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One of the main tasks of Santiago Solari on arrival there America was to improve the defense Eagles, that in Guard1anes 2020 Tournament with Miguel Herrera It was one of the most goals of the championship. In the first six dates of the last tournament with Louse, have already recognized 10 annotations; now, with Indiecito at the helm, they have received only 4 targets.
For this tournament, America He had no reinforcements in the defensive sector, so Solari worked with the same players that Miguel had in the previous tournament. Thus, the Argentine consolidated the activity in the priority order from behind.
Solari found in Jorge Sánchez, Sebastián Cáceres, Emanuel Aguilera, Ramón Juárez and Luis Fuentes to the ideal players so that America does not receive more than one goal per game. No more Atlético de San Luis, Rayados, Santos Yes QUERETARO they pierced the azulcremas nets on one occasion.
Among the problems that Indiecito improved was finding a means of isolation to facilitate the work of the defense, with the young Santiago Naveda and the Peruvian Pedro Aquino, something Herrera didn’t find Santiago Cáseres Yes Fernando “The Bear” González.
So far on tour, America received 31 shots on goal in the six games and only four culminated in the nets, in addition to the fact that the back recovered 74 balls near the area he is defending Guillermo Ochoa.
-This task was also performed in Real Madrid
This defense improvement work has also been carried out Solar to real Madrid during the 2018-19 season that led the first team after the end Julen Lopetegui.
Meringue, with Lopetegui on the bench, scored 14 goals in 10 games, including a 5-1 victory in Barcelona. This situation improved with Indiecito, as his team received 17 annotations in 17 games.