08/17/2021 4:47 PM
Clarín.com
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Updated 08/17/2021 4:47 PM
The news had been going through the media for almost 24 hours until it became official with a statement issued by Boca this Tuesday at 3:00 pm: Miguel Angel Russo
was fired and ceased to be the technical director
.
In that same article, they add that Sebastián Battaglia, until now DT of the Xeneize Reserve, will take charge of the First team in the next game, on Saturday against the Board of Trustees.
In the farewell message, the two titles won and the insertion policy for youth footballers stand out, while thanking him for "the professionalism and commitment he showed throughout these 20 months of management."
Riquelme and Russo
In this way they put an end to a second cycle of Russo in the club that went from highest to lowest.
Although he won two titles (the 2020 Maradona Cup and the 2019-2020 Professional Super League), it was sold out with a debacle in recent months, a period in which he only won one of 16 matches between all competitions, while in the tournament of league added 4 out of 18 possible points, with just 2 goals.
This was the second cycle for Russo, 65, as Boca's coach.
The first was from 2006 to 2007 and had the obtaining of the Copa Libertadores of 2017 as the highest achievement.
Counting the two stages, he directed 115 games, with 57 victories, 33 draws and 25 defeats, and won three championships.
Miguel Russo, this morning in Ezeiza.
Tuesday morning started with a lot of movement in the property that Boca has in Ezeiza.
Miguel Angel Russo arrived very early, already notified by telephone during the day on Monday that his second stage as coach of the club should end.
As it transpired, the leaders expected the DT to offer his resignation, something that did not happen.
On the premises, he immediately found Juan Román Riquelme, vice of the club and boss of the Soccer Council, accompanied by his sides Jorge Bermúdez, Raúl Cascini and Marcelo Delgado, also members of the Council.
At the same time, Battaglia - together with his assistant Juan Krupoviesa, Mariano Herrón and Fernando Gayoso, who will continue with their contracts and will work with the former midfielder - took the reins of the First team in one of the gymnasiums on the premises.
Although it is estimated that the new technical body will work at least until December, the terms were not informed in the statement issued by the institution.
Boca players in defeat in La Plata.
(Marcelo Carroll)
The full statement:
The Boca Juniors Athletic Club informs that Miguel Angel Russo is no longer the coach of the first team and that the next match, against the Board of Trustees for the Professional Football League, will be directed by Sebastián Battaglia.
On his return to the club after obtaining the 2007 Copa Libertadores, Russo accompanied the development and insertion in the First Youth Division and was able to add two more stars for the institution, with the 19/20 Super League and the Maradona Cup, so a labor stage is closed but his name will remain forever in the big xeneize story.
Boca thanks him for the professionalism and commitment he showed throughout these 20 months of management and wishes him the best in the continuity of his career. This will always be your home.
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