“We’ve won 20 out of 27, it’s absolutely crazy.” it is own Imanol Bailiff perfectly defines what the season is for Real. From his hand and after the successful cup-bearer on Tuesday against Mallorca, the txuri urdin squad has been able to count the wins of at least 74% of the matches this season. True fans mostly subscribe to the rockets, Dale Cavese and the happy hangover after the games. On the eve of the great Day of San Sebastián, the royalists were very proud of their ‘patron’, don. Imanol Bailiff Barrenetxea.
The achievement against Mallorca was a special achievement because it left Real three games away from another final and because it was number 100 for the coach from Oriotarra. The most worthy thing is that he reached them in ‘only’ 205 official matches, which he directed since his first phase in 2018. The balance was completed with 51 draws and 54 defeats. These are the numbers of the Champions team coach. In addition, under the command of Oriotarra, he scored almost 1.5 goals per game (304 in total) and only conceded more than one (215).
He surpassed his idol Ormaetxea
The stunning numbers of this campaign allowed imanol position himself as the coach with the second best winning percentage in Real’s entire history (48.78%), just behind Benito Diaz (49.61%), after surpassing his idol and coach with titles Alberto Ormaetxea (48.45%).
The team from San Sebastián equaled the all-time record of consecutive wins (eight) for the second time this season. Yes imanol achieved the incredible feat of extending that streak to 12 in a row, he would surpass Benito Diaz in four games. And if there are five, he will reach the magical 50% winning percentage, which he will get sooner or later.
So far, Real have celebrated more victories this season (20) than Real Madrid (18) and Barcelona (17) in all competitions. It goes without saying that it was, therefore, the League squad that brought the most joy to his parish. But is that the team imanol have won more games than Manchester City Guardiola throughout this campaign.
They are just four wins away from their best record this century, which was 24 achieved in the 2019/20 campaign. And all this without reaching the middle of the course.
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After the World Cup break, the royalists won all four Copa del Rey games they played in the League. The most difficult still appeared in the last two days of the Liga, both away from home and in Madrid, against Rayo Vallecano the next day and against Real Madrid on the 29th. Imanol wants to embrace his 75th League victory this Saturday. In the Copa del Rey they won 17 games (of 21, 81%) and in the Europa League, nine, five of them, more than half, in this season’s edition.
It will not be easy to continue on this successful path, because fatigue is starting to become real and physical problems will continue. The latest victims are two major players viz Merino Y Sorlothwho played poorly against Mallorca.
“We know that we are doing things very well”, maintains Imanol, who never wants to stop on the road traveled, but on the one that remains to be traveled. “We will try not to stop it, until our strength can handle it,” he said.
“There is illusion and ambition”, said the coach, without which the indisputable success of Real would not be understood, seeking to achieve a position in the Champions League in the Liga, is in the round of 16 of the Europa League and tomorrow will meet its rival in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey. “Let the fans enjoy themselves,” he said. imanolshowing that they will continue to fight on the field of play.
Source: La Verdad
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