Checkmate. Winner by KO in the fight with Jonathan Viera, or so it seems. Francisco Javier García Pimienta (Barcelona, 49 years old), 73 duels directed at UD Las Palmas and a promotion to the First Division, yesterday received the award of a renewal until June 2025 in a communication that arrives one day after the cancellation of the work session in Barranco Seco – on Monday only the injured players worked out, as well as striker Sory Kaba by his own decision. With the future of the great captain Viera in the balance, and two consecutive substitutions against Celta de Vigo (2-1) and Villarreal CF (1-2), the board of directors, chaired by Miguel Ángel Ramírez, is making a move. The crown of the empire is owned by Pimienta.
From UD Viera, the ’21’ was the master and lord due to his power and category, to UD Pimienta. One more year of contract for the coach in an unusual decision. The routine thing, at least in the Ramírez cycle, is to exhaust the contracts and renew in the summer, as happened in recent years with José Mel Pérez, Quique Setién or Pimienta himself, on June 7. It’s only been 132 days since the last ‘I do’.
With three victories in the last four rounds – only Atlético de Madrid has scored more points than the yellow team in the aforementioned competition slot – the yellow team is in a placid tenth position and five points clear of relegation. This Sunday, against Rayo Vallecano in the Gran Canaria Stadium (1:00 p.m., Movistar LaLiga), football returns after a two-week break for international team matches.
Tension in the press room
Yesterday, at 11:00 a.m. and with British punctuality, Pimienta led the session after four days of rest. It remains to be seen what the genius Viera will do, whose contractual relationship expires in June 2025 – the same date as his superior – and is now attending the coronation of the Barcelonan. A regime change in high definition. At the La Cerámica Stadium, after knowing the second substitution of ’21’, there were episodes of an obvious divorce. In the hydration talk thirty minutes into the second half, while Pimienta was instructing his pupils, Viera stayed in the center of the field. Later in the press room, when the coach was questioned about the captain’s situation (he played fifteen minutes and almost scored two goals), he recalled that it was a “technical decision.” He abandoned diplomacy: “Others have played and they have done very well,” said the Catalan after (1-2).
It is worth remembering that in the run-up to Sevilla-UD, fifteen players missed the plane that was taking them from Gran Canaria to Madrid. The entity had to charter a charter flight for the 17 members – the fifteen footballers and two physios – to arrive in time to sleep at the concentration hotel in the capital of Seville. Questioned about this thorny issue, which was attributed to an oversight and downplayed by the presidency, Pimienta did not bite his tongue.
«The incident was a misunderstanding and it cannot happen again, it is clear. We are all adults and there is an hour to catch the flight and we have to be attentive. Each one has their role and we have to assume it. “There are other colleagues who did get on the plane,” clarified Pimienta, who came out in defense of delegate Rubén Fontes. In that large group of fifteen footballers, there was Viera.
Balance and signings
The divorce between the strategist and the captain is undeniable. The executives, from Ramírez to Helguera, hand over Pimienta’s command baton. Kirian Rodríguez’s goal, in the 93rd minute against Granada, saved a Pimienta who seemed not to find his way. Outnumbered, the reaction arrived on September 24. A resurrection that continued against Celta and Villarreal CF.
What happened at the Bernabéu (2-0) was hard to assimilate due to the team’s lack of offensive capacity. All the alarms went off, but the Barcelonan is blessed. Responds in extreme situations. In March 2022 and 2023 he avoided the guillotine and is now enjoying his best moment on the bench – he spent two decades in the Barça factory. He began the course as the only debutant coach in LaLiga EA Sports and can boast of a hopeful start. Eleven points, three wins, two draws and Zamora has the championship. Valles It is one of the master keys of a team that has competed in all nine rounds – the heaviest defeat came against Madrid.
Pimienta’s participation in the signings of Julián Araujo, Mika Mármol and Munir have also been valued by the sports management. Luis Helguera is another staunch defender of the Barcelonan’s scientific work. He arrives first at Barranco Seco and leaves last. Pimienta, the monk of the sports city, wins the arm-wrestling with the ’21’. Marc Cardona, a big-time scorer, arrived last year thanks to the strategist’s mediation. A show of blind trust in the midst of a crisis with the captain.
On the horizon, the duels against Rayo Vallecano, Almería, Manacor of Tercera RFEF and Atlético de Madrid (Friday, November 3). Of President Ramírez’s almost two decades in office, it is difficult to find an exercise of faith of such caliber. Only with the controversial figure of Juanito Rodríguez is something similar palpable. In the case of Quique Setién, renewed in 2016, there was no way to extend his journey to the third season. In 2017, the atomic bomb exploded. The longest renewal in history did not materialize and the Cantabrian announced his departure at a press conference. Now, six years later, Ramírez does find his new Setién. The system emerges victorious over Viera’s rebellion.
Yesterday, the technician had lunch in Barranco Seco – he left the facilities around 4:30 p.m. For his part, ’21’ was one of the first to leave the preparatory session in his high-end sports car. Today, the second session of the week and on Friday the strategist speaks at a press conference. It is, without a doubt, his most media appearance since he took office, in January 2022. In search of balance and to avoid “destabilization” of the booth, as highlighted from the noble area, Pimienta is the emperor and owner morale of the UD.
Merits and strengths
The yellow team has the second lowest salary cap in the competition (over thirty million). From a policy of austerity and thanks to the work of Pimienta, Valles is Zamora (eight goals 810′, 31 rejections and nine stops). Betis follows in the footsteps of the arachnid goalkeeper, one of the great sensations. Furthermore, the tenth place is accompanied by the debut of a batch of debutants such as the aforementioned La Rinconada goalkeeper, Álex Suárez, Sergi Cardona, Eric Curbelo, Kirian Rodríguez, Saúl Coco or the expected Alberto Moleiro. Few specialists were betting on yellow, the revelation of the course and that he can climb to seventh place if he knocks down Rayo Vallecano. Pimienta’s team can surpass Setién’s results in the first round of 16-17 (they reached the halfway point with 25 points in eleventh place and signed Jesé to qualify for the Europa League).
In a master move, to dynamite the pulse and seal concord in the booth, Ramírez crowns Francisco Javier I. The Napoleon of Barranco Seco takes command.
2023-10-17 22:44:41
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