What if there is a derby in the promotion promotion? Calculations indicate that there is a 37 percent chance that Tenerife and Las Palmas will meet in the semi-finals. For now, the blue and white is the only one of the two that has a guaranteed place in that tie. The Gran Canarian team will have to win it tomorrow, in the last day of the League, with the advantage of not depending on other results. Winning at El Molinón, he will stamp his passport for promotion.
In the midst of uncertainty, if the coach of the yellow teamXavi García Pimienta, yesterday found reasons to “sign” a theoretical duel of maximum regional rivalry in order not to finish the season Gijón, his colleague on the Tenerife bench, Luis Miguel Ramis, has also been seen in that possible scenario.
Yesterday it was announced that both he and his footballers would assume with “naturalness and courage” a face to face with Las Palmas. Although behind closed doors the “organization” of the work and the guideline to follow would not be altered by having UD as an opponent, the man from Tarragona knows that a playoff with a derby would not be the same as without that spice. “He would not face the same,” said the Tete coach. “We all know what the emotional component is that a promotion promotion has, which is something we have earned, and if it is against our rival in the League, imagine,” said the blue and white coach. “We would face it very naturally and courageously, being aware of what we are capable of doing and that it would be an extraordinary event for the Canary Islands,” said Ramis, taking that possibility for granted. “If so, delighted,” said Ramis.
no preferences
But the Tenerife coach has no preferences. He perceives difficulty in equal parts in each one of the adversary theorists. “They are all going to be very demanding, but we will be at a good level to play those matches,” he warned, giving time to time, since very soon he will clear up the doubt and will be able to “analyze and draw the best approach” to try to overcome the tie. .
Regardless of the rival, Ramis intends that the day to day will resemble that of any other section of the calendar. “We are not going to change our dynamics much; Nothing is going to be surprising », he explained with the peace of mind of having a lot of work ahead of him, because « the staff has understood »what the technicians are asking for since the beginning of the course. “We are going to continue along these lines, joining a component of responsibility to culminate in the best way this beautiful season that has an exit door that needs a key that we want,” he indicated.
Hasty semi-finals
In such a short time to get fully into that playoff challenge, Ramis did not hide that it seems “a bit hasty” to him to have to play the two semifinal duels in the week after the League calendar closes. “It will be very difficult to keep 80 or 90% of the players who play on Sunday,” he said, thinking about the alternatives to measure the set-up of the initial round of the promotion. «A player who does very well against Cartagena -the Blue and Whites’ rival tomorrow-, with a lot of wear and tear, will be ready to compete on Wednesday, but his body will give him as much as he will, so he will have to handle loads well, yields and the emotional aspect”, concluded the technician.
The playoff Tenerife will not be a team that concentrates all the responsibility on the same eleven players. Ramis and his assistants have matured, as far as possible, a plan to distribute workloads and efforts, so that the group does not lose freshness.
