	Heliodoro	Training
Saturday	-	Heliodoro	List of players
Saturday	15.00	Los Rodeos	Tenerife Norte-Madrid (UX)
Sunday	11.00	Nuevo Matapiñonera	UD San Sebastián de los Reyes-CD Tenerife
Sunday	19.35	Barajas	Madrid-Tenerife Norte (UX)

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.

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.

A point away

A point away is not to be knocked. Especiall if the team is La Roda and is the sensation in 2B. The team came up last year and are doing very well so far. Calderon's players came out and tried hard. Sometimes things don't seem to go their way and the first half was hard going. After the break they looked much better and should have scored. But things don't always go our way and we should be content with an away point and look forward to the next game against Rayo Vallecano B.

Game notes



LA RODA CF 0 (0)

CD TENERIFE 0 (0)


LA RODA CF
Bocanegra; Pablo García (Asier Pierrik, 83’), Mikel Méndez, Héctor, Jesús;  Berni, Espínola, Antonio Mejías (Soler, 90’), Sergio Ortiz; Santi Polo & Víctor Pereira (Iker Torre, 65’).


CD TENERIFE
Sergio Aragoneses; Cristóbal, Tarantino (Jonay, 46’), Medina, Luna; Kitoko, Zazo, Chechu (Víctor Bravo, 83’), Ferrán Tacón; Nico (Perona, 46’) & Kiko Ratón.




REFEREE
Enrique Sanchís, from Valencia. Yellow card for local player Santi Polo; and for visitors Tarantino, Zazo, Luna, Calderón & Ratón.




GOALS
None


INCIDENTS
Played in the Municipal stadium in La Roda. The grounds were in good condition on a warm morning with 3,000 spectators.

Agenda for the week 17- 23 October 2011

Agenda for the week 17- 23 October  2011

 

 

DAY	TIME	PLACE	ACTIVITY
Monday	10.30	El Mundialito	Training
Tuesday	-	-	Rest day
Wednesday	10.30	El Mundialito	Training
Wednesday	18.00	El Mundialito	Training
Thursday	10.30	Heliodoro	Training
Friday	10.30	El Mundialito	Training
Friday	-	El Mundialito	Press conference - Antonio Calderón
Saturday	10.30	Heliodoro	Training
Saturday	-	Heliodoro	List of players
Sunday	12.00	Heliodoro	CD Tenerife-Rayo Vallecano B

Wednesday round up -

La Roda – CD Tenerife are preparing for the first time in the clubs history to play La Roda on Sunday. The team which is based in the town La Roda in the countryside near Albacete was founded in 1999. The team worked their way up the leagues and were promoted to 2B this season after three attempts at the playoffs.

It has been generally announced in the press that Club President has authorized the signing of two players either before the winter break if they can be found or in the winter window. There are rumours again about N'gal but as there are rumours every year about this player I am not sure how serious they are.


 In reverse the website www.tenerifedeportivo.com has an article about the interest Recreativo de Huelva have in youth player Abel from Fuerteventura. He still has until the end of this year on his contract which would mean after January he could negotiate with Recreativo. The player has a B contract and this last weekend actually played for the B team against La Laguna.

The club took part in the sales area Exposaldo from Thursday to Monday and their stand was manned by members of the fan club Sentimiento Blanquiazul.








The team were due to train this afternoon but due to the yellow alert this has been cancelled by coach Antonio Calderon and they are due to train again tomorrow Thursday in the El Mundialito grounds. Rubén Rosquete & Pablo Sicilia were the only two players who didn't take part in the full session. I was able to talk to Pablo last week and he hopes to be back training in full with in a month and fit to play by the end of November. Chechu Flores seems finally to be fit and lets hope he is able to take part in a full match soon.

 He was one of the two players interviewed today and commented, “I wasn't in any pain today and I am optimistic I will be fit to play on Sunday. I was to be able to play as I haven't been able to help the team before now. It is one of the worst things that can happen to a player”. He continued about Sunday's game saying, “La Roda are high up in the table for a reason. They are a tough team in their home ground and have lost very few points there. We are going to go all out to win but Tenerife is one of the rivals others really want to beat”.

 The other player interviewed was Ferran Tacon who started by saying, “ We are going to La Roda to win the three points. It will be good to forget the loss against Castilla and above all pick up our game. We will tough need to be careful with the team who have just beaten Castilla”. He talked about how it is always hard to beat a team in a small ground and stated, “We like games with atmosphere, it motivates us”. When asked about last weekends game in Valdebas against the Real Madrid B team his comments were interesting. “We have forgotten the loss but we have learnt from out mistakes. We need always to try to improve. We are not used to the opposing team scoring first and this weighed hard on us. The game against La Roda on Sunday will be different. We are going to play a concerted game in the Municipal stadium. We need to play hard from the beginning and play our own style of game”, he finished.

