Not much less Natxo Lezkano He had a dream debut with the students this Saturday. The Basque coach (Portugalete, 52 years old), who arrived at the entity last week after the unexpected dismissal of Pedro Rivero, saw how his pupils were defeated by the Obradoiro (90-73), which meant the first tropiez of the club in First Feb since last February.
In addition, the coach had a slip against microphones for a dead time for which he has had to apologize publicly. In the absence of 5:49 minutes to the end in Santiagoand with 70-63 in the electronic, Lezkanotrying to motivate his players, he said the following: “We cannot go on the track and run like ladybug.”
As expected, censorship in social networks became effective quickly, a rappe that forced the Biscay to take the floor: «I would like to express my most sincere apologies for the inappropriate comment I did during today’s party. It was a moment of tension and it was not my intention to offend anyone. I deeply regret what happened and I reiterate my apologies to all ».
The controversy, however, does not hide the difficult role that Lezkano has ahead. Rivero He left the students as second classified, to a single victory of the square that gives the direct ascent to the ACBnow in the hands of San Pablo Burgosand with a streak of eight victories. Also, some of its star players, such as Uruguayan Jayson Grangerthey showed their anger for the dismissal of their previous teacher, who had been in office since 2023.
This is the difficult situation of Lezkanowhich will have to recompose the whole in record time. It has eight days ahead to try to achieve the goal that the sports direction was set last summer, the direct ascent. If the first position is not reached, the Madrid will have to play it again in the Playoffsa labyrinthine format in which the three previous campaigns have already failed since they consumed the first decline in their history in 2021.
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