These will be the first challenges Santiago Solari will have to overcome as the new Eagles coach.
Santiago Solari has been announced as America’s new coach and will succeed Miguel Herrera, who, despite becoming a historic featherweight box, came out amid strong criticism after two failures against Chivas and LAFC in the CONCACAF Champions League. The Argentine helmsman has been linked with Real Madrid for the last seven years, where he went through the lower categories of Cadet B, Cadet A, Youth B, Real Madrid Castilla and even the first team, where he won a Club World Cup.
Solari will have his second experience as a coach at Division I level and considering what his new adventure will be, at ESPN Digital we present the challenges he will face in Águilas and Liga MX.
SHAPE A STYLE OF PLAY
Azulcrema’s last boxing tournament was the most questioned in the two stages that Miguel Herrera experienced as a club strategist. The criticism that the team received was made up of the results they obtained throughout the semester due to the individual quality shown by their former players now, which determined them to collect points and place them among the first four places in the championship; However, everything changed in the last matches in which they lost to Flock in the quarterfinals of Guard1anes 2020, lost in the second round of the Champions League CONCACAF against Atlanta United and were eliminated from the tournament mentioned in the semifinals against the LAFC.
The team received the harshest criticism and the style of play they had in the best moments was forgotten. Now, Solari will have to regain the team’s trust and get a style that the board and fans will like.
The tactical scheme he used in his time at Real Madrid was 4-2-3-1, but as the matches progressed and the pressure increased due to the requirements of the team, he changed to 4-3-3.
The Eagles have already used the first system with Miguel Herrera, due to the injuries that the team presented during the last tournament and which determined them to play with only a new one. In the coming days he will have the support of Gilberto Adame, who was Miguel Herrera’s technical assistant and at the request of the board he remained to be the interim technician to lead the first days of the pre-season, but he expects to continue working hand new strategist in hand. Solari will be under pressure to implement his style of play in the next few days as he will have less than two weeks to work and will experience his first Guard1anes 2021 game on January 9, when he will face Atlético de San Luis on the pitch. Aztec.
UNWANTED PLAYERS
A few weeks ago, Roger Martínez and Andrés Ibargüen were convicted by team president Santiago Baños, who announced nationally and internationally that these men do not take place at the club because “their time at the club is over.”
Solari could rule out the participation of these two men, mainly Roger, who in the last year and a half tried to force his departure from the team on his own terms, but the club did not give in to pressure because they do not want to lose money for his transfer and they made it clear that any team that wants the footballer will have to pay more than $ 10 million, a figure that seems high because of the economic crisis that teams are experiencing around the world because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Lack of reinforcements
The club will seek to provide Solari with all the optimal working conditions for Guard1anes 2021, but one of the problems facing the club is the lack of capital, as the only man they have managed to close is Mauro Lainez.
Men like Alan Medina, Pedro Aquino, Fabian Castillo, Marcel Ruíz, Luis Quiñones and Leo Fernández called into the orbit of the institution, but of those mentioned there were only negotiations for the first two. America wants Medina in exchange for a barter of players, but in Toluca they want money and not players. Meanwhile, Aquino has concluded his contract with León and advanced talks with those from Coapa and this week his arrival in the team could happen.
A TEN WITHOUT CONTACT WITH MEXICO
“Indiecito” is not aware of the MX League, because in his time as a footballer he was with Atlante from 2009 to 2010, which determined him to know the First Division lands and most of the clubs that currently remain in the maximum circuit.
Solari lived in Guadalajara when his father led Toluca, Monterrey, Celaya, Atlético Morelia and Atlas; his uncle ran America in 1997, and his brother Esteban made his way through the national fields while playing with the cougar.
DEMANDING FANS
The former Merengue coach could have a period of adaptation in his first experience in Mexico, he will be able to count on the support of the dome, but Azulcrema fans are recognized because they do not have patience with the team and want to see results from the first game.
Solari will experience the pressure of the worst team in Mexican football, but only two years ago he held the reins of one of the most watched clubs in the world and where he was under the control of international critics where he came out with a record of 22 victories. in 32 games, two draws and eight defeats. In addition to winning the Club World Cup.