Real Betis appointed Garrido coach of the team instead of Pepe Mel

The club of Real Betis , in the bottom side of the Spanish football league La Liga announced that it  appointed Juan Carlos Garrido new artistic director, a few hours after announcing the dismissal of his predecessor Pepe Mel.

The Mel / 50 years old  / trains Betis since 2010, he led it to the climb from the second division. The final nail in the coffin of the coach in the equalizer 2-2 on Sunday against Rayo Vallecano, leaving the team at the bottom of the standings, two points ahead of the closest team to it.

The team will be coached by former artistic director for Villarreal, Garrido / 44 /, who left a few weeks ago about his experiences training with another Belgian Club Brugge.

A statement by the Spanish club earlier in the day, " Real Betis declares, about the delicate athlete situation which the team is going through and the need to change the pace of the results, his decision to dispense with the services of Pepe Mel, coach of the first team since the summer of 2010."

it added: "The club wishes to express his gratitude for the many years of commitment and dedication, which the coach led projects carry Betis from second-class to Europe. As also expresses its gratitude for the effort of assistants Roberto Rios and David Gomez, who ended their mission as well."

And thus Mel became the second coach lost  his position in La Liga this season, after the sacking of Jose Luis Mendilibar from Osasuna.

And thus Real Betis hopes to correct his passage in La Liga with his new team and maintain on his position in La Liga avoiding its drop again to the second division of the Spanish League this year.

Fran Escriba Biography

His full name is Francisco Fran Escriba Segura, was born in May 3, 1965. Escriba is a former football player and current football couch of the Spanish team Elche CF in La Liga.

Coaching career of Fran Escriba:

Fran Escriba was born in Valencia, Spain, and he played with the youth team of Valencia CF, but Escriba never played as professional in Valencia or other teams.

So after his retiring Fran Escriba came back to the team to take care of the reserve side in Valencia in 2002.

Quique Flores and Fran Escriba in 2004 started as association with each other for several seasons, where Escriba became the assistant coach of Quique Flores.

Fran Escriba began with Getafe CF, to move then to S.L. Benfica and then to Atletico Madrid , after that the pair separated at the end of 2010-2011 season because Quique Flores wanted to have a go a head coaching.

Fran Escriba after that signed with Elche club at Segunda Division on June 12, 2012 where he achieved a big result in leading them to promote to La Liga after 25 years of absence. 

The administration of Elche club renewed his contract with the team for two more years after the team promotion to La Liga.

Fran Escriba Honours:

As a player Escriba did not receive any Honours.

As Manger he could to lead to win the Segunda Division in 2012-2013, and promotion of Elche to La Liga.

As personal side, Fran Escriba got Miguel Munoz trophy in Segunda Division in 2012-2013.

  

Simeone: we have achieved an important victory over a very difficult team

Argentine coach of Atletico Madrid football Diego Simeone confirmed after winning over Elche two clean goals at home on Saturday in the Spanish league, saying that this victory was "very important", and admitted that it achieved  in front of a very tough competitor."

Simeone Said "We started well, we were good at launch, but Elche has regrouped, and we had a manner peer to peer at the end of the first half, when they hauled for them two dangerous counter attacks. In the second half we made a better performance out of the penalty box, and it gave us the alternatives."

Argentine coach did not want to comment too much on his team's success this season, saying only: "We are realists, and we rely on our work, the work of everyone."

Simeone added "The masses are happy good performance right now, but we isolate ourselves from it and are aware of the fact that we know is the next game."

Atletico Madrid have followed  temporarily behind leader Barcelona, after winning on Saturday away to Elche two clean goals , where (Rokhiblancos) team raised its tally to 40 points on goal difference behind the Catalan club, which solves a guest tomorrow on Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.

In return, the balance of Elche freezes at 17 points in the center atheist century.

On the other hand, Diego Simeone stressed on the importance of the face of Elche on Saturday in the Spanish league, noting that the term "easy game" does not exist in his dictionary.

Simeone added "We do not live in fantasy, but in real life, what Elche always is stubborn opponent in every match, change the methods of the game focuses on the outskirts of the stadium, everyone was waiting for a tough match between us and we both achieved that."

Pepe Mel Biography

His full name is Jose Pepe Mel Perez, was born in Madrid in February 28, 1963. He is former football player and current football coach of Real Betis.

Pepe Mel playing career:

Mel started his playing career when he was 11 years old at Real Madrid C, joining youth team of Real Madrid in 1974.Mel played alongside the likes of Michel and Emilio Butragueno so he never played in the first division.

In 1987 he moved to CD Castekllon in the Sekunda Division, after brief spell with CA Osasuna, playing two years and helping the Valencian Community to return to La Liga after their absence for seven years.

In 1989 he joined Real Betis and helped them to promote and win personally the Pichichi Trophy with 22 goals. The next year Mel played first and only season in top level scoring 14 goals but the team relegated again immediately.

Mel played the rest of his playing career in the third division, playing in his country Spain then France, where he played with Granada CF, Benidorm CF, and Getafe CF, then Angers SCO, and Ecija Balompie.

Mel retired at the age of 35 years old where he played 195 games and scoring 73 goals.

Managerial career of Pepe Mel:

Mel started his coaching career, after one year of his retiring of playing, in his fist team CD Coslada.

After one year at Real Murcia in 2001 Mel Replaced Valencia CF- Bound Rafael Benetiz with CD Tenerife, where Mel has his first spell as coach in the top flight but suffering relegation . Mel after four seasons was sacked by Polideportivo Ejido in 2005-06 to move then to Rayo Vallecano leading them in his second season to return to the second season in the fifth place.

Mel was sacked in February 15, 2010 after poor results by Rayo to sign with his former team Real Betis leading them to return to the top division in his first year.

Mourinho defies Lukaku to reveal the reason for his departure from Chelsea

Coach Jose Mourinho Chelsea ensured his adherence with the offensive trio Fernando Torres and Samuel Eto'o and Senegal's Demba Ba during the winter transfer period, denying the existence of an intention to restore the glittering Belgian Romelu Lukaku with Everton.

Although Eto'o exposure to muscle injury will keep him from playing for two weeks, but Mourinho stressed that Lukaku, the owner of seven goals in the Premier League this season, will not return for the Blues after leaving last summer.

The Gunners suffered from weak scoring figures for the heads spearhead in the domestic league, where Eto'o scored two goals, and Torres one goal, while Demba Ba did not score so far after 12 rounds. 

At a news conference today "Mo" challenged Lukaku to disclose the real reason for his departure from Chelsea, with the beginning of the season, saying, "Lukaku young man likes to speak, but it's the only one who did not talk about what is the reason for his departure from Chelsea, the last time I met him I asked him to disclose the reason ".

The press linked between the Lukaku departure from Chelsea and the wasting of the weighting decisive kick in the European Super Cup against Bayern Munich, which is coached by Pep Guardiola, Grimm Mourinho, causing the Bavarians win the title earlier this season.

The Belgian coach criticized in a press statement in which he said "Mourinho regret at my departure."

On the other hand, Mourinho said that he does not plan to contract with his compatriot Fabio Coentrao during the winter transfer window in January.

Mourinho said in comments highlighted by the newspaper "AS" Spanish: "I did not ask for the contract with the Portuguese players, I've dealt with a lot of them during my career, and now is enough for me Seen goalkeeper Hilario within the ranks of Chelsea."

The newspaper "Daily Mail" English pointed to Mourinho's desire to annex Coentrao, and pointed out that in the case of the arrival of the two clubs Chelsea and Real to the agreement, the player will join the ranks of the "blues" at the end of the current season.