Pimi celebrates two years at UD Las Palmas with his eyes set on permanence (period)

January 2022 on Xavi García Pimienta He arrived at Gran Canaria Airport to replace Pepe Mel on a day of the waning moon, such is the mood of UD Las Palmas fans in those circumstances: 13 years out of the First Division. Eduardo Mendoza said in ‘Riña de Gatos’ that “memory is weak, idealized and negligent” and that “no human behavior needs precedents to be possible.”

Memory is poor in the islands and last weekend’s derby defeat against CD Tenerife means it is not remembered UD Las Palmas now has an average of 25,500 people at the Gran Canaria Stadium watching the yellow team play two years later. And with the second lowest budget in LaLiga EA Sports.

Pepper It arrived with a temperature of 22 degreesaccording to Aemet notes, after leaving Barcelona wearing a thick black coat and olive green sweater, typical of an area of ​​origin with a temperature of January 24, 2022 of 6ºC. Now I can’t travel to Gran Canaria airport incognito like in 2022 because the UD Las Palmas shirt on the streets is part of the islanders’ costume. That means: the island is flooded with fans and the social mass has become urban, educated and very young. Which

hand luggage, with almost no time to change time zones, Pimienta posed with a social distance mask due to Covid 19 and headed to the capital of Las Palmas before his official presentation to the yellow team the next day. A woman, seeing him confused by his outfit, asked him if it was his first time on the island.

Pimienta has won the hearts of the islanders and closed the management of the yellow team until June 2025. It is a mantra trainer. As soon as he arrived, he started speaking in terms of focusing pressure on him and repeating phrases to avoid generating headlines. Now in LaLiga EA Sports is “having personality and knows how to suffer”. Another: “we are capable of playing against anyone and beating anyone if we are good.”

In Segunda Pimi emphasized that “the objective is very clear”, promotion, a word he associated with “a job well done” and “giving maximum normality” to that job. He arrived in Las Palmas with an inseparable head of military equipment, Álex García, second coach. Now in the Primera the goal is to stay until May 2024.

That’s 2022 after adding eleven wins and five draws managed to qualify the team for the ‘play-offs’ for promotion to the Primerawhere the yellow team was eliminated in the semifinals by CD Tenerife.

Already in the project of 2022-23 seasonPimienta fulfilled the goal of moving up to the highest category, something he achieved by taking the direct promotion after adding 18 wins and 18 draws and conceding just six defeats along with the course. The Catalan coach also made UD Las Palmas the best visiting team in LaLiga SmartBank.

In the whole 42 days put the first team through direct promotion on 32 occasions (of which 16 remained the leader) and in another nine days, in the play-off positions. His first game under yellow discipline was against Real Sociedad B, on January 30 of that year.

The rise of García Pimienta with Las Palmas This is a historic achievement for the club. Las Palmas have not played in the First Division for 13 yearsand the promotion was a moment of great joy for Canarian fans.

His style of play suits the football played in Las Palmas, based on handling the ball and pressing high. The Catalan coach showed that he can llead a team to victoryand his promotion to Las Palmas is an example of this.

High voltage. The Catalan coach bases his game on ball handling and high pressing. This style of play is attractive to fans and effective in generating scoring opportunities.

The youth of the group. The Las Palmas team consists of a large number of young players. These players are hungry for success and willing to work hard to move up.

The support of the fans. Las Palmas fans played a major role in the team’s promotion. The unconditional support of the fans helped motivate the players and created a positive atmosphere in the stadium.