Almost without respite or time to savor the victory in the first leg of the semifinal for promotion to First Division against UD Las Palmas, the Tenerife squad dedicated part of yesterday morning to training. The stage, the facilities of El Mundialito, where the team followed the usual routine of each session after a game. The initial talk by Luis Miguel Ramis, the distribution of efforts according to the wear and tear of each player… In the background, the feeling of duty accomplishedbut only up to a certain point, because the semifinal of play off It will be resolved tomorrow at the Gran Canaria stadium (20:00). On the way, self-esteem recharge in the form of 1-0.
Several Blue and Whites described the state of mind of the group through the club’s media and social networks. In the first case, Juan Soriano was the spokesman chosen yesterday. His message was very clear. “We are going to die for this shield,” he guaranteed, referring to the 90 minutes – and who knows if half an hour more extension – in the Siete Palmas venue.
“We are going to die for this shield because we are fighting for a very beautiful dream”
From the first assault, won by the people of Tenerife, he was left with the impeccable execution of an idea on which the squad has been working since last summer. “The mister He gave us a style of play in the preseason and we believed in him”, said the Sevillian goalkeeper. “That confidence has paid off with qualifying for the play off», He stressed convinced that not even the losing streak in the last three days of the League altered the course of the representative. And at the crucial moment of the first leg of the promotion, the security in what each one had to do on the field, had its effect. “We knew that it was going to be a very tough game, but also that we were going to have our options, and although we were able to finish with a larger result, we got an important win,” summed up the Blue and White goalkeeper.
Soriano wanted to warn that “there is still nothing done” in the semifinals because “the second leg remains, which will be very difficult.” Seen from another perspective, Juan recalled that it is “a 180-minute tie in which they will have to suffer, because Las Palmas will play in their stadium and they will have to win to qualify.” Faced with this difficulty, the goalkeeper insisted on the strength that his marked signs of identity bring to Tenerife. “We have an idea and we will die with it.”
“We have taken the first step, but there is still a lot to do”
Looking back, he pointed out that the course has been “very long” and it cost the team “a lot” to reach the play off. “Behind all this there has been a lot of effort, so we are going to die on the field for this shield, because we are fighting for a very beautiful dream, which is the same as that of an entire Island and of this club,” Soriano said.
Thinking about the fans, he confessed that he did not expect “less” from the response that the public gave Tenerife at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López last Wednesday. «We knew that they were not going to fail us; the stadium was a pressure cooker. Now, the few who can go to Gran Canaria, the 700, will give everything, as we will do in the field », he concluded.
“First goal achieved. There’s still a lot left. On Saturday, for all »
His teammates Alexandre Corredera and Enric Gallego, also starters in the derby first leg of the promotion promotion, published allusive phrases in their accounts Twitter. “We have taken the first step, but there is still a lot to do,” the midfielder went up, giving “thanks” to the fans for the “incredible” atmosphere that they generated at the Rodríguez López two days ago.
The striker expressed himself in similar terms. “First step achieved. There’s still a lot left. On Saturday, for all in Gran Canaria. Spectacular reception and support during the game, fans, ”published the Barcelonan.
