MADRID, 5 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Coach Luis García has been dismissed as coach of RCD Espanyol due to the team’s poor results in recent weeks, which have seen the blue and white team fall from the lead to fifth position in LaLiga Hypermotion, the Catalan club confirmed this Sunday.
“RCD Espanyol has decided to end Luis García’s time as coach of the blue and white first team. The results of the last few days lead our club to make this decision with the sole and clear objective of achieving promotion to the highest category” , reported the perica entity.
Espanyol became the leader of the Second Division on the ninth day; However, they have currently gone three games without winning, in which they have suffered two defeats against Leganés (0-1) and Real Sporting de Gijón (2-0) and a draw against Eibar (2-2).
The result at home against the armeros has precipitated the dismissal of the Catalan coach, who ended up on the Spanish bench in April of this same year. “The club, through its president, Chen Yansheng, and its Board of Directors, wants to thank the work, effort, involvement and commitment of Luis García and his coaching staff since he took charge of the management of the club. first team last April. The entity wishes him the best of luck in his future professional and personal challenges,” he said.
“Luis García, one of the idols of the fans in this century, has always shown an unconditional love for the blue and white colors and has defended the institution above all else. For Espanyolismo he is a key and essential figure in its history both for his sporting performance, as well as his commitment in other aspects,” continued the club, which will announce Luis García’s replacement “in the next few hours.”