Who is Mariano Herrón, Boca’s new interim coach?

Hugo Ibarra has left Boca. By decision of the management, the ex winger’s cycle as DT of the first team ended this Tuesday. he confirmed it Maurice Sernamember of Football Councilafter 19:50

And while evaluating alternatives to deal with what comes next, with the Libertadores Cup as a great goal beyond the Professional league and the Argentina Cup, Mariano Herrone will take over on an interim basis. He will temporarily leave the Reserve and assume the position. Their first game will be against Barracas Central as a visitor on Saturday, starting at 3.30pm. And on April 6 they will make their debut in Venezuela against Monagas in the continental tournament.

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People wonder who Herrón is and what his background is. Without being linked to Boca as a player, he arrived at the club in early 2020 at the hands of Juan Roman Riquelme. He became part of the structure of the club and was inserted, by decision of Román, in the technical staff of Miguel Russo, Sebastián Battaglia and for a few days at Ibarra until later establishing himself as DT of the Reserve (he replaced Hugo himself in the internal reorganization of the last year).

There he obtained the League and the Champions Trophy. Everything also happened in between: some appreciated his silent work and his good relationship with the professional team. Others considered him too close to the vice president and this, in moments of tension between the squad and the football council, put him to the test.

“My gratitude to Román is because I’m here (in Boca) thanks to him, it’s reality. He invited me to be part of this project. I’m also grateful to Miguel (Russo), who accepted me to work with him. But the main invitation was that of Román, we faced each other many times when we were players, that match in which I made the personal best (Argentines 1-1 Boca, in 1999, were teammates in the Inferior del Bicho in the 1978 category), because we drew and it went quite well. But if Román had scored one of the two goals on goal, no one would have remembered Mariano Herrón. These are anecdotes that remain: my relationship with him goes beyond those games and now we have to work together. We’ve known each other since we were 10, 11, from Lower Argentines”, were the words of Herrón, 45, after being consecrated last year in the Reserve. In the CT of First he was champion together with Russo (Superliga 19/20 and Copa Maradona 2020) and Battaglia (Copa Argentina 2021 and Liga Profesional 2022).

And to further underline his good relationship with Riquelme, he added some time ago: “I talk a lot about football with Román. Everyone knows what this sport is passionate about. We exchange opinions, I listen and learn”.

More from Herrón

Questions about her figure: “There are always things to analyze. If I can continue, if not. I never felt questioned internally, which was what interested me. And then, if there are people who don’t know me and judge me, I can’t go out and deny anything that is said about me or my work, what I do is make myself available to the people in the club who hire me, available to each of the technical bodies I’ve had to integrate.

work in the mouth: “I am very happy here in this club, the biggest in the world at least for me, and I enjoy it a lot”,

The role of the older ones and reflection for the kids:”Not all clubs have the possibility of having this impressive place that we have, where the boys see Marcos Rojo, Benedetto, Pol, Zambrano… Players with a long history and an impressive professionalism that make the boy feel close to being there . As I always say to them, they have to watch and copy everything good that each of them does. You have to look at Rojo, who has been to Manchester and has played two World Cups. You have to look at Benedetto how he moves. How do you define…”