Marcelino didn’t need much time before bouncing back. A few weeks after abruptly leaving OM “for non-sporting reasons”, the Asturian technician was named on the Villarreal bench to succeed José Rojo Pacheta at the beginning of November. A welcome return to Spain for the one who had long attracted criticism from the press, particularly at the end of his journey in Valencia and Seville. In an interview given to Relevo, Marcelino explained the reasons for this return to the fore, which according to him, remains a question of context. With his failed move to OM as an argument.
“The success of a coach? I think it depends on a lot of circumstances like luck or timing. I had to live with difficult owners or very complicated situations, like the one in Marseille, which is not commoninsists the Spanish coach. Sometimes this is explained by the choice of the club where you want to go, and in the world of football, there are situations that are not analyzed on what you have done right or wrong in your work… As coaches we have to accept that. And I repeat, I’m not worried. When I left Bilbao, I recognized that I had some responsibility, it was forgotten and now we are back.»
