Jorge Almirón analyzed his Boca debut: from mistakes in attack to the positive sign of the defeat against San Lorenzo

He was in a box at the Bombonera, he signed the contract, introduced himself, did a couple of training sessions and got on the substitute bench to manage at the Nuevo Gasómetro. the last days of Jorge Almiron must have been the busiest period of his sporting life, after the age of 51, after the call of Juan Roman Riquelmehad the opportunity to lead Mouth, something I’ve been dreaming about for a long time. But the debut was not as expected: the Xeneize has fallen again. Even if, beyond the fact that the new coach has work ahead of him, some signs of his idea have been seen.

“We have things to work on and improve. We made a mistake in attack in the first half. We had trained her despite the short time but we didn’t do it well”Almirón said at the press conference after the fight.

However, he highlighted: “The team reacted with a man down, we had chances to score. It’s very difficult to compete when the opponent has one more player and we keep risking and playing hand to hand. The players have grown a lot in the second half”. Then, already thinking about the future, he added: “The result was important but it didn’t come. We have to think about what’s to come, we have many games ahead of us and we need to recover quickly”.

Dressed all in black, with a shirt with the top buttons undone, Almirón showed up at the Nuevo Gasómetro with a smile. The people of San Lorenzo remained indifferent to him, beyond a few whistles when the voice from the stadium mentioned his name, giving the team’s formations.

Is that the current Boca coach has had a frustrated transition as coach of Cyclone, where he arrived at the end of 2018 and barely lasted a semester. And he’s only remembered for bringing in a dozen players, most of whom didn’t work.

Almirón was immediately active in the match with the unfortunate play ending in a goal against Pol Fernández after nine minutes. He began giving one direction after another. Always standing next to the line. He was very restless on the bench, involved in the game, even in some striking details.

One of the most curious indications was that of Pol, the captain, whom he asked to speak to the referee Facundo Tello, after several infractions he had charged against San Lorenzo and a push from Gattoni to “Chiquito” Romero. And Almirón later complained about the refereeing: “In the divisions he charged them several times and our players got excited. There were a lot of nerves. The match was very hard-fought, there was a lot of action. I think the referee made a mistake but I still don’t think it was decisive”.

In general, when things weren’t going well for his team, he was seen as annoying, worried and upset, more by his arm gestures than his face. Not to mention when Agustín Sandez kicked from behind and they took out the red one which Facundo Tello then turned yellow after the VAR called to review the play.

At the interval, Almirón’s pulse didn’t shake to let Sandez out and then, with just over 15 minutes to go, he sent off Langoni and Benedetto and tried Briasco and Merentiel. Meanwhile he continues to give instructions and complain about every wasted opportunity by his players, such as those of Varela and Briasco. It hasn’t been a lucky day for his mouth.

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