The Royal Society has made official this Sunday the cessation of Sergio Franciscoy Jon Ansotegiuntil now coach of the reserve team, will take charge of the first team until the Christmas break.
The poor results of the realistic set, in addition to poor footballhave caused the until now top leader of the royalist team to be fired after reaping the victory on Friday third consecutive defeatagainst Girona (1-2). La Real will close matchday 16 just one point away from relegation.
Jon Ansotegiwho on Saturday achieved a great victory in Riazor with Real B (0-3), will take charge of the first team on an interim basis until management finds and signs a new coach. In principle, the one from Berriatua will only be in the cup match against Eldense, although he could also lead the team in Valencia against Levante.
First training
Your second coach, as in the second team, will be Imanol Agirretxeand both will lead the first session this afternoon starting at 4:30 p.m.
The Royal Society has recognized in a statement “the professionalism, effort and commitment shown by Sergio Franciscoboth in the time he has managed the first team and in the years he has belonged to the club.
“During his time in our quarry – he adds -, where he has been a coach for more than eleven years, he has been a key piece in the last stage of training of our youth players.”
“In addition to the promotions achieved – he remembers – both with the 'C' and with Sanse, many of the footballers who are and will be in the first team have passed through his hands along that path,” he underlines.
“Real Sociedad wishes him the best for his personal and professional future. 'Eskerrik asko', Sergio”concludes the club's note.
Sergio Francisco joined the Txuri Urdin first team last summer after the departure of Imanol Alguacil, who left him a legacy that is difficult to emulate after having won a Copa del Rey and repeatedly qualifying the entity for European competitions.
The Irundarra, who trained as a coach in his hometown and in Zubieta, with the realistic third and second teams, left Sanse in April in promotion play-off positions to begin planning the next season in the first team.
The subsidiary managed to rise to the Second Division with Iosu Rivas, Sergio's second, after winning in extra time of the promotion final against Nástic. Without a doubt, it was a great letter of introduction for a coach who was following in the footsteps of his predecessor, Imanol Alguacil.
On the contrary, His career in the first team did not start well at all. The first victory came on matchday six against Mallorca, with previous painful defeats against Oviedo, Real Madrid and Betis.
Flirt with relegation
Throughout the first part of the league championship, Sergio's men have been flirting with relegation, although they had a good month and a half from October to November.
The people from San Sebastian managed to chain six consecutive games without knowing defeatwith an agonizing but celebrated victory in injury time against Athletic.
It seemed like the turning point of a team that was little by little going from strength to strength, but it was just a mirage. La Real fell again to Villarreal at home in a good game for the Gipuzkoans, and the next two, against Alavés and Girona, were once again the team from the beginning of the season.
In total, 16 points in the first 16 games, just one point away from relegation, have led the club to make the decision to dismiss Sergio Francisco. For the moment it will be Ansotegi who takes the reins of the team, but the club is monitoring the coaching market for a new coach to take charge of the team during the Christmas break.
