“It’s a historic club, I’ve seen a lot of the team’s games and I like it.”

The new Deportivo coach already knows what it’s like to sit on Riazor’s bench. Of course, not to manage the team yet, but to give the club a short interview; his first stage as a sports player.

“There was a lot to do.” Fran Alonso responded when asked what attracted him to the Dépor project. “This is a historical club that I already knew well.. “I’ve seen a lot of the team’s games, and I like it,” she admitted, “because there is a commonality between the players, despite the inconsistent results.”

He defined himself as a “very enthusiastic and passionate” person whose main and current goal is to “establish himself” in order to:be able to start winning games and maintain the categoryHe doesn’t want to hear about “long-term projects,” although he assures that they have “enough tools to stay in the division.”

Playing Riazor is always attractive to any person. The Madrid coach said, laughing, that he was “very old” and that “I have watched the Superdepor era since I was a child.” For this reason, he called it “special” to be in the blue and white temple today. Few F League teams play their games at the club’s main stadium and for Fran Alonso, “knowing that the players are playing here in their home games is a very nice feeling.”

This “looking forward to my debut on the bench“And although he has zero experience in the Spanish First Division, he comes from National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), considered by many to be the best women’s league in the world. “All the games there are very, very difficult because it is a league with impressive economic resources and that is why a lot of good players and coaches come there,” explained the current Deportivistas coach. Regarding her career, she explained that she has been involved in women’s football for “a long time.” He has been to Scotland in the Premier League, both men’s and women’s, and hopes that “all of this can help” a team that he believes “the only thing missing is a little experience because they I just got up.”

“The first thing to do is maintain the category, but also expand our communication with the fans, invite more people here and see Riazor’s full day. That would be impressive.”

She has only been in Spain for two weeks, but has already managed to analyze the matches of Depor and its players. On this occasion, he stated that “the results were not good, I even think that the team was also a little unlucky at key moments, but There is something to work on, otherwise you wouldn’t be there.“However, the challenge attracts him, he likes the “intensity with which they play”, but what catches his attention the most is the team’s commitment to the project and the shield, which he described as “very important.” explained, was one of the things that most motivated him to “come here to try to help.”

The team could create a new identity on the pitch, although Fran Alonso has hinted at his intentions. “Now they are a team that likes to have the ball and be the hero. I love being the main character, so we will try to continue to be that way.He even analyzed that they would try to “be a little more aggressive and bold at a certain time,” although these are factors that “will depend on the opponent.”

“I like football in which there is dynamism, where the fans and everyone who sees it feel identified with the project and are proud of the team,” he admitted, “so nothing, high pressing and aggressive pressing when possible and vertical football when necessary.

but I handle the ball well, I play quickly and dynamically,” he concluded.

Tomorrow he will have his first training session at 10:30 am and at the end of the training Fran Alonso will be presented as the new coach at 1 pm at the Abegondo press center.