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Ayestaran’s dismal run continues
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Las Palmas coach Pako Ayestaran was clinging to his job yesterday after his team’s 0-2 loss at Levante marked a sixth straight defeat in his first six games in charge.
Ayestaran is one game away from equaling the club’s worst ever run of results under Frenchman Marcel Domingo in the 1959-60 season.
Las Palmas stayed stuck to the bottom of the standings following its ninth consecutive league defeat in Sunday’s match, although it is only three points from escaping the relegation zone.
Spanish media reported on Sunday that Ayestaran’s job with Las Palmas was not immediately under threat, however, and that he was expected to be in charge for next Sunday’s trip to Real Sociedad.
Ayestaran himself said he had no intention of resigning from his role with the club.
“I would have to be dead in order to give up,” he told a news conference after his side conceded twice in the second half against Levante.
Ayestaran also holds the record for the longest run of defeats for a coach in La Liga, losing 13 games in a row: the six losses with Las Palmas adding to seven straight defeats in his last job with Valencia which led to him being sacked in September 2016.
The previous record for consecutive defeats was held by Jose Espada Virgos who lost 10 games on the trot with Alcoyano in 1950-51.
Ayestaran was Rafael Benitez’s assistant for 11 years, following the Spaniard to Osasuna, Extremadura, Tenerife, Valencia and Liverpool.
He made his debut as a first team coach with Mexican side Tecos in 2013 before winning a domestic treble with Israeli outfit Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2015.
He succeeded Gary Neville as Valencia coach in March 2016 and quickly strung together three victories, including a shock 2-1 win at eventual champion Barcelona, before his record soured.
Elsewhere on Sunday, Valencia coach Marcelino was sent off from the dugout for dissent before watching his side earn a barely deserved 2-0 win at Espanyol to stay in touch with Barcelona ahead of next week’s showdown against the Liga leader.
Barca leads the table on 34 points from 12 games, Valencia is second in 30, while Real Madrid is third and Atletico Madrid fourth, both on 24.
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