The coach of the Elche, Fran Escribá, faces his most compromised situation as coach of Elche, since never before the Elche team had reached this stage of the championship in relegation position with the Valencian coach on his bench.
Elche occupies, after matchday 30, the last place of descent to Second, although only one point from Huesca, his executioner last day and with whom he has lost the particular coefficient, and from Valladolid, a rival against whom he has a pending match.
In its first season in the Primera, in the 2013-14 academic year, Elche went through this same day in the sixteenth position with 31 points, five more than in the current one, and with a margin of three points on the descent.
A year later, Elche entered the last eight days of the competition after conceding a painful defeat against Getafe (0-1), but with a cushion of three points on the descent.
The Escribá team, which would end up achieving permanence sports, had 28 points, two more than this season, and was located in the fifteenth position.
Unlike the previous two projects, This season, Scribe took over the team on matchday twenty-fourth. of the championship, when the team was already in the relegation zone after a 16-game losing streak without a win.
Since his arrival Escribá has led the team in nine games, in which he has added two victories and two draws and conceded five defeats.
The Valencian already lived a similar situation during his time at Celta, where he also came as a shock in the second round of the championship, and on that occasion he achieved the goal of permanence.