The Argentine Mauricio Pellegrino has stopped being coach of the first team of the CD Leganés , has confirmed this Monday the Madrid club, after the bad results at the start of LaLiga Santander left the cucumber squad box seven points from the permanence zone .

"CD Leganés and Mauricio Pellegrino have decided by mutual agreement to separate their paths. The Argentine coach, who managed last season to keep the team for another year in the First Division, will not lead the team next weekend against Mallorca," he confirms. the entity. The club, which has wished "the greatest of luck in the future" to Pellegrino and his technical team, has confirmed that the subsidiary's coach, Luis Cembranos , and his second, Carlos Martínez , will lead the team in the next sessions, Waiting for a new technician to be appointed.

Pellegrino, 48, stood on the bench of Leganés, where he had already been a player in the 2005-06 season, on June 2, 2018, replacing Asier Garitano , who left the Madrid entity to lead the Royal Society. In his first campaign he managed to confirm the continuity of the team in First after achieving 45 points - with eight points of advantage over the descent and the same distance from Europe - with 11 wins, 12 draws and 15 losses.

However, this course the Leganés has not yet managed to win in the nine contested days - two draws and seven defeats - and accumulates only two units, seven already from the places of salvation.

"Right to keep dreaming"

The Argentine coach wanted to say goodbye to the cucumber fans through a letter. "Today we have come in common agreement to the termination of my contract and that of my coaching staff with the CD Leganés. This club and its fans have respected us as coaches and as people, and we wanted to return the same with this gesture respect, "he said.

"From the first day until today we have put the best of us. Living very beautiful moments and difficult moments, but always covered by the warmth of our fans . That is a memory that we will always carry with us. We wish you good luck, knowing that the club has all the right and the capacity to continue dreaming. Until always, pickles, "he concluded.

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