Can't have Monday blues if we are second.

It seems wrong to have the blues if the team are second. We were lucky yesterday, the team didn't do well but neither did any of the other teams at the top so we are still second.

Game notes


REAL MADRID CASTILLA 3 (1)
CD TENERIFE                      1 (0)

REAL MADRID CASTILLA: Jesús Fernández; Carvajal, Casado, Nacho Fernández, Iván González; Mandi, Juanfran, Alex Fernández (Omar, 80’), Jesé Rodríguez (Lucas, 80’); Joselu & Morata (Merchán, 70’).

CD TENERIFE: Sergio Aragoneses; Cristóbal, Medina, Tarantino, Jonay; Kitoko, Marcos Rodríguez (Zazo, 68’); Perona (Germán, 85’), Víctor Bravo (Nico, 58’), Ferrán Tacón; & Kiko Ratón. 

REFEREE: Antonio Santos, from Andalcia. Yellow card for local player Carvalaj; and for the visitors Marcos, Tarantino, Kitoko, Jonay, Ratón & Tacón.

GOALS: 1-0: (27’) Joselu, from a penalty. 2-0: (47’) Morata, after a shot by Juanfra. 3-0: (57’) Joselu finished a counter attack. 3-1: (79’) Zazo, from a free kick.

INCIDENTS: The match was played in the Alfredo Di Stéfano stadium. The grass was in good condition and it was a warm morning, with approx 1500 spectators of which 150 were blue and white CD Tenerife fans. The club president Miguel Concepción, was in the stand.

Comments from the players included: Zazo: “The referee wasn't much help with several decisions. The 2-0 came very quickly and was a hard thing to bear. After the break we came out with the plan to change the dynamics.. When you come in off the bench you hope you can help the team".




 Marcos: “We had a good plan which up to the 1-0 was going well but that goal changed everything. You can still learn from experiences like this. I am not convinced this was a yellow card. We went out to try but sometimes things don't work. We need to shoot more at the goal". Tarantino: “This was a painful loss because we had high hopes for the game. It was complicated and we fought hard. Once you are at a disadvantage it is always complicated to come back and more so if we are talking about an opponent like Castilla".
 Kitoko: “We feel bad with the loss. After the pause we came back out ready to fight. We tried until the end and we looked to change the game. The penalty was important and it wasn't an intentional action. We were unlucky”.
 Jonay: “After the penalty we went all out for the game, leaving spaces and they made the most of this. After the 3-0, we reacted well but we should have done this before. The team is still doing well, we know there are things to do and we need to work hard. These losses need to be looked at and mistakes corrected. We hope to do better against La Roda".

 The team returned home on Sunday evening and train today and rest Tuesday.

The coach Calderon in his press conference stated, "we were playing well up to the first goal. The penalty was a tough call and in the last week there has been talk about how badly Madrid have been treated by the referees. Castilla were enthused by the goal and went from strength to strength".

Agenda for the week10 - 16 October 2011

Agenda for the week10 - 16 October 2011 DAY TIME   PLACE ACTIVITY Monday 10.30 El Mundialito Training Tuesday - - Rest Wednesday 10.30 El Mundialito Training Wednesday 18.00 El Mundialito Training Thursday 10.30 El Mundialito Training Friday 10.30 El Mundialito Training Friday - El Mundialito Press Conference - Antonio Calderón Friday - El Mundialito List of players Saturday - - Travel to La Roda Saturday - - Training in  La Roda Sunday 10.00 Municipal La Roda La Roda-CD Tenerife Sunday - - Return to Tenerife

Visit to the capital for the Madrid Castilla game.

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As many of you know I like to get to as many away games as possible. This year as we are in a group with Madrid the season showed real promise as Ryan air are still travelling to the capital. August wasn't possible and September didn't have a game that was in the right place when I could get away but now things are looking up. This weekend we managed a quick break leaving Saturday afternoon late and returning Sunday afternoon. First away game of the season Real Madrid Castilla. This game has promise as two of their better players had red cards and a couple more will be away with the under 21's Spanish national team. Most of our players are fit with only Nico, Pablo and Ruben not completing a full training session. The squad train again tomorrow and then Coach Antonio Calderon has his press conference. The players train again Saturday morning before departing for Madrid in the afternoon.. They stay overnight in the centre of the city and will travel home Sunday afternoon. Players interviewed today were Richi Kitoko and Nico. Kitoko was first up after the training session in the Mundialito grounds. He seemed nervous about the game in Valdebas on Sunday. "It will be a complicated match against a direct rival. I hope I will be able to help the team", he started. When asked about the new tactics introduced by trainer Calderon he admitted that he was, " more comfortable next too the defence, the way he played against Montañeros. The other way I don't perform so well. Either way I do my best to help the tea.", he continued. Nico, a young player in the blue and white squad starting by explaining his injuries, "I have muscle strain and that’s why I am training separately. Friday and Saturday I will train with the group. We will then see if the coach takes me with him or not". The forward seemed optimistic about the teams progress and what he hopes the future will bring. "We are doing well. We are second in the table and winning regularly. Added to this the group is becoming cohesive. Ideally we will reach the end of the season in perfect condition. Not just as players but as a team. We are on the right path but need to do more", he finished. Volkswagen Canarias have renewed their sponsorship contract with CD Tenerife for another year. The presentation was held today in the Heliodoro Rodriguez stadium Present for the club was Ricardo Siverio, sports director, Pedro Cordero; trainer, Antonio Calderón; players Víctor Bravo & Kiko Ratón. For the two concession holder Cuatromoción & Hatusa, Was managing director of the first company, Marcelo Pérez; & Luisa Martín, as representative of the second.

