Although at first it seemed that Alain Arroyo would be the second coach of the Cultural de Durango with Jon Larreategi in charge, an unexpected turn of events returns the Somorrostro, Precisely his last active team this course, to deal this time with his bench to replace Iñaki Pola. El Somo, from which its sports director, Ander Vidal, had already said goodbye, weeks ago heading to the Sestao River, released an official statement this Tuesday regarding the coach with whom he had finished a brilliant season skimming the crossbar of the promotion playoff express, with a very young staff that had previously made the tandem Ales Cano-Iván Rodríguez: «Iñaki Pola will not continue as head coach for the 2020-21 season for professional and personal reasons. From the club we want to thank him for his dedication and professionalism during the time he has been with us «, he summarized in this regard without going too deep.
As EL MAIL has learned, Alain Arroyo (5-7-82) will be the team coach at El Malecón. A semi-dismantled Somorrostro, since its best wicker are finding accommodation: Rafa Villanueva at Arenas de Segunda B, Xabi Mayordomo at SD Leioa, Aitor Cuenca who returns to the Alavés subsidiary, or Ander Blanco, who is considering various proposals for clubs being played the express playoff to the bronze category and remains on the agenda of several teams from the Biscayan Second B. Therefore, the project starts again in a summer that is presumed to be very long and pending for Alain Arroyo.
Alain Arroyo, who was a brave striker, recently hung his football boots in action with an emotional letter in which he reviewed his extensive career, which highlights his steps through Getxo, Arenas, Portugalete, Alavés B, Sestao River, Lemona, Guadalajara, Mirandés, in Segunda, Oviedo, Barakaldo, Zamudio and Somorrostro. It also highlights a game in the ranks of the Biscayan team in San Mamés against Athletic in which scored a goal on June 5, 2013, the last in the legendary stadium before its demolition, with class and impudence, two characteristics that have distinguished him in the field and for which he has left many friends. «From one day to the next your life changes, a train passes and you doubt whether to board or not, and you have to face it with determination. Before football leaves you, and you have no team to go to because of your age and your conditions, I have decided to leave myself and continue fighting for new dreams, new challenges that will surely continue to be just as intense and rewarding as the previous ones » , pointed out the already exariete in his foreboding missive on social networks.
Alain Arroyo does not leave or bounce the ball to face his new mission as a technician in the Third Division after doing his first steps in lower categories and removing the relevant cards to continue wearing the tracksuit, this time in the band and with command in the square.
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