Francisco García Pimienta at Barça B. Photo: @@FCBarcelona_es on Twitter

THE TECHNICIAN LOOKS FOR THE 'MIRACLE'

García Pimienta, from possible relief of Koeman to brushing promotion with Las Palmas

Published:31/05/2022 - 01:35h

Updated:31/05/2022 - 01:35h

Francisco Javier García Pimienta, coach of the FC Barcelona subsidiary from 2018 to 2021, is very close to returning to the Unión Deportiva Las Palmas in LaLiga. The coach trained at La Masia will play the promotion playoff this week against Tenerife

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The Sportive Union The Palms attained colarse in the 'playoff' of promotion thanks to his triumph in front of the Sporting of Gijón the Sunday (0-1). With 70 points, the directed by Francisco Javier García Pepper finished chambers in the table of classification and will contest the Wednesday the gone of the semifinals of the 'playoff' of promotion in front of Tenerife in the Heliodoro Rodríguez López with the obligation to take out a good result, since the series defines the Saturday in Big Canarian.

The winner of the key will go against Eibar or Girona by the promotion to LaLiga, in an eliminatory that will define between the 11 and on 19 June. The artífice of the big season of The Palms has been García Pepper, the one who after his arrival has added 35 of 54 possible points, an authentic exploit considering the evil comment that it crossed the yellow group to the moment of his arrival in January.

'Pimi', as it is known the trainer, ensures "to have a wonderful staff with 28 players that all deserve play. I say it to you of heart. I have been unfair in a lot of situations", said in an interview with 'ACE'. The Catalan technician was sacked of the filial by Joan Laporta in June of 2021 after 20 years like trainer of the juvenile subsidiaries of the FC Barcelona. By his tutela happened players like Leo Messi, Gerard Hammered, Thiago Alcántara and many others 'cracks' blaugranas.

In 2018 it won his League and the UEFA Youth League with the Juvenile To, with which did merecedor of the bench of the Barça B. In his moment, the name of García Pepper even circulated like a possible relief of Ronald Koeman in the past summer. In 2022, 'Pimi' has been able of revitalizar a staff with players like Jonathan Saw, Jesé Rodríguez and Alberto Moleiro that seemed convict to the failure and, now, dreams with LaLiga.

The illusion of Big Canarian, in hands of 'Pimi'

For the míster of The Palms, the team has to take advantage of his big moment, since it arrives 'in series'. "We have to take advantage of this dynamics, but split of zero. All the world goes to split with the same possibilities, the four classified teams. Therefore, centre us a lot of in the first party knowing that have another party the weekend, taking advantage of this dynamics that carry but knowing that we split of zero", explained the míster of Barcelona.

"To the Tenerife will analyse it as I have done with all the rivals that have confronted us, but what have to do is to improve our virtues. I think that The Palms has a very clear identity. A profile of very clear players. We have gone out to all the fields to try win", puntualizó 'Pimi'. The Wednesday, the group 'pio-pío' will have to correspond to the enormous illusion of the Canarian fans, that dreams with going back to enjoy of the elite of the Spanish football.

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