Let me tell you why I like Monday

This could become adictive. I like the Monday morning we won feeling especially after a 3-0 win. The game yesterday could be divided into 2 parts. At no time did Montaneros look like they were going to score. They are a little team and yesterday it showed that we certainly are not a little team. The team came out of the field in the first half with a need to win that showed from Sergio all the way forward to Kiko Raton.




CD TENERIFE 3  (2)
MONTAÑEROS CF 0 (0)

 CD TENERIFE Sergio Aragoneses; Cristóbal, Medina, Tarantino, Jonay; Kitoko, Marcos Rodríguez; Perona (Rosquete, 72’), Víctor Bravo (Nico, 61’), Ferrán Tacón; & Kiko Ratón (Zazo, 90’).

 MONTAÑEROS CF Rafa; Ángel Luis, Raúl Lozano, Capi (Cubas, 72’), Dopico; Tetteh, Iago (Moisés, 40’), Herbert, Romay; Jimmy (Cano, 53’); & Rubén Rivera.

 REFEREE Miguel Ángel Ortiz, from Madrid. Yellow card for local player Tarantino.

 GOALS 1-0: (7’) Ferrán Tacón, from a pass by Cristóbal. 2-0: (21’) Kitoko, after he took the ball in midfield. 3-0: (88’) Ratón, with a header.

 INCIDENTS Played in the Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez stadium. The grass was in a reasonable state, although it could have been better. It was a hot sticky morning, with 9.241 spectators.

 The game was much better than previous games, although it still leaves something to be desired as far as some of the fans are concerned. Again in the second half there was some whistling as the fans were not too happy with how the blue and whites were playing. Antonio Calderón had promised after the loss against Getafe B that the team would get better. One of the differences was that Kitoko played in midfield, making a new design with three other midfielders. (Perona on the right, Víctor Bravo in the middle and Ferrán Tacón on the left) with Richi behind them. Meanwhile Montañeros decided on a 4-4-1-1 play style with Rivera as single midfielder and a strong defense. This didn't help them when in minute 6 Cristobal played the ball into the goal area and Ferrán Tacón started the scoring with a kick into the goal. This goal allowed the blue and whites to be calm and hold possession whilst they played tha ball. They had various chances and the 2-0 arrived with a shot by Kitoko. The player retrieved the ball in mid-field and took it all the way up the pitch with no oposition up to the edge of the area where he shot at goal and the ball hit one of the defenders and shot into the gaol. From there the CD Tenerife team took more control of the game. Aragoneses, who in the first half nearly didn't see the ball saw a shot at goal by Rivera (66’). And for some time Tenerife had trouble to keep the ball in their care. Montaneros continually tried to fight back and take possession. After an hour the fans were a little stressed and Calderon reacted bringing on Nico & Rosquete, though the game didn't improve. The driving force in the team seemed to be Ferran Tacon. In spite of everything the game was very much under CD Tenerife control and continued quietly on. In the final minutes Kiko Raton managed to score the definitive 3-0 with a header from a corner.

Agenda for the week 3 - 9 October 2011

Agenda for the week 3 - 9 October 2011     DAY TIME   PLACE ACTIVITY Monday 10.30 El Mundialito Training Tuesday - - Rest day Wednesday 10.30 El Mundialito Training Thursday 10.30 El Mundialito Training Friday 10.30 El Mundialito Training Friday - El Mundialito Press conference Antonio Calderón Saturday 10.30 Heliodoro Training Saturday - El Mundialito List of players Saturday 15.00 Los Rodeos UX Tenerife Norte-Madrid Barajas Saturday - Madrid Hotel Tryp Centro Norte Sunday 11.00 Alfredo Di Stéfano RM Castilla-CD Tenerife Sunday 19.35 Madrid UX Madrid Barajas-Tenerife Norte