“I want to continue the work of Xavi and Javi Gracia”

Juanma Lillo was presented this Monday and it already looks like Al Sadd’s new manager Qatari, a position in which he relieves his compatriot Javi Gracia, who left the post a few days ago in agreement with the club. Lillo wants to “continue with the work of Xavi and Javi Gracia”.

Lillo, born in Tolosa (Guipúzcoa) 56 years ago, joins the Qatari champion, previously directed by Xavi Hernández, after two years as Pep Guardiola’s assistant on the Manchester City bench.

The Basque coach, who has signed for two seasons, has directed in his long career in Spain to teams such as Tolosa, Mirandés, Leonesa, Salamanca, Oviedo, Tenerife, Zaragoza, Ciudad de Murcia, Terrassa, Real Sociedad and Almería, in Mexico to Dorados de Sinaloa, in Colombia to Millonarios and Atlético Nacional, in Japan to Vissel Kobe and in China to Qingdao Huanghai. He was also Jorge Sampaoli’s assistant in the Chilean national team and in Sevilla.

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Lillo, what he donned a black and white scarf from the Qatari teamwas presented by Turki Al-Ali, the club’s general director, and will soon begin training for next season, in which Al Sadd will try to “continue the work of Xavi and Javi Gracia”, as he acknowledged in his presentation, and get the third consecutive league title without forgetting the rest of the tournaments.

Lillo indicated that his philosophy “is always looking for victories and the coach’s job is to try to increase the chances of winning.”

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