The coach who saved the team last season has not had an easy start
The Elche CF currently occupies the last position in the Santander League and all eyes point to Francisco. This situation is not new, since the coach is the main one pointed out when things are not going well. That is why the club’s sports management is exploring the options available in the market in case they decide to make a change of coach during the international break.
Currently, there are many who ask for a change in team management to redirect the course. And it is that Elche CF is the only team in the Santander League that does not know victory. In fact, they are the team with the most goals and the second with the fewest goals, just ahead of Cádiz CF, who have accumulated one less goal.
Francisco, on the wire at Elche CF
In this way, the easy solution is to fire the coach who got such good performance from his players last season. Now the situation seems to have become complicated for him despite the fact that the club has achieved high level signings such as Roger Martí, Álex Collado, Pol Lirola or Ezequiel Ponce, among some others.
Although it is true that Elche CF has had a complicated calendar, facing teams like Real Betis, Real Sociedad, Villarreal CF, Athletic or FC Barcelona, everything points to Francisco’s future being at stake after the league break . And it is that teams like Rayo Vallecano or RCD Mallorca will be measured, which are more in their league.
The options that Elche CF is considering for the bench
Thus, the sports management has already done its job and has chosen two candidates to take charge of the team in case Francisco ends up being dismissed. Bordalás is the one that the sports management likes the most, because he is capable of squeezing the most out of the players from him. But he also highlights another name among the available trainers.
That other coach is Marcelino García Toral, who is without a team after finishing his season at Athletic. However, at Elche CF they are aware that both coaches could refuse to take charge of a team in such a complicated situation. That is why they are also considering other names such as Paco López, Javi Gracia and Álvaro Cervera to redirect the course.