Elche defends its place in promotion on its cursed island

The ilicitano team, which recovers Jonathas, seeks to break against Rubn Baraja's Tenerife (18:15 hours) his bad streak at Heliodoro Rodrguez, where he has not won for three decades. Manuel Snchez and Vctor, with physical problems, miss the match.

Few more challenges can be asked to Elche this season, especially at home, where your average points, shortly at home would have been firmer, will lead you to direct ascent. If anything, end the curse that haunts him in Tenerife, where he has not won for 32 years. The whole of Pacheta will be on the island, in addition, to an old acquaintance, Rubn Baraja, a former junior coach who left a good taste in the entity in a very troubled season, just after the administrative descent.

Elche, arrives at the appointment in the sixth place, although wounded in his pride after the defeat against a Zaragoza launched. Throughout the season, the Ilicitano team has already demonstrated an enormous ability to get up from the canvas immediately, although this time it will be even more difficult because an upward rival awaits him – he has added seven of the last points in game- and in full festive atmosphere of Carnival.

Pacheta could not count another week with the half-tip Vctor Rodrguez, with problems in the cudriceps, who still cannot debut since his arrival at the entity, nor Manuel Snchez, with muscle discomfort. I know that Brazil's Jonathas de Jess is part of the expedition, he goes down last day due to physical discomfort, although he is not a starter before Pere Milla's good scoring moment.

The central Josema Snchez in the big news in a list to which the midfielder Ramn Folch finally joins, he doubts until the last hour before his imminent paternity, but not Claudio Medina, ruled out by technical decision. As always, the main doubt in the lineup is on the wings, where Josan, Fidel and Ivn Snchez will fight for two of the three places. The game was also special for Nino, who left a great memory on the island, where he achieved a promotion and was a pichichi of the competition.

The insular group recovers for this encounter lex Bermejo and Ramn Mirez, injured in recent days, and has the four signings in the winter market, striker Joselu, undisputed holder, Llus Lpez, Javi Muoz and Daniel Lasure.