The Chamartín club separates the coach from Vitoria and names the cause of his heart problems
Earthquake in the Real Madrid basketball team. The Chamartín club informed Pablo Laso on Monday that he will not lead the team next season. The entity chaired by Florentino Pérez cites concerns over the health condition of the coach from Vitoria, who suffered a heart problem in early June that required hospitalization and prevented him from leading the team in the Endesa League. final against Barça, in which the whites won in four games to sing their thirty-sixth alirón.
Although the Basque coach seemed strong enough to remain at the helm, Juan Carlos Sánchez, head of Real Madrid’s basketball division, has chosen to forgo the coach who led the Whites’ revival and take them to one of the most glorious in its history. with the capture of 22 titles, including two Euroleagues (2015 and 2018) and six Leagues that stand out. His replacement is Chus Mateo, Laso’s main assistant to date and who led the team in the recent final of the Endesa League. Head coach of Unicaja in his time, the club considers him well prepared to take over and lead the renewal of a project that will never be the same after the departure of one of the most successful coaches of all time.
The decision marks the end of a frenetic season like few in which Laso became more doubtful than ever after a long losing streak between January and April. A crisis that the coach from Vitoria eventually endured with difficult decisions such as separating Frenchman Thomas Huertel and American Trey Thompkins after a night out for a Euroleague game against Panathinaikos that also involved Frenchman Guerson Yabusele. The power forward was allowed to continue competing because he was a key figure and had just been renewed for the next three seasons, but there was no leniency with the point guard or with the North American power forward.
This move acted as a cataract for a team that went up to cruising speed from then on, to the point that it reached the final of the Euroleague played in Belgrade, in which they lost by one point to Efes, and in the Endesa League, where he faced Barça. torn pieces, already with Chus Mateo leading the operations from the wing after Laso had to be hospitalized due to a blocked artery. Although the club initially reported that the coach had suffered a heart attack, the ailment was not as serious and Laso left hospital shortly after driving his own car.
A long time ago, however, something had broken between Laso and Juan Carlos Sánchez. Over the years, there have been several disagreements between the two. Without going further, Huertel’s signing was a bet of the manager and not the coach, who agreed to the signing but was never in harmony with the Frenchman. Laso’s clinical situation has accelerated events and Real Madrid have decided to relinquish his services as a coach to open a new leg.
Source: La Verdad
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