Elche hopes to have a new coach and a new sporting director in ten days at the latest.

ALICANTE. There is no other option, it’s time to prepare if the team is going to return to work on July 1 and, most importantly, they want to take their time to strengthen key positions. Christian Bragarnik confirmed this Thursday the contacts he maintains with various candidates to take the bench and lead the sports area Elche.

The owner of the Franchiverde club is confident that he will successfully complete the search for a replacement by the end of this week or throughout the coming week. Sebastian Beccacece and a new figure to fill the gap at the top of the table of sports organizations left by Sergio Mantecon with his departure. “These are the names that come out,” Bragarnik said laconically about the candidates for this or that position, adding that it is not a fact that the sports director will be in front of the coach, although he did not hide his desire for this to be the case. way (this would be the most aesthetically pleasing).

And yes, he made it very clear what he is looking for with the two new strong weights (with his permission) of the Franchiverde sports area: in the case of a technical specialist, to advance in the implementation of the style of football that revolves around the ball, which he hopes , identifies Elche and whose first prescription was written by Beccaceche. In the case of the sports director, there are “more resources” (supply) compared to those provided by Mantecon and e.g. Antonio Barragan (This person, whose contract is ending, said the renewal would be left in the hands of the new person in charge.)

Although the coaching candidates interviewed by Bragarnik are characterized by a penchant for purposeful football (management systems such as 1-4-2-3-1, 1-4-3-3 And 1-4-4-2) do not reach the heights of Beccacece in finding a way to goal in the disarray of even their own team, with lineups in which three left-handers acted as central defenders, of which only one played in this position naturally and fully – the back serves as the inside. As already said Alicante PlazaIn order for Bragarnik’s “casting” to occupy the main part of the bench, domestic coaches such as Eder Sarabia, Ruben Albes And Javi Calleja. In addition to this selection process, a portfolio exists as an alternative resource Football scorewhich owns perennial bench candidate Franchiverde such as Diego Cocca…or Beccacece himself, although the Argentine businessman and agent assured this Thursday that the native of Rosario has closed the door to his succession, that there is no possibility of repeating the “Almiron affair”, although when he came to explain the situation, it happened to return the goods Jorge Almiron to the bench, clearly demonstrated that anything is possible here.

As for aspiring athletic directors, it’s hard to believe that Miguel Angel Gomez, Alfonso Serrano, Chema Aragon or Fran Sanchez are going to offer more transferable players (“profiles”, in Bragarnik’s terminology) than those offered by the man from Madrid (and, by extension, the man from Pontedem) with a deep knowledge of the market and its features. Elche as a club in the era Football score 2019but that’s what the owner of the entity is Martinez Valerowho has had good relations with some of the above mentioned candidates for some time.