Milagros Martinez is the first coach of a men's team in Japan. The Spanish coach took the reins of the Suzuka Point Getters, with which she is achieving historical records. Now he has taken another step in his magnificent career by qualifying for the Emperor Cup and taking on the Vissel Kobe where nothing more and nothing less than Andrés Iniesta and Sergi Samper.
This was announced on her Twitter account by Mila herself, after having tied a great victory against Kariya, rival of the 4th Division, the same one in which the Spanish team plays, with a comeback included.
It is a historic pass for this Spanish coach who is marking an era. Andrés Iniesta himself replied with this message: “See you at the Noevir Stadium”And some emoticons of praise and admiration for the work of the míster.
The match between Suzuka and the Vissel Kobe of the fourth round of the Emperor Cup will be played on June 16. It should be noted that Milagros has not only been the first woman to coach a men's team in the Japanese country, but she also won the club's first title, the Mie Prefectural Cup, which allowed her to obtain a pass to this Emperor Cup.
“After three years training in first class, I did not receive an offer in Spain,” he explained. Milagros Martínez in a recent interview on FIFA.com. But he started to move, he updated his social networks, he sent his CV here and there, and one day the phone rang: they were calling from Japan. “It was all super fast,” he adds.
Now she is well known in Japan for having made history: “I went to Tokyo and they stopped me to take a picture with me. There is also a girl in southern Japan who sends me gifts every month. I only know her from one day when she came to watch a game and told me she wants to be a coach. This type of thing makes you value what you are doing ”, he points out.