The Copa del Rey the derby between the CD returns this Sunday in the Canary Islands Tenerife and the UD The Palmsin a season where in principle both teams will not cross paths after the yellow team’s promotion to the First Division.
The specific difference in categories will lead to a rivalry between the two top Canarian representatives played in the same match in the field of the lower division team, a Heliodoro Rodríguez López who aims to have a full house in the first match of 2024 for the blue . and white.
Many different connotations surround this Canarian football classic. Not only that it is played head or tail, with possible extra time and penalties, without the option of revenge on the rival side, but the fact of how both contenders arrive at the event.
While The Palms only suffered a serious physical and mental breakdown in its Thursday night clash against FC Barcelona, with a painful 1-2 defeat, from a penalty and in extra time, Tenerife had more plenty of time to focus on what’s going to happen. their first official match of the new year.
The proximity of the clash against Barça will force the coach of the yellow team, García Pimienta, to use less common players from the start, although some of the starters will have to repeat the effort, as he himself recognized of the Catalan coach.
Pimienta cannot count on defenders Marvin Park and Eric Curbelo due to injury, while Dutchman Sinkgraven is doubtful due to a flu condition.
The Barcelona coach has announced that a Tenerife native, Juanma Herzog, will play in defence, with Saúl Coco already in the Equatorial Guinea squad to play in the Africa Cup.
Other top football players in their usual eleven, such as the forwards Munir El Haddadi and Sandro Ramírez will be available, although they are unlikely to appear in the first picture, unlike the Mexican Julián Araujo, who will not be able to play against Barcelona because he is on loan to the Catalan team, so he will withdraw his usual position as the Right side.
For its part, Tenerife returned to work on Tuesday, after the Christmas holidays, as Las Palmas finished their preparations for Barcelona’s visit to the Gran Canaria Stadium.
The coach of the blue and white team, Asier Garitano, announced a few days ago that the goalkeeper will be Tomeu Nadal, the usual substitute for Juan Soriano in LaLiga Hypermotion.
Furthermore, the Basque coach has recovered some of his injured players, such as Mellot, José León and Enric Gallego, but still cannot count on winger Waldo Rubio.
On the other hand, Mo Dauda is a doubt due to some muscle discomfort and also Álvaro Jiménez, a recent signing in the January market, as the club is waiting for the documentation to arrive from the Córdoba player, who celebrated promotion with UD Las Palmas last season.
Possible lineups
Tenerife: Tomeu Nadal; Mellot, Amo, Loïc Williams, Medrano; Corredera, Aitor Sanz; Luismi Cruz, Roberto López, Nacho; and Angel.
The Palms: Escandell; Julián Araujo, Herzog, Álex Suárez, Benito; Javi Muñoz, Kirian, Loiodice; Pejiño, Sory Kaba and Marc Cardona.
Referee: From Burgos Bengoetxea (Committee of the Basque Country).
stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López.
Time: 22.00 (peninsular time)
Source: La Verdad
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