Quique Setién and his new life in the bowels of Villarreal

"I understand that people have gotten angry,"

said on November 6.

His team had just lost to Mallorca (0-2) at the Ciutat de València, where Villarreal played until their return to the remodeled Estadio de la Cerámica last Saturday, and the Castellón fans started it with the coach shouting “¡¡¡ Quique, go now!».

The Spaniard had barely been in charge of a team for 12 days that was unexpectedly left without the coach who had guided him on his most successful journey.

After winning the Europa League and standing up to Liverpool in the Champions League semifinals,

allowed himself to be seduced by Aston Villa and Villarreal opted for a Setién who, as he himself acknowledged in his presentation, "was a bit out of touch".

Setién, after his departure from Barcelona, ​​preferred to move away from the front line and take refuge in Liencres, near Santander, while he killed the bug helping in the training sessions of the Marina Sport youth team.

Suddenly, the coach was surprised by the call from Villarreal and

.

The day after his presentation, he made his debut with a draw against Hapoel Beer-Sheva, in the Conference League.

Three days later he lost at San Mamés, the first of a series of three defeats that caused chants against the coach in a stand disoriented by Emery's fright and the arrival of a substitute with a concept quite different from the Basque one.

From the first moment, Setién made it clear that if Villarreal bet on him, they also did so because of his style of play, which he has tried to implement in the face of doubts from the dressing room, which came to light in the previous one against Espanyol.

The day before visiting Cornellà

.

A morning of uncertainty and meetings from which the coach came out with the confidence of the club, reinforced the following day by the win against Espanyol, just before a break that has come in handy for the Villarreal coach.

After regretting the little time he had had in his early days to work thoroughly with the squad and instill his ideas, Setién took advantage of the month in which the focus was on Qatar to continue developing his plan and also deepen his knowledge of the club.

And for that, nothing better than living in it.

Since his arrival,

De él.

On the third floor of the building is the residence of the quarry and the place of concentration of the first team.

Setién shares a home with the two collaborators: the assistant

and the physical trainer

.

He shares soccer-tennis matches with both of them, which are now almost an obligatory date next to the gym after training.

soccer-tennis

Setién has been soaking up in recent weeks in the same sports city everything related to Villarreal and its grassroots football, which he is very aware of.

The Spaniard holds

and also takes the opportunity to watch many matches of the teams that the young promises play.

And all with the convenience of doing it without having to leave home.

In the club they already see him "much more integrated".

«He is a very calm, close man.

He lets everyone do it, respects the work of others and

, always with humility and with a constructive point.

It is very comfortable to work with him," say those who live with him.

Now with enough time to assimilate the ideas of their coach, the yellow team has grown, thus confirming the signs of improvement noted in the wins against Aston Villa and Napoli in the World Cup preseason.

They have also won all three of their games after resuming the competition, thus chaining five victories before putting the

to the test against Real Madrid.

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