{"id":20615,"date":"2024-06-05T23:58:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T21:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/francisco-garcia-pimienta-was-one-millimeter-away-from-being-xavi-successor-at-barca_304205_102\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T23:58:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T21:58:00","slug":"francisco-garcia-pimienta-was-one-millimeter-away-from-being-xavi-successor-at-barca_304205_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona\/francisco-garcia-pimienta-was-one-millimeter-away-from-being-xavi-successor-at-barca_304205_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Francisco Garc\u00eda Pimienta was one &#8220;millimeter&#8221; away from being Xavi&#8217;s successor at Bar\u00e7a"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Francisco Garc\u00eda Pimienta was apparently very close to becoming coach of FC Barcelona as successor to Xavi Hern\u00e1ndez. However, the Barcelona native finally chose to direct Sevilla, while Bar\u00e7a decided to sign Hansi Flick<\/h2>  \r\n<div class=\"article-addons\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/calendar-fc-barcelona.html\"\r\n       target=\"_self\"\r\n       title=\"Calendar of FC Barcelona\"\r\n       class=\"blue-gredient-btn\">\r\n       \r\n        Calendar of FC Barcelona    <\/a>\r\n<\/div>   <p>The sportive director of the Seville, V\u00edctor Orta, <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/transfers\/garcia-pepper-pronounces-on-the-possible-arrival-of-ansu-fati-to-the-seville_304200_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/fichajes\/garcia-pimienta-se-pronuncia-sobre-posible-llegada-ansu-fati-sevilla_304200_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/transfers\/garcia-pepper-pronounces-on-the-possible-arrival-of-ansu-fati-to-the-seville_304200_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Garc\u00eda Pimienta se pronuncia sobre la posible llegada de Ansu Fati al Sevilla\">in the context of the oficializaci\u00f3n of Francisco Garc\u00eda Pepper like trainer of the team sevillano<\/a>, left several interesting testimonies, but one of them in particular promises not leaving indifferent to any barcelonista. Of unexpected way, <strong>revealed that the Barcelonan trainer was very near to continue his career like technical director of the first team of the FC Barcelona<\/strong>.<\/p>  <p>Orta, with the aim of &#8216;take out breast&#8217; by the decision of Garc\u00eda Pepper to join to the picture hispalense, commented in brief that &#8216;Pimi&#8217; was<strong> &#8220;to a millimetre to be trainer of the first team of the Barcelona&#8221;<\/strong>. This announcement results surprising if it considers that the name of the ext\u00e9cnico of the UD The Palms did not sound too much in the extensive <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/transfers\/the-reason-by-which-laporta-chose-to-flick-and-the-total-bet-of-the-technician-by-the-masia_304164_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/fichajes\/motivo-por-laporta-eligio-flick-apuesta-total-tecnico-por-masia_304164_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona\/transfers\/the-reason-by-which-laporta-chose-to-flick-and-the-total-bet-of-the-technician-by-the-masia_304164_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"El motivo por el que Laporta eligi\u00f3 a Hansi Flick y la apuesta total del t\u00e9cnico por la Masia\">list of candidates to replace to Xavi Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> like m\u00edster of the combined Barcelonan.<\/p>  <h2>Garc\u00eda Pepper, an option that fit in the &#8216;DNA Bar\u00e7a&#8217;<\/h2>  <p>This alternative would not be questionable at all, <strong>since Garc\u00eda Pepper happened more than 20 years in the benches of The Masia, what gives him a wide knowledge of the structure of the club <\/strong>and of the feeling barcelonista, since it also proceeds of the quarry cul\u00e9, where formed in his period like player.<\/p>  <p>To his time, his work with the UD The Palms, where attained the promotion to First Division after a season and average (21\/22 and 22\/23) and although perhaps it did not obtain the best results in his third campaign like trainer of the picture &#8216;p\u00edo-p\u00edo&#8217; (23\/24), <strong>showed to be able to print his style of game, on line with the philosophy of the &#8216;DNA Bar\u00e7a&#8217;<\/strong>. His style of football is intense, focused in managing the possession of the balloon and build the game with patience from the saga, but also knows to be vertical and conclusive when it is necessary, showing a big efficiency. Likewise, it looks for to keep a defensive order.<\/p>  <h2>It would want to &#8216;Pimi&#8217; go back to form part of the FC Barcelona?<\/h2>  <p>However, this option seemed little feasible, <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona\/the-unexpected-reason-why-garcia-pimienta-and-barca-separated-their-paths_299525_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/fc-barcelona\/inesperado-motivo-por-garcia-pimienta-barca-separaron-sus-caminos_299525_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona\/the-unexpected-reason-why-garcia-pimienta-and-barca-separated-their-paths_299525_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"El inesperado motivo por el que Garc\u00eda Pimienta y el Bar\u00e7a separaron sus caminos\">since his exit was propiciada in the beginning of the second management of Joan Laporta (2021)<\/a> at the head of the FC Barcelona and apparently his farewell was not the most affective. Even, in his last visit to the City Condal for the commitment between the Bar\u00e7a and The Palms, &#8216;Pimi&#8217; left to glimpse his dissatisfaction in a previous press conference to the duel, which a lot of interpreted like a criticism to the president. It said: &#8220;<strong>I have not gone back to have contact with Laporta, but give him the thank you because I am here by his decision. Never we had known what had happened<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>  <p>As a result of this, does not seem that it was very interested in returning to the combined Barcelonan, at least under the management of the current Barcelona mandator. In fact, in an interview made two months ago in &#8216;The Partidazo of Cope&#8217;, went back to express his disappointment by the form in that it was sacked. It limited: &#8220;I do not know why they threw me. They said me that it would follow a year more and, to the two weeks, threw me. It was Rafa Yuste (sportive vice-president) the one who said it to me. <strong>I do not have grudge, but yes knew me badly that they said me that it followed and in June, when they say me that no, already had all the teams trainer<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Francisco Garc\u00eda Pimienta was apparently very close to becoming coach of FC Barcelona as successor to Xavi Hern\u00e1ndez. However, the Barcelona native finally chose to direct Sevilla, while Bar\u00e7a decided to sign Hansi Flick The sportive director of the Seville, V\u00edctor Orta, in the context of the oficializaci\u00f3n of Francisco Garc\u00eda Pepper like trainer of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":355,"featured_media":20624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_nextfly_llmd_date_locked":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[74,48],"class_list":["post-20615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fc-barcelona","tag-sevilla-fc","tag-xavi-hernandez"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Francisco Garc\u00eda Pimienta was one &quot;millimeter&quot; away from being Xavi&#039;s successor at Bar\u00e7a<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Francisco Garc\u00eda Pimienta was apparently very close to becoming coach of FC Barcelona as successor to Xavi Hern\u00e1ndez. 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