The America of Mexican football has fired the technical director Miguel Herrera, this Monday after the elimination of the ‘Águilas’ took place on Saturday in the semi-final of the Champions League of the Concacaf-2020.
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“America has decided to end its employment relationship with Mr. Miguel Herrera, as it is no longer in line with the medium-term sporting and administrative plan the club has established,” the American leadership said in a statement.
In Mexico, some press releases indicate that one of the candidates to replace him is Colombian Juan Carlos Osorio, which was already in that country for the selected. However, the newspaper Récord assures that Osorio is not an option for América.
Herrera’s resignation came after losing 3-1 to Los Angeles FC in the semi-finals of the Concacaf-2020 Champions League, an elimination that was added to that of the quarter-finals of the Guard1anes-2020 tournament (ex Apertura-2020) of Liga MX.
Technician Miguel Herrera.
In addition, during halftime of the game against LAFC on Saturday, in an outburst caused by his temper, the so-called ‘Piojo’ Herrera was expelled from school for beating a member of the LAFC coaching staff, a situation that América also considered for his resignation. .
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“The results achieved in terms of sport and attitude on the field do not live up to the grandeur of the institution and are not what the club’s board expects, let alone the fans,” America stressed in its statement. Miguel Herrera, 52 years old, led América in two stages, the first between the Clausura 2012 tournament and the Apertura 2013, and the second between Apertura 2017 and Guard1anes 2020.
In total, Herrera won four titles at the helm of América: two league titles (Clausura-2013 and Apertura-2018), one cup (Clausura-2019) and one Champion of Champions (2018-19).
AFP