The two faces of the benches: from the leadership of Xabi Alonso to the dismissal of Helguera

Second B is a category that serves to train the stars of the future. And not only when it comes to players, it also serves as a coach. Technicians like Zidane, Imanol or Bordalás have gone through this division. And now there is another batch preparing to leave. Although some more successful than others. Two examples of the sweet and sour side of this category are in the leadership achieved by Real Sociedad B of Xabi Alonso or the bad start of Las Rozas and that has cost Iván Helguera his place.

The leadership of Xabi Alonso

The success of Real Sociedad is based on its commitment to the quarry. And the proof is that they are not only the current leaders of the First Division, but they also command the table of Group 2A of Second B. The San Sebastian subsidiary is first in its subgroup thanks to the leadership of Xabi Alonso, who like the players, is training on the benches of non-professional football to make the leap to the elite in the future.

The Royal Society B has been full of victories: three out of three (on the second day he had to rest as there were 11 clubs) and he started with a two-point advantage over Racing, Amorebieta and Bilbao Athletic. Xabi Alonso, what He is facing his second season as a coach, he has managed to build a lethal team in attack (they are the ones that marked the most this season and in the previous one they were among the most) and solvent in defense. They are aiming to be in the top three in the first phase to try to get into promotion for promotion to Second.

A playoff that they were left at the gates last year (three points behind 4th place), because of the COVID that stopped the competition in March. But this year it seems that few will be able to stop them on their way to the playoff.

The dismissal of Helguera

The bitter side of the benches and Second B was taken by former Madrid player Iván Helguera. He was beginning his career as a coach at Las Rozas, but the bad start to the league has led both parties to end their relationship prematurely. Although the news seems bitter, his stay at the club has had its lights and shadows.

Having added a single point out of twelve in Second B and being the bottom of Subgroup 2A has cost him the position Helguera as coach of Las Rozas. He made his league debut against two old acquaintances: Castilla and Raúl, his coach. The madridistas won 1-2. They also fell against Navalcarnero (3-0) and DUX Inter (1-0). He only scratched one point against Poblense (1-1).

But it was not all negative. Iván Helguera has obtained better results in the Federation Cup. Tournament in which they have reached the semifinals and whose prize obtained for reaching, for now, until that round has been to classify the roceño team to the next edition of the Copa del Rey which will begin in December. Lights, which are turned off after the news of the dismissal. But this path that Iván Helguera started in May, when he assumed the position of coach for the first time, will have a journey. Maybe in the next project he will be as successful as Xabi Alonso.