Diego Martinez: The man who revived Las Palmas out of La Liga’s red zone

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Since the start of the 2024/25 season, Canary Islands club Las Palmas have not won a single game in their first 9 games and are at the bottom of the table. Leading to the departure of Luis Carrion as manager.

The arrival of Diego Martinez, the 43-year-old coach, has helped turn around Las Palmas’ situation incredibly, winning 4 of their last 6 La Liga games. Helping them escape the relegation zone and move up to 14th place.

Last weekend, Diego Martinez’s team surprised everyone by winning 2-1 at the leaders Barcelona, ​​their first away win over the Catalan giants since 1971.

Las Palmas’ two goals in their last game came from counterattacks, with Sandro Ramirez and Fabio Silva scoring one each, while Dutch goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen made several saves against Barca.

Since taking over as head coach of Las Palmas, Martinez has not changed the team much.

Mostly using the same players and sticking to a 4-2-3-1 system, what he did was build relationships and squeeze potential from the players.

In his first game in charge of Las Palmas, Martinez led the team to a 3-2 win at Valencia at the Mestalla, ending a terrible streak of 23 consecutive games without a win in La Liga. After winning his last league game on February 10,

since Martinez took over from Luis Carrion, it has been 6 games. Las Palmas has collected 12 points, second only to Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, which have collected 15 points each, when compared over the same period. Martinez

began his football coaching career at the age of 23. โปรโมชั่น ufabet His best moment was leading a small club like Granada to a seventh-place finish in the 2019/20 season and reaching the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League the following season.

Las Palmas’ next La Liga match will be a chance to win the fifth league game under Martinez. It’s Estádio Gran Canaria against Real Valladolid, the last team in terms of goals scored and conceded the most. A

change of manager is always an exciting prospect, and Diego Martinez will have to prove himself to lead a team with limited resources like Las Palmas to their best form with six months left of the season.