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"Valencia" club officials dismissed head coach Mauricio Pellegrino after a devastating loss in the Spanish championship matches. In Saturday's match, "Los Che" were defeated 5-2 by the footballers of San Sebastiano "Real Sociedad", prompting club officials to make the decision to dismiss the coach. Pellegrino, who defended the club's honor as a player in the past, took over the reins of "Valencia" from Unai Emery at the end of last season and managed to lead the team to the knockout stages of the Champions League. Despite a good performance in continental competitions, the "bats" are currently in 12th place in the domestic championship, having conceded 9 goals in their last two matches. This forced the team leaders to take action. President Manuel Llorente wrote on the club's official Twitter account: "We exchanged opinions, discussed and made the decision to dismiss Pellegrino." One of the candidates to take over the team is Unai Emery, who coached the team last season and was recently dismissed from his position as head coach of Moscow's "Spartak".
