Marco Justo sacked as manager of bottom club Zunder Palencia

he Zunder Palencia,The bottom Endesa League During a season in which he made his debut in the highest category and won in 13 days, he announced the sacking of his coach this Sunday. Marco Giustoafter Saturday’s loss. grenade (109-85) against one of their main competitors to avoid relegation.

In the interim, the two assistant coaches are: Fran Hernandez and Alberto Padillawill be in charge of the team and will be visiting this Tuesday. Baskonia and next sunday he will receive Zaragoza.

In a statement released this Sunday, the club communicated its decision and expressed its gratitude. Marco Giusto She praised his “professionalism and work” and wished him “good luck in the future.”

In the first game of the season, Zunder Palencia competed very well against balsajust like when we were forced into overtime and lost by one point. Joventut, andorra and Manresa.

After winning the Breogan river (74-59) Day 6 and next visit real madrid (91-68), the team’s situation deteriorated until they allowed over 100 points in three consecutive games.

in view of Girona and Murciathe Purples fought for the win until the final quarter, but tenerife islandZunder Palencia was very unsuccessful in the first act, and the team was far from fighting for victory.

In addition to the complex situation in classification, Yannick Franke, Palencia team’s top scorer. In the last five matches, the Dutchman has only played a few minutes against Tenerife and Valencia, but he did not travel to Gran Canaria with the team and was included in the squad for the last game against Granada. , there was no playing time.

At the post-match press conference in Granada, Marco Giusto Therefore, explained the absence of franke: “When a player doesn’t toe the same line as the team, that player doesn’t do as well as he should. When he thinks more about his personal statistics, I have a philosophy. I think we played the game as a team.”We are a team. ”