SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain, Feb. 2010 .- The old memories of two league losses in the last game at the stadium Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez, crowded into the memory of Real Madrid but some players just remember that time and that his return to the cursed island will find themselves a fighting Tenerife.
About to turn twenty years of two games to forget in the history of Real Madrid, and of great excitement in the stages of Tenerife in the first division, the two clubs meet again Saturday in league at the scene of the crime.
“Algún día espero devolver lo que le he quitado al Real Madrid,” said Jorge Valdano, who was then trained to set Tenerife after completing his playing career with the highlight of Real Madrid. Now, is general manager of the club and remember better than any of his players what had happened.
Some of the current white stars and know the past in Tenerife. A Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Higuain, Marcelo o ‘Lass’ Diarra, all holders this Saturday, they unveiled the past. One way to tell that those meetings are always special duels in Tenerife and find a team that fighter.
Club Deportivo Tenerife because he does not throw the towel in advance this season and will face Real Madrid with the clear intention of greening old laurels and his fifth victory in eleven Premier League clashes.
An extra attraction to duel, if proof were few, is the sibling pique. On the pitch will face Xabi and Mikel Alonso. In the first round out better off in terms of the game is unmatched, despite losing the whole island.
For the coach of Tenerife, José Luis Oltra, the meeting can be a “punto de inflexión” for his team. A “refuerzo anímico” for achieving victory. Expected to serve “to give joy to their fans,” he said.
Oltra is aware that they will face one of the best teams in the world and the best club football history, so “will it be harder to get a good result.”
However, do not lose optimism and insists that his players are capable. He wants his team to compete beyond the results and noted that football is very big because there is nothing written, and not always true that win those bigger budget or better players.
Arrives Tenerife at the event with more confidence to play at their stadium, the scene where he won his fifth win of the season. It is the worst team at home, but as local has lost four of twelve games. Oltra remains a doubt in the lead, who will partner Nino. Kome and Ayoze are candidates.
No doubt the Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini at Real Madrid, who will have his team upset by the low rate in defense of Alvaro Arbeloa, punished. Have you tried Chilean coach Sergio Ramos at right back, leaving the central position occupied in recent games, causing the return of the holder of Argentine Ezequiel Garay.
The rest is the same team who crushed Villarreal (6-2), one of the most complete games of the season with the best version of Cristiano Ronaldo.
It recovered ‘Lass’ Diarra of backache suffering and will headline in the midfield. By contrast, Pellegrini still without two key players such as Jose Maria Gutierrez ‘Guti’ and Karim Benzema, both with groin injury.
They are also low by injury in Real Madrid Pepe and Royston Drenthe. So the call completed two developments, the homegrown Marcos Alonso and Pedro Mosquera.
For a few hours, you can return to being a leader Real Madrid, in case of victory, and to extend their league winning streak of five consecutive wins. Barcelona plays and costumes immediately after white wants to increase pressure on the hand to hand they both have the title.
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