The story of last semester is repeated a bit. Three consecutive defeats starting the championship. This time the Millonarios board decided to act quickly and fire Hernán Torres who was never able to find solutions in the game and in the results. The defeat against Pasto was decisive. After the match, at the Libertad stadium, Enrique Camacho and Ariel Michaloutsos informed the coach that they would not continue.
The ambassador team sent Hernán Torres’ departure statement in the early morning hours. The sports director has begun to move, he had already been looking at alternatives for several days in case the era of the experienced coach did not work out. At this moment there are four candidates who are shaping up to arrive. All foreigners. The last foreign coach that Millonarios had was Miguel Ángel Russo with whom he became League and Super League champion.
“Hopefully Millonarios will be a reference in South America, that is my maximum goal. There is a good resource in Millonarios but it must be organized,” Michaloutsos said upon his arrival. The Argentine will look for an ambitious coach who can change the situation in the blue team. The ambassadors do not want another semester of failures.
Gustavo Álvarez, Holan and Dudamel, the strongest candidates
There are three coaches who are starting strong and leading the interest. The first according to Guillermo Arango is Gustavo Álvarez who was one of the main candidates to lead the Peruvian National Team, but they finally decided on another. The Argentine coach was champion in Chile of Huachipato and Universidad de Chile. He was in charge of getting La U out of a very difficult moment.
Another Argentine, Ariel Holan, comes in second place. His last team was Rosario Central. He has a long experience and has made history by the way his teams play. He has been restless about tactics and new technologies. Ball possession and ‘width and depth’are your bases to achieve a good game. The 65-year-old coach has several titles. He was champion in Chile with Universidad Católica, he won the Sudamericana and the Suruga Bank with Independiente de Avellaneda. In Mexico he was champion with León, he won an Argentine league with Rosario Central.
The third coach is Rafael Dudamel, although he is not so close to the sports director, the Venezuelan is always a candidate and even more so when he is free. He knows Colombian soccer and has already become champion with Cali and Bucaramanga in record time. He is a former blue team player and although a possible operation has never occurred, it is an option.
Julio Vaccari, an option for Michaloutsos
The 45-year-old coach faced Millonarios in the 2023 Copa Sudamericana when he led Defensa y Justicia. He started as a video analyst at Athletic Club with Marcelo Bielsa, then followed him to Marseille, then it began to rise. He was technical assistant to Godoy Cruz, Argentinos Juniors and Vélez Sarsfield.
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