Robert Moreno signed in December for Russian club Sochi to become the third coach of the season. The team from the south of the country was four points behind the relegation promotion when they went to the winter break. The feelings with the Spaniard improved during the friendlies in January and February, with four victories in eight games. However, After two months of official matches, the team seems doomed to relegation.
After seven league games and one cup match, the team remains bottom (now five points from the playoffs) and eliminated from the cup. Their balance is one victory, six draws and one defeat. The Copa was eliminated against Khabarovsk, a mid-table team in the Second Division, on penalties. And the only defeat (in the 90 minutes) that he has suffered was this Thursday, at the home of Akhmat Grozny, in which it was almost a final for permanence. Penultimate versus penultimate. The locals achieved a 1-0 victory (the young Sadulaev scored a great goal for the top corner from the front) that allowed them to climb three places and left Robert Moreno’s men sunk in last place.
Now, Robert Moreno and his Sochi have five days left to attempt the miracle. A final sprint that seems far away from what has been seen so far from this squad. Of those five games, two of them are really complicated, one against Dinamo Moscow (3rd) and another against Krasnodar (2nd).. Until today, a bad experience for the Spanish coach, who is completing a really poor record at club level (he coached Spain for ten games), with 50 games in which they have won 12, drawn 19 and lost another 19.
Follow the Diario AS channel on WhatsApp, where you will find all the sport in a single space: the news of the day, the agenda with the latest news on the most important sporting events, the most outstanding images, the opinion of the best AS firms , reports, videos, and some humor from time to time.
