▲ Fernando Gago (center) has two titles under his belt with Racing de Argentina. Photo @Chivas
Alberto Aceves
La Jornada Newspaper
Tuesday, December 26, 2023, p. a12
In Guadalajara, the only club in the League that plays with Mexican elements, there is a belief that a coach like Fernando Gago only needs time to show his abilities. Behind the two titles he achieved at the head of Racing de Argentina, there is a method that can improve problems that are imperceptible in a team, including punctual arrival to training, nutrition, weight balance and more than 30 minutes of videos to get to know the rival, explains the former manager of the Avellaneda team, Rubén Capria.
Gago, always serious and with little contact with the media, has a long-term objective in the Flock: to build a strong project, as Matías Almeyda did from 2015 to 2018, and follow the same line in training of young players. Gago is a superior coach, someone who will want to know everything about the club: first division, reserve, lower divisions. He is a leader with enormous international experience, highlights Capria, who is in charge of presenting him in October 2021 after Gago’s brief experience at Aldosivi.
While sports president Fernando Hierro observes more than one profile on the list of possible reinforcements – Fidel Ambriz (León) and José Castillo (Pachuca), among others – there are also at least three elements that are not included in the plans: goalkeeper Miguel Jiménez and the forwards Ángel Zaldívar and Santiago Ormeño. For those who arrive or leave, there are situations that with the Argentine are non-negotiable, but in which everyone has to help, maintains the also former Cruz Azul footballer in reference to the strict weight control carried out by the 37-year-old coach and therefore which several of its leaders were left out of important matches.
To play high-performance soccer I learned that if you are not physically well, it is very difficult to perform. “I spent many years in Europe and I never saw anyone overweight,” Gago declared last year before his departure from Racing, in the midst of controversial situations due to the absence of star elements such as Edwin Cardona and Emiliano Vecchio, who presented extra kilos in the race. balance.
Of 109 games with the Academy, Gago won 53, tied 28 and lost the same number, but with added value: the debut of 17 players in the first division, which meets Chivas’ search standards.
Reinforcements in the Machine
In the middle of the holiday season, Cruz Azul added new features to its team. He confirmed that Colombian goalkeeper Kevin Mier, wanted by River Plate, will present medical examinations today in La Noria to finalize his arrival as reinforcement.
According to media in South America, Uruguayan midfielder Lorenzo Faravelli decided to leave Independiente del Valle in Ecuador and will travel to Mexico City.
2023-12-26 09:01:47
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