Enemies at the premiere of both on the benches of Getafe and Levante on Saturday in the City of Valencia, Quique Sánchez Flores and Javier Pereira they have already crossed their paths in England before. It was in 2015 when Quique took the baton from Slavisa Jokanovic’s Watford, where the Badajoz acted as assistant coach, after a brilliant promotion to the Premier League.
The Serbian, with Pereira as a key part of his coaching staff, as he stated in the interview with AS, did not reach a renewal agreement after the promotion of the team and the Pozzos bet on the Madrid premiere in British football.
Sánchez Flores arrived at Watford after resigning as coach of Getafe in February of that same year in his second stage on the blue bench due to differences with the board.
Now, Quique returns to Getafe precisely when his last experience on the bench was at Watford in 2019, a stage in which he lasted three months and was dismissed after a bad run of results. The same attitude that has returned him to the benches. The world of football. Also the crisis situation in Orriols has opened the doors to Javier Pereira for his great opportunity in his first big stage as head coach.
The Badajoz opens his way as did Paco López, against Getafe and after a streak of 16 official matches without achieving victory, between the end of last season and the beginning of this one. A streak that exceeds the 15 games without a win that put the team on track in the stage of Juan Ramón López Muñiz and that began the era of the Silla technician.