The stage of Diego Martínez at Espanyol had its last chapter yesterday with the defeat at Girona, as from today the journey begins on the bench of Luis García, the club's bet to avoid relegation in the remaining eleven days of the League. In the absence of official confirmation, the leaders of the white-and-blue entity, with the corresponding approval of the owner Chen Yansheng, decided to dismiss the Galician coach, who had one more year left on his contract, and agreed on the arrival of the ex-player parakeet between the years 2005 and 2011.
The challenge, already complicated in itself, becomes a feat for a 42-year-old coach who will make his debut in football's elite after making his debut in 2019 with the Damm youth team and managing Real Madrid's third team this season , the RSC International subsidiary. Beyond his tactical abilities, his best card will be his knowledge of the club and his Spanish. "The best thing about Barcelona, without a doubt, is being from Espanyol", said Luis García, in tears, from his six-year period as a parakeet striker.
The Asturian's first mission will be to recover a collapsed dressing room ahead of his debut on Saturday in Cornellà against Athletic.
"It costs when you lack confidence, when you are in a low mood. The message may be the same every week, but the people and we want facts", said Darder after losing in Girona. The defeat at Montilivi, the team's fourth in a row, was the final straw for Diego Martínez's project, which was born with great expectations and died on the brink of relegation. The hopeful speech of the coach of Vigo, almost his best weapon in his ten months in Cornellà, did not translate on the field.
Espanyol started the season with good intentions but powerless due to a lack of cash, a deficiency repaired in the winter market. Despite the reinforcements, all of them low-profile, in recent weeks the team has shown its worst side: without a defined plan and unable to hurt the rivals. Now, the debate about the team's performance and the poor planning of the squad no longer have a place in an emergency situation in which the priority is to score points. Luis García, the most economical option for the club, and also the most sentimental, is the shocker chosen, the hot nail that Spain clings to in order to rectify a critical situation.
