Vélez left without DT: defeat to Boca at Liniers catapulted criticized ‘Cacique’ Medina

There were indications, until confirmation came. the Uruguayan Alexander Medina stopped being the coach of Vélez Sarsfield this Saturdayafter the defeat against Boca at Liniers which led the management to interrupt the process, which in this duel had reached match number 40. They were 11 wins it’s a 38.33%. of points for the ‘Cacique’, who has not finished finding the return to the game that needed a team that mixes a lot of experience with young people.

The announcement was made by ‘Fortín’ manager Cristian Bassedas. “We wanted to inform you, to be clear as an institution, that we have decided to terminate Alexander Medina’s contract as coach of Vélez. It is a moment of sadness, because a very deep bond unites us, apart from the professional, but unfortunately it is part of the journey “said the director.

The boos that came down from the stands of the José Amalfitani stadium as soon as Yael Falcón Pérez sanctioned the end of the match against ‘Xeneize’, heralded the suspension of the press conference of the now ex DT and the presence of the leaders in the locker room the novelty, confirmed a few minutes later with the word of Bassedas.

Medina had arrived at Liniers after a historic season at Talleres de Córdoba, which he had just eliminated in the Copa Libertadores -always River-, even if he then suffered a heavy blow against Flamengo from Brazil in the semifinals.

This is the second coach sent off in the same week, as something similar happened with another Uruguayan like him last Tuesday Marcello Saralegui in Colón de Santa Fe, where Néstor Pipo Gorosito has already settled.