Real Madrid He made official this last Thursday what was an open secret. Despite winning the Endesa League, the club has decided to undertake a deep renewal in the section, both in executive positions and in the staff and the coaching staff. As the journalist Noelia Gómez said, Sergio Scariolo will be the new white coach from next season.
The Italian coach and current Spanish coach will leave 'the family' after the next Eurobasket in which the group defends title. Scariolo has signed with Real Madrid for the next three seasons, Returning to a team that already directed between 1999 and 2002.
His arrival implies the departure of Chus Mateo and his coaching staff. The Madrid coach had a contract until 2026, And as much as it is to sweeten the issue, Matthew is a full -fledged dismissal. He had a more signed season at the head of the team, and has ended up being a victim of that 180 degree turn that the white basketball team will live from the next year.
Chus Mateo is already history at Real Madrid / ACB Photo – Emilio Cobos
Mateo leaves with six titles in three seasons
Mateo, who took care of the team in 2022 after another dismissal, at that time of Pablo Laso, closes his stage at the head of Real Madrid with an enviable palm male in terms of titles: six trophies, and in each of the three campaigns achieving one of the greats: Euroleague in 2023, Endesa League of 2024 and 2025, plus the two Super Cups achieved in 2022 and 2023, and the Copa del Rey de Málaga also in 2023.
The commitment to Scariolo and Mateo's departure has generated multitude of comments and opinions. The commitment to the Italian coach is reliable in terms of his career and palmraés, especially in a selection in which he has achieved a practically unrepeatable legacy. From the entrance, the signing of Scariolo generates consensus, but there are other voices or heavyweights of the team's environment that have shown their discomfort by the departure of Chus Matthew.
The words of the Berserkers
Among them are the Berserkers, Real Madrid Animation Group of Basket, which through a statement in their social networks, have expressed some disbelief and indignation for the departure from which the last three seasons have been the technician of the team. “If 3 years ago we did not understand the ways at the departure of Pablo Laso now we do not understand a replacement of the current coaching staff. They have been 6 titles in 3 seasons. Including one Euroleague, another final 4 and 2 consecutive leagues in which the team has devastated. All this more the contribution they had to the previous successes of the team under the command of Pablo Laso, “they said before speaking of the irregular trajectory this last season in Euroleague, something that has had a lot of weight in that change on the bench.
“Is it really necessary In a campaign as complicated as it is after so many changes, with outputs of important players both on the court and in the costumes and with long -term injuries of players such as Garuba, Musa and Deck? “They said.
Finally, the Berserkers made it clear that They support Sergio Scariolo from the beginning and their new technical staff, conjuring that “together we will get great successes.” But that certain discomfort with the change of coach is palpable, both in communiqués and that of this animation group, as of other actors close to the section.
