The ATP Tudelano has decided to remove Juanma Marube from the bench with four games left in the League. Taking advantage of the last break in the calendar due to international commitments. The Ribera Navarra club has taken this emergency measure to fight for permanence and will opt for an interim solution. With the duo formed by the second coach, Álvaro Cordón, and the coordinator of the orange quarry, Ferrán Plana.
final decision
In the final decision of President Ramón Lázaro, which, according to the club, has been agreed upon with Juanma Marube. It can be confirmed that the opinion of the heavyweights in the locker room has had a lot of influence. It should be noted that the ATP Tudelano has offered the Galician coach to continue in the Navarrese club by integrating into the technical structure. The coach from Lugo has decided to accept the new role until the conclusion of his contract on June 30.
A tough defeat (2-7) against Noia Portus Apostoli on the last day and the fact of only having added one point in the last seven games, with six defeats and one draw, have precipitated the events in Tudela. The Navarrese squad will play a crucial duel on April 20 against the bottom team, Family Cash Alzira. In the last three days, they will receive ElPozo Murcia Costa Calida and Mallorca Palma Futsal, and they will visit Jaén Paraíso Interior.
Tough Season
A very tough end to the season for ATP Tudelano in a dramatic fight for relegation, along with three other teams such as Real Betis Futsal, Family Cash Alzira, and Noia Portus Apostoli. The Ribera de Navarra squad has accumulated thirteen consecutive seasons in the First Division since achieving promotion in 2011. Last season, they achieved salvation on the penultimate day with Diego Rios on the bench. Juanma Marube was the last decision that Ramón Lázaro made in his debut as president of the ATP Tudelano. The top Navarrese leader made the squad, and after meeting with up to 16 technicians, decided to incorporate the Galician coach in July. The ex of Burela, Talavera, and O Parrulo had just enough time to prepare the preseason, he arrived without any trusted assistant, and he did not intervene in any of the six signings made in the summer market.
winter window
In the winter window, the riverside club carried out a profound remodeling of the team with the departure of the Brazilians Deko and John Lennon. That of the youth squad Alberto Lahuerta, and the Moroccan Soufian Charraoui. To replace them came the Portuguese goalkeeper Joao Silva, Dani Montes, Victor Montes, and the pivot Matheus Dener, who has only been able to play 5 League games after suffering a complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament and the external meniscus in his left leg.
Additionally, the FIFA calendar has taken its toll on the team’s internationals like the Argentinians Claudino and Tripodi, far from their best level, as well as the Moroccans Hamza Maimon and Anás El Ayanne. Juanma Marube has become the fifth coach dismissed in the First Division this season. The first was José Lucas Mena, Pato, on October 18, 2023. The Alicante coach was dismissed by Alberto Riquer after the sixth day of the League. Next was Thomas of God in the Noia Portus Apostoli. The Galician club announced its departure on January 2 and opted for David Palmas as a replacement with 14 games left to play. On February 16, ElPozo Murcia made public the dismissal of Javi Rodríguez and opted for the Dani Martínez-Vinicius duo, and on March 7, Real Betis announced the departure of Bruno García, betting on Ramón Martínez.