The Mexican Santos Laguna announced this Thursday the dismissal of the Portuguese coach Pedro Caixinha after the Lagunero team was eliminated in the round of 16 of the Concacaf Champions League.
“After analyzing the performance and sports results at the time, the Santos Laguna Sports Committee decided to complete the cycle of Pedro Caixinha and his coaching staff at the head of the first team. We are grateful for the professionalism and dedication of Pedro and his team. “, was reported in a press release.
Caixinha began his second stint as coach of Santos Laguna in January, but failed to fulfill one of the institution’s main objectives, obtaining its first Concacaf Champions League in which they were eliminated on Wednesday by Canadian CF Montréal.
In addition to the failure in the Concacaf tournament, the European strategist failed to win in the first six days of the Clausura 2022 tournament, in which he left Santos in last place in the standings with a record of two draws and four losses.
The former Scottish Rangers helmsman signed his worst sporting results with Santos in his second stage, since in the first, from 2013 to 2015, he won the 2015 Clausura League title, the 2014 Apertura Cup and the Champion of Champions trophy of the 2014-2015 season.
The Santos Laguna board will take a few days to define a new strategist who will return the team to prominence and give it its first league title since Clausura 2018 and the seventh in its history.
Santos has a quality squad that is led by Uruguayan midfielders Brian Lozano and Fernando Gorriarán, who did not shine in Caixinha’s management.
The Laguneros also have figures in the attack such as the Ecuadorian Ayrton Preciado and the Colombian Harold Preciado, as well as a solid defense led by the Brazilian Matheus Doria and the Ecuadorian Félix Torres.
EFE
