It has been enough to announce the return of Fran Escribá to the Elche bench so that the environment of the entity, depressed by the progress of the team and the management of the club, changes its face and is convinced that the old idol will achieve the most still difficult, a new stay in the First Division.
Escribá, one of the legendary coaches of a club with 98 years of history, faces the challenge of saving from relegation a team that has forgotten to win (sixteen consecutive games without winning) although with a squad that is not designed to his image and likeness.
The option of Escribá was in the minds of fans and sports management since
Jorge Almirón
, former coach, submitted his resignation on Friday night after losing in Vigo against Celta 3-1, since they considered the Valencian coach as the only trained, beyond their tactical knowledge and experience, to unite the environment in search of the target.
The only remaining obstacle was that of the owner, the Argentine representative
Christian Bragarnik
, who finally gave the green light to the operation, aware that his credit among the Elche fans was already low.
Fifth coach with the most games at the club
Escribá, the fifth coach with the most games in the club's history, came to Elche to face his first adventure as head of a professional team in the 2012-13 season, in which the Elche team smashed all records in the category.
That "Elche of records" remained the 42 days in the first position of the table and returned to First after twenty-four years absent from the category.
In the following season, the team from Elche, with the base that achieved promotion, achieved permanence on the penultimate day after equalizing against a Barcelona that was playing the League.
His third project did not start well in sports.
The team completed a disappointing first lap and were on the decline and bottom for several days, until it reacted in the winter market.
The impossibility of reinforcing the team and the problems in the payments to the players brought the dressing room together.
The team, far from sinking, staged a dreamy second round and secured salvation four days from the end, an almost unprecedented milestone in the club's modern history.
Spokesperson and opposition in the club
Fran Escribá, who ended up practically as a spokesman for the club and almost in opposition to the president,
José Sepulcre
, knew how to walk on the wire throughout the second round and cemented the permanence in a great effectiveness in direct duels against the teams involved in the relegation. , before which it was almost infallible.
His popularity was of such magnitude that the city council of Elche approved to dedicate a palm tree from the Municipal Park, treasure of the city, an honor only reserved to very important personalities.
However, the institutional problems were already more than evident and Escribá chose to leave the entity, despite having two more years of contract, given the drift of the club, socially divided, and the impossibility of designing an ambitious sports project in the short term.
Days after the administrative decline was known, and in the middle of the judicial battle, Escribá announced his departure, hurt, tired and worn out from so many battles on and off the field of play.
"I have many injuries, but they will heal," said the coach, who added in his massive farewell that he doubted that they would like him somewhere like in Elche.
Almost six years after his abrupt departure, the affections of the fans remain intact and his injuries have finally healed.
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