A cup to dream about | CD Tenerife

CD Tenerife and RCD Mallorca will meet for the third time in the SM el Rey Cup. On both occasions, the Blaugrana were eliminated by the Balearic side in the same seasons (92/93 and 00/01) in which they qualified for the UEFA Cup and were promoted to the first division respectively.

Tonight (21:00) the team of Asier Garitano will try to achieve at Heliodoro Rodríguez López the result in the century-long history of the organization led by Paulino Rivero. For this purpose, thousands of fans will appear in the stands of the island, who a week later will repeat the wonderful atmosphere that was in the derby in the Canary Islands.

This was confirmed by Asier Garitano during the preview of the 1/8 finals of the Copa del Rey: “We have been looking for this opportunity since the beginning of the Copa del Rey and we will try to do everything as best as possible.” LALIGA EA SPORTS coach Javier Aguirre sees the singles match as “the final; There will be eight people left alive, and that’s 90 minutes in which you have to kill or be killed.” “CD Tenerife will be very motivated, they are doing well, they are back in the League,” he said, “and you have to understand that this is a tough competition, it will be very strong.”

The Balearic team mentioned the following players: Rajkovic, Nastasic, Lato, Van der Heijden, Mascarell, Copete, Morlanes, Abdon, S. Darder, Samu, Greif, Dani Rodriguez, Larin, A. Sanchez, Javi Llabres, Gio Gonzalez. , A. Railho, Amat, David Lopez, Yusun, Marcos Fernandez, Luna and Quevedo.

Mario Melero Lopez, appointed to administer justice in the SM El Rey Cup round of 16 match on Tuesday, will lead the blue and white team for the ninth time. CD Tenerife will be seeking its second victory with the referee from Malaga, having won just once, drawn five times and lost twice.

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