Pontevedra CF fires Toni Otero as coach and sporting director

Toni Otero is no longer the coach or sporting director of Pontevedra CF. The club made the decision this afternoon after poor results in the last month. The final straw was a 1-3 draw against the bottom team, which left the team on the brink. Just four points from 18 in the game and last place in Group 1 of the First Federation led the board of directors to take the urgent decision to try save the future of Pontevedra CF in the rest of the season. The coach from Vigo sat on the burgundy bench instead of Antonio Fernández, who arrived at the club this summer. The then sporting director Toni Otero proposed himself as the best candidate to revive the team after relegation. He assured that he had no experience as a coach, but he emphasized when he started leading the team that «certainly no one has the experience I have as a coach, or very few people in Galicia. I don’t have a magic wand, but I think this is the best right now.” Yes On January 20, Pontevedra CF was in seventeenth place with 18 points. Today is the last one, with 22.

When Toni Otero took over the bench, he warned in his first press conference that “if things don’t go right, I’ll be the first to say so by now.” If I lose the first four games, I still understand that I can’t help.” After that fierce statement, he pointed out that “if I don’t see myself in a position to change the situation, I will retire.”

From that January 20 in which he took the lead over the first team, only Pontevedra CF won four out of 18 points on the dice. After yesterday’s defeat against Ceuta, he fell into the abyss. Colista, with 22 baskets and seven from safety, the future was black. The only points they saved were a draw with Real Madrid Castillo and a home win against Cultural Leonesa. Despite the complicated situation in the team, Toni Otero left yesterday’s game against Ceuta with a bit of self-criticism. He called on his luck when the chances didn’t turn into goals and believed the future would come alive against Fuenlabrada. You won’t be able to be in that game.

Pontevedra CF did not give him more credit. Despite admitting that this Sunday was a difficult day for him, he still considered March to be a crucial month for his durability. Even before receiving Ceuta, he assured that it was a key match, but it’s not important. The difference from the remaining 13 is given. However, the Board of Directors of Pontevedra CF did not value it in the same way and dismissed Toni Otero as coach and sports director this Monday.

The club are now ramping up negotiations to try and find a replacement before next Sunday’s trip to Fuenlabrada. It will be another final against a direct rival. The team trained this Monday, and tomorrow, Tuesday, is a day of rest, and the idea is for the new coach to arrive on the Bordeaux bench on Wednesday, when he will have to start thinking about the next final.