Garitano continues at Leganés despite the defeat against Almería

Asier Garitano will continue on the bench of Leganés, except for unexpected or surprising turn, to direct the game that next Tuesday will measure the pepineros and the Cartagena on Butarque (21:15). The defeat against Almería yesterday will not mean the dismissal of the cucumber technician, despite the fact that in the south of the capital there has been a debate about the option and the need for a change for days. In fact, the Leganes It is already working in the market to find the replacement in case of executing a decision that, however, is postponed for now, not suspended. The situation of the team is so complicated, that it seems inevitable that sooner or later they will proceed to the relief.

Last night the executive nucleus of the Leganes, displaced to Almeria, He tried the possibility of taking the step right now. Finally he decided that there will be no step and transferred his trust (for now) in the coach of Bergara. Had he proceeded to the replacement, it should have been immediate: Leganés have just three days to prepare for the next game. Precisely that immediacy and lack of time for the new coach to take the baton is one of the reasons that has been taken into account, although the fundamental ones are the good image of the team in The Mediterranean Games and the vote of confidence that has been won Garitano for being a legend in the Leganes.

Good game, key failures

The first one was built during 90 minutes of great deployment. Despite falling 1-0, they were the superiors from Madrid. By domain of the game, by football proposal and by occasions: the Leganes he finished 19 times of which five ended between clubs compared to the eleven shots (only one between clubs) of Almería. It happens, however, that Leganés failed in the areas.

In the 1-0 the ball that clears Palencia falls to Portillo when in truth the ball was going out. Then, in 81 ‘, Arnaiz he failed alone and the door was empty and five meters from the goalkeeper, an opportunity that should have been a 1-1 draw.

“Those goals are missed before entering the field. You have to be more prepared. If you believe before coming that you are not going to have it anyway, then the occasion appears and this could happen to you ”, Garitano himself recalled in the press room, in which he was (again) sure of himself despite the uncertainty of your situation.

“I will always continue. I think we are working well. It looks. It is seen in the field. Soccer is still results. I get it. I will be there until the last minute, of the last game … I believe in what we are doing ”, confessed. The team (board of directors included) spent the night in Almería, from where they traveled today to Leganes to train at noon already thinking about that duel against Cartagena, it could become a definitive matchball for Garitano … or a new life for the best coach in the history of the pepineros.