Nahuel Lanzillotta
03/10/2020 - 21:02
- Clarín.com
- sports
“We already agreed everything, we will be signing a contract for two years these days. Mariano Soso will be the coach of San Lorenzo ”, confirmed the president, Marcelo Tinelli, to Clarín . In this way, the 38-year-old from Rosario will be the successor of Diego Monarriz after the internship of the Technical Secretariat, which will also be on Friday before the Board of Trustees as the idea is that the new coach can have more work time before of his debut.
"We are seeing if he assumes next week or after the FIFA date," added the top leader of the Cyclone , who chose Soso after having an extensive meeting with him. Why in Boedo did they opt for a DT without large scrolls in Argentine football?
In Argentine soccer Soso has a 39% effectiveness. Photo: Maxi Failla
There are several factors that ended up convincing the Barca leadership. The first chosen had been Pablo Guede, but his departure from Monarcas de Morelia was impossible. The search, then, was reduced to the other options that they liked most: Soso, Mauricio Pellegrino and Néstor Gorosito. Pipo is working in Tigre. And between Flaco and Soso, the second is who proclaims a style of play more similar to what Guede teams show, prioritizing possession of the ball and high pressure to recover it and with modern working methodologies.
He was the favorite of the Technical Secretariat, which held meetings with all the candidates. In addition, the good references provided by Marcelo Gallardo (with whom he shares a representative), Gabriel Heinze (with whom he shares leprous roots) and Claudio Vivas (of whom he was an assistant at the beginning of his career) and for several of his directors added many points in the balance. Another of the factors that seduced was his proposal to look towards the quarry to promote youth, something that was activated with Monarriz and that in San Lorenzo they intend to sustain. In turn, although Pellegrino was willing to lead in the country, his priority was to find something abroad. This also ended up weighing.
Soso, admirer of Bielsa for having worked with Vivas - another assistant to Loco - had two short and negative experiences in Argentine football as a technical director. In 2017 he was at Gimnasia La Plata in 12 games of which he won 4, drew 1 and lost 7 (36 percent effective). In the second half of 2018 he arrived at Defense and Justice, where he played 18 games: 6 wins, 4 matches and 8 losses (40%). In local football it has a 39% effectiveness. He was previously champion in Peru with Sporting Cristal and runner-up with Emelec in Ecuador.
A Boedo arrives with his coaching staff composed of three assistants (Diego Buján, Nicolás Domínguez and Martín Wainer), a physical trainer (Luis Azpiazu) and a video analyst. In addition, Juan Docabo will continue as coach of archers and Alejandro Tocalli as physical trainer.
