Bilbao Athletic’s qualifying situation has raised alarms in Lezama. The rojiblanco subsidiary arrived this Christmas break in the penultimate position in group 2 of the Primera RFEF. The cubs are six points away from Atlético Baleares, a team that marks the border with relegation.
The Bilbao team already experienced a similar situation last season. The managers of the Bilbao club, with Elizegi as president and Alkorta as sports director, decided to make a change of coach before the end of the first round. The team’s reaction was immediate. Both bets made in this campaign, with Uriarte as president and Sergio Navarro as director of Lezama, have not given results so far. Far from improving, things got worse.
The change on the rojiblanco bench in the last League took place at the end of matchday 16. Imanol de la Sota, who is now Barakaldo as the undefeated leader of his RFEF Third Division group with a 12-point difference in the second classified, He was dismissed with the team in eighteenth position in the table with 13 points, four from safety. Athletic then chose Patxi Salinas as coach.
The Cubs finished that League three points above relegation after closing matchday 38 with a total of 45 points, 32 more than they had when they took over on the bench. The little one from Salinas, curiously, did not enter the plans of any of the three candidates who eventually sought Ibaigane’s seat. His subsequent experience with Portugalete was not satisfactory as he chose to resign because the results were not with the pitcher team.
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The current Athletic managers have little patience with Bingen Arostegi, the coach they chose to occupy the Bilbao Athletic bench as soon as they won the polls. The Bermeo coach, who resigned from his position as assistant coach of Huesca with Kuko Ziganda as coach to return to Lezama, lasted just twelve days in charge of the rojiblanco subsidiary.
After a 2-0 loss against Barça B, the Uriarte board chose to fire him. The Cubs were then at the bottom of their group tied on points with two other teams and two points from safety. The lack of goals punished the rojiblancos.
Those responsible for Lezama then decided to sign Álex Pallarés. The Catalan coach has not been able to straighten the course of Bilbao Athletic in the five games he has led the team. The Cubs added two of the fifteen possible points to their new coach. At the end of the competitive break in 2022, the rojiblanco subsidiary is penultimate and has safety six points away.
Source: La Verdad
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