The cycle of Hernán Darío Herrera, at the head of Nacional, came to an end. The defeat in the classic against Medellin was the trigger for a problem that had been going on since last semester, which neither the 17th star managed to cover up nor leave the purslane managers satisfied.
The controversies that have arisen with the ‘Arriero’ come more from the purslane environment than from the strategist himself. In Colombia, it has become common to see a coach leave his position, despite achieving good results in the immediately preceding tournament.
He arrived in the middle of the semester, took Nacional to the final and made him champion. It will remain for the record, just like Rafael Dudamel, who arrived in Cali in mid-2021, to replace Alfredo Arias, leading the sugar producers to the League title, which they had not won for six years.
It is not the first time that this has happened, since Gustavo Costas experienced two similar situations, when he directed Santa Fe. He arrived in the second half of 2014, became champion and the next year he was licensed in mid-June. Similar situation, because he returned to the lion in 2016, making him champion of the League and leaving for 2017.
More recent and remembered is the case of Juan Cruz Real. He arrived in America in mid-2020, resisted by his style and the memory of Guimaraes, led the Scarlets to the 15th star and the two-time championship, left office in April 2021, even with chances of advancing to an eventual title .
Another of the remembered cases is that of Óscar Quintabani, who was two-time champion with Nacional in 2007, but in 2008, he had no support and left the institution.
