Diego Alonso, dismissed at Panathinaikos

He Panathinaikos has issued a statement announcing the dismissal of Diego Alonso. This decision has been made because the results obtained have not been as expected. After achieving three wins, four draws and two defeats in the Greek Super League, they are occupying eighth place out of the fourteen there are. A position that is not close to the one they aspired to occupy. The managers consider that a squad had been configured to fight for European positions and the league.

Furthermore, in European competitions they have not played a great role either. Panathinaikos was eliminated in the Europa Legue qualifying phase. Subsequently, he went on to play in the Conference League although they have not started in the best way. After the draw against Banja Luka and the defeat against Chelsea, they are in the 29th place in the ranking.

The Uruguayan coach joined the Greek team after his brief time at the club. Sevilla FC last season. Víctor Orta trusted the Uruguayan to replace Mendilibar after the bad sporting streak that the club was going through. However, his time at the Nervionense club was very brief. The coach led the white and red team in fourteen games, achieving a balance of two wins, five draws and seven losses. Some numbers that led the club to make the decision to dispense with him after becoming the coach with the worst results in Sevilla’s history.

His departure was one of the most high-profile ones due to the ways in which it occurred. The Nervionense club issued a statement to announce his dismissal after the tough 0-3 defeat against Getafe. After this writing, Víctor Orta had to come out to explain the situation since Diego Alonso did not appear before the media after this crash. A situation that generated a lot of controversy among those who were present.