Real Madrid decided to sack its C team coach on Tuesday morning, according to Relevo, which cited … [+]
Real Madrid fired its C team coach on Tuesday according to Relevo, which cited anonymous sources.
The C team continues to linger in the relegation zone of the Segunda Federacion’s Group 5 after 20 matches, which has led to Los Blancos deciding to dismisz its now unemployed coach Alvaro Gomez-Rey.
The C team has only won four games in 2024/2025 while drawing eight and losing eight.
With it unable to string together two victories on the trot, club officials decided that a change was needed for a team that is low on morale.
Relevo stressed that those inside the club speak well of Gomez-Rey, his way of working and soccer knowledge, but a stance has been taken with Joselu Sanchez appearing as the favorite to replace him.
Sanchez is well-known in the regional soccer scene in Madrid with passages through Torrejon, Alcala and Ursaria, and he earned promotion to the Third Federation with the latter club.
The C team is seen as an important bridge between the Juvenil A youth side, or U18s, overseen by former professional Raul Arbeloa, and Raul’s Castilla reserve outfit.
Gomez-Rey had bad luck with many of his players suffering injuries, while Raul promoted the cream of the crop and Arbeloa kept those that Raul didn’t count on for himself.
Though the responsibility of this decision relies with Madrid’s formative department, making management changes mid-season is something that President Florentino Perez is usually against.
After the first team was trounced 5-2 by FC Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final earlier this month, reports circled that Carlo Ancelotti could be shown the Bernabeu exit door.
Because of a lack of candidates out there and a willingness not to make hasty changes halfway through the term, however, Ancelotti stayed put.
Onda Cero then reported that Ancelotti had informed the club of his decision to leave at the end of the season, which the Italian commented on in a press conference.
“I want to be very clear. The date of departure from this club will never be decided by me, never in my life,” Ancelotti first remarked.
“Someday that time will come, but I don’t know when it will be. I don’t decide. It could be tomorrow, in a few games, in a year… in five years.”
“Florentino will remain here for four more years and my goal is to reach Florentino’s four years. And so we say goodbye together…,” Ancelotti added, in-turn namedropping the recently re-elected president.
Should Ancelotti leave, however, Bayer Leverkusen’s Xabi Alonso is rumored to be a replacement already lined up by Perez.
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