Valladolid (EFE).- The Uruguayan coach Paulo Pezzolano will replace José Rojo “Pacheta” at the head of the Real Valladolid bench, as confirmed by the sports director of the blanquivioleta club, Fran Sánchez, after the farewell press conference of the Burgos coach, 22 months later, with a promotion to First Division and leaving the team out of relegation places.
According to Sánchez “the signing of the contract is missing and some details and bureaucratic processes need to be polished, but the idea is that he can now lead the squad in the next match against RCD Mallorca, and that tomorrow he will already be in charge of Real’s work session Valladolid”.
But first he has answered the questions about the dismissal of Pacheta”, which he has defined as a “painful decision”, which he has made “personally”, not because of the 6-0 score in the match against Real Madrid, but because he understood that “the feelings transmitted by the team were not the best”, although he has clarified that he does not believe that the players “have gotten out of hand”.
different energy
“I thought that the best thing was to look for a different energy to give the team momentum in the eleven days that remain to be played and I think that it is the correct decision,” added Sánchez, who has clarified that his job is “to constantly keep track of Own players, external ones, and coaches, because you never know what can happen, and you have to be prepared for everything”.
In the case of Pezzolano, he specified that he was able to see him train for several days in Brazil and that, just when he was there, he resigned from Cruzeiro -the other club that Ronaldo Nazário acquired-, so he knows how he works, and considers that he is the right person to take charge of the blanquivioleta bench.
Direct call from Ronaldo
Once he made the decision to dismiss “Pacheta”, he called the Uruguayan coach directly to talk about how he saw the team, since “he knows the Real Valladolid squad well” and “is prepared and excited” to face the new challenge, in what will be his first experience in European football.
“I am sure of his abilities, because I have seen him work ‘in situ’. He is brave, methodical, likes dealing with the ball and manages the positional attack. We want to continue growing with humility and respect, because we know that we are recently promoted”, stated the sports director of Real Valladolid.
And he went on to explain that he has a “very clear conscience”, because he was betting on “Pacheta” to save the team, but sometimes “you have to make painful decisions, and do it with determination and courage, because the most important thing is to look for what better for the team and for the club”.
Therefore, in the next few hours, the arrival of Pezzolano could already be announced, who has already landed in Spain from Brazil, so that they can present the relevant documentation and lead Real Valladolid this Sunday, against Mallorca, together with his work team, who was in Uruguay.EFE
