CD Tenerife vs Racing Santander Match Preview
This will be another decisive match for the bottom fight, for Tenerife might have once again a chance to leave the basement and deeply compromise Racing with the fight for the category, as the Racinguistas are standing only four points above the 17th position. Tenerife has not been defeated home since the 24th round, when the Merengue's visit turned the Heliodoro Rodríguez López into a slaughterhouse, but such blows changed team's predisposition for the future games, and this six-pointer might be José Luis Oltra's clearest shot to escape from the bottom, a place in which they've been trapped for most of the tournament. With Barcelona and Sevilla waiting ahead, the Chicharreros will need to get as closer as possible to the surface to ease their future in the league. Two of Tenerife's most creative midfielders will be missing this game, Ayoze Garcia and Dinei, and without them Omar will have to become a man and stand as a lighthouse in team's offensive. With so little points in play before season's ends, the future of both teams will be called upon this match.
Two consecutive draws have darkened Miguel Angel Portugal's future with the Racinguistas, for the four-points gap that separates the team from the bottom is not enough to keep both players and supporters nerves cooled, even though their future lays on their own hands, for the three points these week will provide an opportunity to enlarge the distance from the relegation line. Having lost two key players for injuries (Munitis and Óscar Serrano joining Henrique in the Operation Room) team's coach will have a tough time rearming the team while remaining as sharp as it's been during the last weeks. Toni Moral will have once again a shot within the starting eleven, offering the team solidity in the midfield to stop Tenerife's ball flow. Racing's luck as traveler has been rather narrow during the last weeks, will they be able to break the spell and return home with three points?
