Writing sports, 15 abr. The Uruguayan Paulo Pezzolano, coach of Valladolid, was sent off during the match against Villarreal for leaving his technical area and confronting the coach of the Castellón team, Quique Setién.
According to the minutes of the referee Javier Iglesias Villanueva, he showed him the red card after 74 minutes for “leaving his technical area to confront the opposing coach in a defiant attitude and provoking a confrontation. He then protested ostensibly.”
Pezzolano explained at a press conference after the game, in which his team won 1-2, that he never protested to the referees or lost respect for them, but indicated that the rival should have thrown the ball out because there was a player from the team from Valladolid injured, the Moroccan Jawad El Yamiq, and not following the play, which ended with the goal from the Frenchman Etienne Capoue.
The Uruguayan coach, who took over from José Rojo ‘Pacheta’, made his debut in LaLiga Santander as coach of Valladolid last day with a draw against Mallorca (3-3). Against Villarreal he achieved the first victory of his stage, key in the fight for permanence in the highest category of Spanish football. EFE
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