Aitor Larrazabal he is no longer the coach of Barakaldo. It is the decision reached yesterday morning by mutual agreement between the coach and the board of directors of the gualdinegro club. Although that of Loiu will continue to maintain his position as sports director of the entity. From now on, he has already directed his first session, the second German Beltran takes over the bench. They look for a “shock” against the “negative results” that are punishing them.
The factory team is bottom of group 2A of Segunda B with 4 points in 11 games. It presents a balance of one victory, one draw and six defeats, with 6 goals in favor and 17 against. His visit to Bilbao Athletic in Lezama has been postponed due to the cases of coronavirus he had on his own staff. On the next day, Leioa, a rival that is just ahead of them in the standings, in tenth place, with 6 points, will face Sarriena.
In conversation with MD, Jesus Mari Isusi, president of the Barakaldo, explained how this change has occurred in the helm of the gualdinegra ship. “Ultimately, it is a decision that has been taken in complete harmony with Aitor LarrazabalIn fact, he stays in the club's sports structure, because the board of directors has confidence in him. Although he is the first to recognize that he has not been able to find the key and that a revulsive is needed. And we have the right person within the org chart (German Beltran) and go ahead with it. People change, each teacher has his booklet ”, he commented.
A few days ago, after obtaining the first and only victory of the season (4-2) against Alavés B in the seventh league match that they played this season, the Larrazabal he pointed out in these same pages that “the team did not deserve to be in this situation, from the first game in Laredo we deserved more than we got. Then the circumstances put you in that spiral of negative results ”. The coronavirus has also hit them. “We had an interesting outbreak,” acknowledged the former Barakaldo coach, who was one of those who suffered it.
Either way, now it is the turn of German Beltran, who has stepped forward in this complicated situation. With the challenge of rescuing the team from the well of the table. “German He is an uncle from Barakaldo, the responsibility he may have is everyone's. He, in order to help, of a thousand loves, has not put any fault. Has worked with Aitor this year, also in the previous one and it also came when we were in the playoffs with Aitor Two years ago. His responsibility is what we all have ”, remarcto Isusi.
And it is that the president of the factory club does not hide, he distributes blame for what is happening with the team and takes the lead. “Yes, in terms of sports we have failed, I was the first, Aitor the second and third players. We have good players, but not a good team. This is what I believe and I have told the players, who are very good footballers, but we do not have a competitive team with a soul. At least, until now. We are going to try to reverse this situation because they are communicating vessels, it goes beyond sports (economics …). Not that this is harsh, it's the following. We started eleven managers and only seven remained, ”he argued.
Isusi shared the moment they lived with the squad when they learned about the change of coach. “I have gone to the locker room personally with Aitor and with German, We have communicated it to him and we have explained it to him. That we have time to react, that they have let us down, but that we continue to trust them. And for those who do not believe in the new project, raise their hands and have the door open, we only want committed people. We have spoken face to face and telling them things. The vast majority are touched, screwed. It is an exceptional group and they train wonderfully. Any Second B club would have signed them, but they have not been able to find the key, “he said.
Bankruptcy Law, Social Security Fine, pandemic, Lasesarre works … Isusi List the situations they have faced since coming to the meeting. They must come out on the sporting and economic front. They are not worth leaving the descent if they disappear or recover if they go down. The factory president points out that Social Security has been “intransigent” with them, “without deductions or postponements as with others.” The amount to be paid for the fine will be 1,200,000 euros. He believes that “there is a future” if they continue working. It would happen, for example, by the conversion into a Sports Limited Company from mid-February. They will offer all kinds of data on the situation, today at a press conference and tomorrow at an extraordinary informative meeting with their partners, about everything that happened up to the limit set by the lawyers.