Juanma Lillo, the eternal promise of the Spanish bench

Last update 2 May, 2024 by Alberto Llopis

Juanma Lillo He is one of those coaches who have been coaches teachers. Maybe, better teaching that executing the function the same. The truth, is that your curriculum throws four descents, a few sees and an empty title trajectory, as first coach that yes. Since as a second of Pep Guardiola at the City Champion of Europe, I was not doing anything wrong.

Lillo started very early in the world of the dugout. Born on 3 November 1965, con 30 years, He got his biggest hit was on a bench, double rise of category Salamanca from Second Division B to the top flight. Thanks to the prestige acquired in Salamanca, He was signed by Real Oviedo where he debuted in First and was first ceased. He went through the Tenerife where in his second season was also stopped. After almost two years without training, in it 2000 It was signed by Real Zaragoza, which eventually also throwing for their poor performance. It was the third team in which he was after his departure from Salamanca and three, they had cast. His prestige was gradually running out.

It took three more years until he picked up the reins of another computer, this time Second Division. Took the reins of a debutant city of Murcia who, of course, He ended up ceasing the coach. Lillo continued accumulating redundancies, four in his last four teams. His next step was Terrasa, Second also at that time, where he eventually resigned almost dropped the team, ahead of him thrown. His credibility on a bench at that time was already nil. With his prestige as a coach for the soils, He went to prove fortune to Mexico, where he joined the Dorados de Sinaloa. Over there, He signed a Guardiola Pep whose career as a footballer was practically finished and had not yet become the successful coach that is today.

With controversy and a very murky way, his team finished down , In another failure of a technician who collects descents and ceases in a Barra. It took two years to re-sign with a team and made by the Royal Society at that time, He militated in Second Division. Here there was an unusual event in his career since 1995, It was not ceased even in his second season, It was not renewed. At least he not accumulated a decline. His last team was Almeria, already in the first division where a 20 November 2010. After three years inactive, acting as television commentator, Since it seems better it is given your rhetoric and knowledge of everything that wraps football, Always in your view, The coach arrives at one of Colombia's greats.

How Juanma Lillo as coach?. Defender of the beautiful game, of elaborate and quality football, Very of Jorge Valdano's style, He came to be in the pools of Barcelona (or that someone wanted to sell) To be the coach of the cules. Viewing your history, riddled with failures, decreases, separations and absent from titles, The matter seemed the less a joke. Seen as the eternal promise of the Spanish bench since with 30 years burst as a young and innovative technical, Lillo, It is launched into the adventure in Colombian football where the press of that country has come to qualify it as “one of the best tactical strategists Spanish football” o “mentor and teacher Pep Guardiola”. A great career on the benches will not have but a great representative and image advisor seems to. After accumulating so many failures, They continue considering him as a good coach in some places, not in Spain, where it seems that their credit ran out long ago. Hopefully for Colombia you will do better. Good luck, Well, you will need.