Martín Palermo and his first big smile as Olimpia coach

Martin Palermo he achieved his first victory as a coach Olympia after defeating Guaraní 3-1 in the oldest classic of Paraguayan football in one of the matches of the seventh round of the Professional Division tournament.

The first joy of the historic gunner Boca Juniors at the command of Dean came thanks to the double of Carlos Espinoloh to the goal Kevin Parzajuk with the help of the former Argentine champion striker of River and Vélez, Luca Pratto.

Palermo made his debut last night as Olimpia’s coach during the Paraguayan Superclásico against Cerro Porteño, where they managed to win after a 1-1 draw.

After moving to Platense, the Titan arrived at Olimpia in mid-February as a replacement Aureliano Torreswhich he ran on an interim basis following the departure of Carlos Chiqui Arce.

With this victory, the team from Asunción has risen to seventh place in the standings and is four points behind the current leader of the championship, Libertad, who will end the day this Monday, starting at 7.30 pm, in the duel in which they will play first against the locals. Tacuario.

Olimpia will try to repeat history next Saturday and keep the three points again when they receive them Sportsman Luqueñofrom 8.30pm

“I see a lot of dedication and commitment from the players in the short time we are working,” explained El Loco at the end of the match, who aims to make his team grow more and more, which this year will not play international competitions. locally to have a real chance of winning the title.

“They themselves have an incentive to demonstrate what the team did on the pitch. We showed order, we were once again precise and we scored the goals at the right time.” And he added: “There is a lot of dedication”.

Finally, Palermo expresses itself: “The team is regrouping, finding a good understanding and this is important. We must be strong and solid. I’m perhaps angry about the goal, but Guaraní were a dangerous team. In general I think that “We have played a great game.”