Marcelino Garcia Toral he has a very good relationship with the players he had at Valencia. This was confirmed yesterday at the end of the San Mamés match that ended with a draw at one after the own goals of Hugo Guillamón Y Gabriel Paulista upside down.
Some of these footballers went to hug the rojiblanco coach on the side of the rojiblanco field, once the referee Munuera Montero whistled the end, as seen in some images captured by Movistar LaLiga.
You could see how Gayá, Paulista, Maxi gomez or Jaume doménech They greeted each other effusively with the Asturian, who was very smiling at all times. Marcelino he also hugged and was chatting with Jose Manuel Ochotorena, goalkeeping coach of the Mestalla team.
The coach was dismissed as a coach in September 2019 following the decision made from Singapore by Peter lim Y Anil Murthy. Marcelino returned Valencia to the Champions League and won the 2018-19 season Cup in the final against Barça. He recovered the splendor of a club that had always been a leader in the competition, but disagreements with the owner of the entity due to the configuration of the squad ended his journey on the shores of Turia, although he had the support of his players.
Later, Marcelino he spent more than a year without training, living first in Valencia and then in Asturias, his hometown, until he decided to accept Athletic's offer after the dismissal of Gaizka Garitano in front of the San Mamés bench after the match against Elche corresponding to the seventeenth day of LaLiga.