Solari, 44, will return to Mexican football after 10 years
Santiago Solari, the new coach of America, arrived in Mexico City at dawn on January 1 to join the Eagles, which will begin its journey through Guard1anes 2021 in a few days. .
📹 | Welcome Santiago Solari!
A man who evokes hope and opportunity.# EstoEsAmérica # SolariEsÁguila 🦅 pic.twitter.com/0j7k381mDg– Club America (@ClubAmerica) January 1, 2021
“Good morning, all American fans, a very happy new year,” were the short words upon arrival in Mexico City.
The Eagles’ Twitter account boasted of his arrival, recalling his first words to the team: “Santiago Solari is already in the homeland of football!”
Solari, 44, will return to Mexican football after 10 years. The Santa Fe native played for Atlante during the 2009 Apertura, 2010 Clausura and 2010 Apertura, during which time he played 38 games and scored five goals, in addition to participating in the 2009 Club World Cup.
Newell’s youth team will make its debut as a strategist in Mexico and will continue its coaching career, which has been on hiatus since 2019 when it led Real Madrid in 28 games, of which it triumphed in 18, drew 2 and lost 8, in addition to winning the World Cup. Clubs 2018.
Santiago Solari began his career as a coach for Real Madrid and stood out for his time in Castilla, which he led in 86 games with a record of 32 wins, 29 draws and 25 defeats.
The Argentine will take on an America who fired Miguel Herrera on December 21 after the capital team was eliminated in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions League.
Herrera, Mexico’s coach in Brazil 2014, won the league titles with America in the 2013 Clausura and Apertura 2018, which made the capital’s institution the most successful league championship in Mexico with 13, one more than Guadalajara.
In addition to being eliminated from the CONCACAF tournament, Herrera and América were eliminated in the top eight of the Apertura 2020 against Guadalajara, their biggest rival.
Solari will have to recover a team led by Uruguayan striker Federico Viñas and World Cup goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa.
For the 2021 Clausura, in which America will debut on January 9 against San Luis, the Eagles added a reinforcement before the arrival of Solari: Mexican midfielder Mauro Lainez.
Santiago SolariDuring his time as a player, he played in Mexican football with Atlante, the team with which he played in the Club World Cup.
The Argentine came to Aztec football for the 2009 Apertura, after spending a year in San Lorenzo in his country. With Colts he started on August 8, 2009 and 18 days later he started as a scorer with a goal against Querétaro
In that semester he participated in all the commitments in the tournament, 13 of them as a starter, in which he scored three goals under the technical leadership of Jose Guadalupe Cruz.
At the end of the year he was at the Club World Cup. He was included in the starting eleven for his debut against Auckland City, which they defeated 3-0. He repeated in the starting box in the 3-1 defeat against Barcelona and entered the exchange against Pohang Steelers for third place, where, despite the fact that Solari hit from eleven steps, the Mexican team fell.
His activity decreased for the Bicentennial in 2010, in which he was in 12 matches and recorded a score, just like in Atlas.
Opening 2010 confronted her René Isidoro Garcia as a strategist for Atlante, but played only four duels and scored a goal against Santos. His last game in the MX League was on August 28, 2010 against San Luis, on the sixth date of that contest.
He left the Colts to sign with Peñarol de Uruguay, a team with which he closed his boots in 2011. He started his coaching career in 2013 in the lower categories of Real Madrid, but from now on he will be responsible for directing. meringue star pattern.