It could be said that Guillermo Almada reached the semifinals in the race to be the successor to Gerardo Martino as the new coach of Mexico. Until the previous weekend in the media of the Aztec country the name of the Uruguayan was cited as the most optioned. But surprisingly, the previous Thursday, it was spread in the Mexican digital press that Diego Cocca, an Argentine who was in charge of the Tigers, had been chosen.
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The signing of Cocca, as reported by the newspaper Record“was promoted by the directives of Xolos de Tijuana (Grupo Caliente) and Santos Laguna (Grupo Orlegi), teams that he led at some point.”
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In the newspaper Millennium Francisco Culebro, president of Tigres, acknowledged that “everything was very fast, very sudden” regarding the loss of the Monterrey club’s trainer. Cocca accepted the offer of the Mexican Football Federation, after ruling out this institution to Almada, champion with Pachuca in the Apertura 2022 tournament (last tournament last year).
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Cocca’s connection to the Mexican team and the alleged interest of the Tigers in Ricardo Gareca (“Gareca’s high salary would be the main obstacle to signing with Ecuador, something that would not be a problem to reach an agreement with the squad of the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon,” said Sports worldfrom Spain) has generated a question in the national media: is the road open again for Almada to be the helmsman of the Tricolor?
What Almada said
In a brief conversation with EL UNIVERSO Almada, with a brilliant stay at Barcelona SC, to whom he gave the 2016 championship and took him to the semifinals of the 2017 Copa Libertadores, revealed what is happening regarding the possibility of being Gustavo Alfaro’s successor.
“For the Ecuadorian team, on this occasion, no one called me,” said Almada. The Uruguayan refers to “on this occasion” because he was already wanted by the FEF. In March 2021, Almada recognized at the Quito station Sports area the following: “They looked for me before they announced Gustavo Alfaro. It could not be corrected due to different circumstances, or rather misunderstandings, because sometimes the conversation was not directly with me. An arrangement could not be reached (with the FEF). I want to insist that it was not because of the economic issue.”
Regarding the option that he had to be the driver of the Aztec team, Almada told this newspaper that there was, in the end, no agreement. “We talked with the Mexican Federation (to direct the team), but we did not reach an agreement. We spent about a month talking (/with the leaders), the Uruguayan explained this day. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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