A trend that seems like a classic in Argentine football: 11 coaches gone in 15 dates

The 14 matches of the 15th date of the tournament Professional league They were played over four days, from Friday to Monday, as is customary in normal programming, with no dates on weekdays or holidays. In addition to the excitement and scandal in the Superclásico par excellence, River-Boca, Boca-River, there is another superclásico in national football: detonations in the substitutes’ benches and three coaches left their postssuch as fuses to change the equipment situation.

The story is known, coaches are the first candidates when the football crisis reigns and the ghost of relegation appears as a major concern. Match and points, a combination that does not include long-term processes. Emergencies prevail.

Just a detail of the last decade (2013-2023), among the teams that have played all the tournaments. River is the club that has had the fewest managers: three. Of course, Marcelo Gallardo spent eight years. He replaced Ramón Díaz and was replaced by Martín Demichelis. From him, Godoy Cruz has changed coaches 18 timesnow Daniel Oldrá is back on an interim basis.

After the River, there are among the five who have had fewer coaches Lanús (6), Boca (7), Argentinians (8it was just a semester in B Nacional and Gabriel Milito is the one who has been the longest now) e Velez (9).

After Mendoza’s team, those with the most coaches on the bench are Colón (15), Newell’s (14), San Lorenzo (13) and Tigre (12). Independiente also had 12, not counting the year they were in B Nacional.

More than half of the tournament has already been played and in 15 dates there are eleven coaches who are gone, while 17 others still remain in office. And it could be more by the end of the next day.

First on the list was Uruguayan Marcelo Saralegui, who left Colón after the fourth date. Sabalero lost the first three games and the departure came after Santa Fe’s classic draw against Unión 1-1. “I have the strength to continue,” he said after the meeting, but the management had already made the decision. Nestor Pipo Gorosito was his replacement.

The second was another Uruguayan, the Chief Alexander Medina, which had been in Vélez since July of the previous year. Although he reached the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores, his cycle was one of the lowest, in terms of percentage of points obtained, in the history of Fortín. He never found a return to the team and agreed to leave after losing 2-1 to Boca at Liniers. After a short internship for the duo Marcelo Bravo-Hernán Manrique, the the tiger Ricardo Garecathe latest manager with a successful spell at the club but who still hasn’t managed to straighten the situation and is seven games without a win.

Abel Balbus He barely lasted seven games in charge of Estudiantes de La Plata, six for the tournament, with three defeats, and one for the Copa Argentina. The decision was made before the Libertadores started. With the arrival of Eduardo Domínguez, Pincha improved a lot and only lost one game out of 12, the classic against Gimnasia.

The eighth round was the end for the coaches of two greats of Argentine football: Hugo Ibarra in Boca and Leandro Stilitano in Independiente. The two had difficulty finding a replacement right away. Three games later, on the eleventh date, Jorge Almidón’s cycle began at the Xeneize. While Pedro Monzón spent three games in an interim and only in the 12th round did Ricardo Zielinski take over.

The third Uruguayan coach of the League came out on the ninth round: Gustavo Munua, who had been with the Union since October 2021. After nine games, they managed just one win, four draws and four defeats. Two dates later, Sebastián Méndez took over, with the great challenge of removing him from the last place in the tournament.

The second cycle of Diego Flores In Godoy Cruz lasted just 10 games in which he scored 13 points (4 wins, one draw and 5 defeats). But the Translator’s departure had a lot more to do with a short-circuit with some Tomba executives than with football performances. Daniel Oldrà, the eternal interim, has been kept since 11. date.

the duo Rodolfo De Paoli-Alejandro Milan he left Barracas Central after a win against Platense in the eleventh round. But the departure had already been agreed with the management before the match. The club’s statement also clarified that the departure was agreed “on good terms”. Sergio Rondina now drives Guapo.

Two of the three clubs left without a manager after date 15 already have a replacement. TO Diego Dabove, who has lost 9 of his last 13 matches, will be replaced by Sebastián Battaglia. while a Javier Sanguinetti, who scored six points from the last 21, will be replaced by Julio César Falcioni. The announcement was made by the president of Drill, Eduardo Espinosa, through a video posted on social media. It will be the fifth cycle of the Emperor, architect of Banfield’s only league title, the 2009 Apertura. Meanwhile, Arsenal, last on average, have not yet announced the successor of Carlos Ruiz and ad interim is Dario Espínola.

Neither more nor less. The historical trends and those of recent years are maintained. For example, in 2021, after 15 dates there were 10 outgoing coaches and in the 25 dates only eleven of the 26 teams remained in their positions throughout the tournament. And in 2022 there were 8 changes after 15 dates and exactly half, 14 coaches of the 28 teams, completed the 27 dates. The other Superclásico of Argentine football.