Real Valladolid manager confirms he will be in charge next season in La Liga despite relegation
Scenes that looked like they were taken from a parody. On the penultimate day of the season, Real Vallodolid were bottom of Villarreal B, with fans chanting for the resignation of the manager. Two stoppage-time goals brought them down to delight as the win secured their promotion to the League at the first attempt.
The coach Paulo Pezzolano had a bad relationship with the fans from the beginning, and having justified himself, he decided to have some fun. From the balcony of the municipality of Valladolid, he took the microphone and began singing “Pezzolano, resign” taunting those against him.
This caused more turmoil at La Pucela, and Pezzolano he had admitted that he regrets the way he did things.
“The mistake, to my image and to me as a coach, to have distanced myself from the fans when I could have assumed many more things and talked about all this at the time. But if I talked about all this at the epic, someone will be attacked, someone will feel the pressure, even the players will be able to feel it.
“So, another path would have been much easier for me. I take the responsibilities, I'm right, I'm leaving, I'm in another place… but I believe we took the right path and today the results show it. So the departure, all that screen that I tried to make the players strong and give 100% in the field until the 100th minute, I think it was very positive, but it was very negative for me, without a doubt. And all this brought us to where this club is and yes he deserves it, so I'm proud, because I put the club and the city above myself.”
These were the bizarre scenes on Monday when the manager of Real Valladolid, Paulo Pezzolano, led the crowd gathered at the Municipal Administration in chants for his resignation.
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Pezzolano's job security was believed to be up in the air even before his fall from the balcony, but the Uruguayan assured Relief that he would be in the dugout next season. So far, Ronaldo Nazario has not said anything different.
“We already have everything planned. We will return to the city on the 8th and the 9th we will start the medical evaluation. We will do between four and six friendlies, we already have the dates, and the players are already on vacation but they have their work for the holidays. It will be a demanding pre-season and he will have to be prepared. And thinking about the players who are coming, (we will) talk first to see if they are able to withstand the demands that we need to have to reach the goal again everything”.
The former Cruzeiro manager could not save Valladolid from relegation in the final seasons of the previous season, but to his credit, in a team that had lost a lot of quality, Pezzolano brought them together at the first time of asking . However, uncertainty continues, with owner Ronaldo Nazario considering selling the club.
