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Juan Ignacio Martínez, precedents of saves

Juan Ignacio Martinez he has a complicated mission at Real Zaragoza. As the team’s third coach of the season, he is aware of the difficulty of his task, that of saving the club from relegation. However, the Alicante coach has a remarkable baggage of rescues throughout his professional career.

A history that begins with his arrival in the national categories. In the 2004/05 season he took the reins of the Cartagena on matchday 29 as the team’s fourth coach. Upon arrival, the Murcia team was 14th, three points from relegation and two from promotion. At the end of the campaign he was 13th, three points behind the promotion and seven points from relegation after four wins, four draws and only two losses. The following campaign would be champion of group although it would not obtain the promotion.

In 2006/07 he would reach the Alcoyano on matchday 13. At that time, the Alicante team was 14th, in promotion score and two points from relegation. At the end of the season he would be fighting for promotion, 3rd only three points behind the leader, the Alicante and with the same score as the second, the SD Huesca. I would fall in the fight for promotion before him Burgos, for penalties.

After a long time, including five consecutive seasons, holding the position for the entire course in Cartagena, Levante Y Valladolid, even descending with the Pucelano team, his last rescue mission arrived, in Almeria, in LaLiga Santander. In Andalusian lands he did not have enough patience, he arrived after the dismissal of Francisco, after 15 games played, with the 19th team two points away from salvation. After 14 matches of JIM, the Almeria he was 18th, one point from salvation, with a balance of 4 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. The team would end up descending, remaining six points from salvation, three of them were subtracted for non-payment.

It is clear from the precedents that Juan Ignacio Martinez he is a coach who knows the way of salvation well. However, it is possible that the reaction of this Real Zaragoza It is possibly the most difficult mission of his career, a challenge of height in which he has started on the right foot, but which still has a long way to go.

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