CD Tenerife will seek to continue moving forward in the Copa SM el Rey 24/25. After beating CD Alfaro in the first round (0-2, Sergio González x2) and Zamora CF in the second (0-0; 1-3 on penalties), the team, now led by Álvaro Cervera, will face the visit of CA Osasuna to Heliodoro Rodríguez López where they will measure their strength against a First Division team (3:30 p.m. Canary Islands time, Movistar). “The King's Cup is a professional match and we are going to win it,” said Álvaro Cervera, at a press conference.
“I am very happy to meet this fan again,” he remarked. The new CD Tenerife coach assessed that “the players have trained very well; Fabio, as the days go by, will get to know us a little better.” “Aitor Sanz is fine and his evolution is phenomenal,” he emphasized.
CA Osasuna visits CD Tenerife this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. for the fifth time in the cup competition. Of the four qualifying rounds of the Copa SM el Rey, only one went in favor of the rojillo team. In the other three pairings, the representative advanced to the round thanks to their home wins. Meanwhile, the current top category club team moved on to the third round of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE, after beating AD Ceuta on December 5, at the Alfonso Murube Stadium. The visiting coach, Vicente Moreno, summoned 22 players.
Regarding the island squad, he indicated that he knows Álvaro Cervera and CD Tenerife well: “I can intuit what may appear in terms of game model and what it may propose, but it could change, so I don't want to venture either.” be a rocky team, because it is a team that usually in its field, regardless of whether it is now in a difficult situation, is always a difficult opponent, with quality players; I think you will have the same experience as me, whenever you go; playing there are difficult games,” he remarked.
Juan Martínez Munuera (Benidorm; 1982), of the Valencian committee, will be in charge of distributing justice. The referee is celebrating his twelfth season in the First Division. Before achieving promotion to the elite, he led the blue and white team in two LaLiga Second Division matches 10/11, with a draw and a loss as a result.
In the Spanish Championship, in which he debuted with an Ejido-Conquense from the 08/09 edition, he reached the final whistle 20-21 (Athletic Club, 0-FC Barcelona, 4), although it will not be until this Saturday when the He was in the tournament with CD Tenerife and CA Osasuna, with whom he only met in League matches.
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