“I hope that many players reach the first team”

Sergio Francisco (Irun, 1979) feels ready to take the reins of Sanse and relieve Xabi Alonso for the evolution that he has experienced in the club since he was recruited for the first time seven years ago: “I am very happy with the trajectory and the confidence that I have felt from the club”, says the new coach of the reserve team in the First RFEF.

“Since I joined Easo, I have felt that confidence and little by little steps have been taken to end up as coach of Sanse, which for me is a luxury,” says the Irundarra, who does not hide that he assumes this new and important mission “with that point of responsibility, because it is a different challenge than what I had done so far”. He feels full of “energy” and “desire” to face it and “grateful to Real and Zubieta because I have been growing a lot as a coach”.

It arrived “very green”

His growth as a coach has been in tune with that experienced by Imanol in the first team and Xabi Alonso In a second. Sergio Francisco acknowledges that “I arrived very green”, with just one year of experience on the bench. It has been a continuous learning and I hope it continues to be that way, I am here to continue learning, “he says.

Sergio Francisco was chosen by Olabe and the Council among the options that there were because it comes from ‘C’ and there are few people who know better what is coming from below, in a season in which, in addition, the Sanse will undergo a great transformation: “Most of the players of the squad have gone through the ‘C’ and they are well-known players”, it means. For this reason, he, from his position as coach of the subsidiary, is committed to trying “to continue taking steps, to continue growing so that many can reach the first team”. The real of all life

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Meet the needs of the first team

Logically, the other great purpose is to try to compete in a category like the First RFEF that “has a high level” and “is going to demand a lot from us”. For the new Sanse coach, he has nothing to do with the old Segunda B because “all the matches are of a high level” and also “there are very good players”. He does not mention, at least for now, promotion as a goal, but he does consider that this third step is “an ideal place for the progress of the young player who reaches the second team of Real.” He aspires to lead a “competitive” team “with identity”, although the clear focus is the individual growth of each player.

Logically, the subsidiary, also with Sergio Francisco, maintains the eternal spirit of “meeting the needs of the first team”. The mission of the irundarra and his staff will be that these players “are prepared for training, calls or for someone to stay there.”