Any fan of Spanish football knows that, in relation to other leagues, the patience here with the coaches and their projects is, at times, scarce. For example, Levante, Pereira, and Getafe, Quique Sánchez Flores, debut technically after the goodbye of Paco López and Míchel, respectively, with eight days elapsed. However, this does not happen in the Spanish Second Division where confidence and patience is more ingrained and, many times, it bears fruit.
Five of the six occupants of the noble zone of the classification have the same coach as last season despite the fact that a climate conducive to doubts could be generated at some point. Almería, Sporting, Tenerife, Las Palmas and Ponferradina make up the list. On the other hand, Eibar has always believed that Gaizka Garitano, signed this summer, is the one chosen to take them back to the First Division.
Almería (1st) and Sporting (2nd) occupy positions of direct promotion. For the Indálico team, their coach Rubi is the key to the project that, on the third time, wants to see fulfilled the wishes of the sheikh to take Almería to First Division. Nevertheless, That confidence had to be quickly initialed after a disastrous 3-0 loss to Girona in the playoff semifinals last season. Something similar happened with David Gallego, Sporting coach. The former Espanyol coach placed his own 41 of the 42 rounds in a promotion or promotion position, but a terrible final ‘killed’ the illusions of El Molinón without making them enter the playoff. Today, Sporting rides firmly to another great campaign with Gallego at the head and even, as it reveals Trade, its agents have been groped for a hypothetical renewal.
PACO PAREDES (DAILY AS)
In promotion positions, you can also appreciate that ‘tranquility’. Ponferradina (3rd) and Bolo, his coach, have been going hand in hand for a long time, specifically since 2018-19. A promotion to Second, an agonizing salvation after the break by COVID-19 and this season to dream of Primera in its Centennial, thanks to a team sculpted and polished by the locals.
If we talk about making a team to your liking, Tenerife de Ramis is the clear example of this. The Tarragona, who arrived with the last season already started and saved the team, renewed this summer and has placed the Tenerife fourth with a good football, thus erasing any doubts that may exist regarding their continuity. In Eibar they also had to endorse the work of Gaizka Garitano. His team, which is now fifth, started very hesitant but a good month of September ‘he smoothed out any roughness’ in relation to the coach, the board and the fans.
Finally, Pepe Mel arrived in Las Palmas in the 2018-19 campaign. There have been several times that the Madrilenian has seen his position in the Canarian team questioned, the most recent this summer. Miguel Ángel Ramírez, president of the team, acknowledged that Mel was not the only option and Quique Setién, a former Barcelona coach, said there was an offer. In the end, the renewal of the yellow coach today arrived on June 4 and, with the Jesé, Viera, Peñaranda and Moleiro, he is responding to the goal set by the club, the playoff.
RICARDO ORDOÑEZ (DIARIO AS)
The financial constraints of many clubs in the silver category that make it difficult to pay settlements, the tranquility of the usual bad runs in such an even category or seeing long-term projects are some of the reasons that explain the patience of the directives of a Second that only has Anquela, former Alcorcón, as the only fired coach, ceased very contrary to the opinion of the pottery fans.