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Which means not having the pressure of the descent. Characterized by the fact that it is a competition with little or no patience in coaching processes, The MX League found in Guardians 2021 its exception to the rule in what to dismissals of technical directors is, since In this century, there have never been so many days without ceasing.
Tena was fired after the 11th
As I said, in the 21 years of the 21st century, at this stage of the tournament there has always been at least one fired helmsman. Luis Fernando Tena was left out of FC Juárez after 11 days, leaving a weak balance of two wins, three draws and five losses, along with a pending match against Tigres rescheduled for April 14th.
Since short tournaments were adopted in the mid-1990s, head coaches have been very unstable, with honorable exceptions such as Ricardo Ferretti still in the Tigers o Vucetich in Rayados and Miguel Herrera in America.
Usually, changes in banks begin to take place in the first third of the competition; There were even extreme cases in which they threw the helmsman the next day or a few days before starting a tour like Michel with Pumas.
The economic crisis, another factor to support DT
In this 2021, economic crisis due to coronavirus pandemic forced clubs to be more patient with their strategies, because the absorption of liquidation costs is a considerable expense, therefore Paulo Pezzolano in Pachuca or Diego Cocca at the start of the Atlas tournament received unusual support compared to a semester in normal economic conditions.
Actually, In the last 10 Mexican football tournaments, it has been a constant that the coaches have been fired between days 2 and 6, while in 2021 the Guardians left behind the first half of the regular phase to see the former unemployed from El Flaco Tena
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