These will be the first challenges Santiago Solari will face as the Eagles’ new coach
Santiago Solari was announced as América’s new coach and will succeed Miguel Herrera, who, despite becoming a historically feathered boxer, came out amid strong criticism after two failures against Chivas and LAFC in the Concacaf Champions League. The Argentinian helmsman has been linked to Real Madrid for the past seven years, where he went through the lower tiers of Cadet B, Cadet A, Youth B, Real Madrid Castilla and even the first team, where he won a Club World Cup.
Solari will have his second experience as a coach at the First Division level and in view of what his new adventure will be, we at ESPN Digital present the challenges he will face in the Águilas and Liga MX.
PLASMAR A STYLE OF GAME
The last tournament of the azulcrema box was the most questioned in the two phases Miguel Herrera lived as a club strategist. The critics received by the team were made up for by the results they achieved during the semester thanks to the individual quality of their now ex-players, scoring points and placing them in the top four places in the championship; However, everything changed in the last matches where they succumbed to the Flock in the Guard1anes quarter-final of 2020, lost in the second leg of the Concacaf Champions League against Atlanta United and were eliminated from that tournament in the semi-finals match against LAFC.
The team received the most severe criticism and the playing style they had had at their best moments was forgotten. Now Solari will have to regain the confidence of the squad and achieve a style that the board and fans like.
The tactical schedule he used during his time at Real Madrid was 4-2-3-1, but as the games progressed and the pressure increased due to the team’s demands, he changed to 4-3-3.
The Eagles were already using the first system with Miguel Herrera, due to the injuries the team sustained in the last tournament that left them playing with only nine. For the next few days he will have the support of Gilberto Adame, Miguel Herrera’s technical assistant and at the request of the board, he remained as an interim technician to lead the first days of the preseason, but is expected to go hand in hand. continue to work with the new strategist. Solari will be under pressure in the coming days to implement his style of play as he has less than two weeks to work and have his first Guard1anes 2021 game on January 9 when they take on Atlético de San Luis on the stadium field. Aztec.
UNWANTED PLAYERS
A few weeks ago, Roger Martínez and Andrés Ibargüen were convicted by the chairman of the Santiago Baños team, who announced nationally and internationally that these men have no place at the club because “their podium at the club ended”.
Solari could rule out the participation of these two men, mainly Roger, who for the past year and a half has been trying to force his exit from the team on his own terms, but the club has not given in to pressure as they don’t want to lose money for his transfer and have made it clear that any team the footballer wants will have to pay more than $ 10 million, a figure that seems high due to the economic crisis that teams worldwide are going through as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
LACK OF REINFORCEMENT
The club will try to provide Solari with all the optimal working conditions for Guard1anes 2021, but one of the problems the club is facing is the lack of capital as the only man they have been able to close is Mauro Lainez.
Men like Alan Medina, Pedro Aquino, Fabian Castillo, Marcel Ruíz, Luis Quiñones, and Leo Fernández have sounded in the orbit of the institution, but of the aforementioned, there are only negotiations for the first two. America wants Medina in exchange for a player exchange, but in Toluca they want money, not players. Meanwhile, Aquino has terminated his contract with León and has advanced talks with Coapa’s and his arrival in the team could take place this week.
A DECADE WITHOUT CONTACT WITH MEXICO
The ‘Indiecito’ is no stranger to the MX League as he was with Atlante in his stage as a footballer from 2009 to 2010, getting to know the fields of the First Division and most of the clubs that currently remain in the maximum circuit.
Solari was living in Guadalajara when his father directed Toluca, Monterrey, Celaya, Atlético Morelia and Atlas; his uncle ran América in 1997 and his brother Esteban also had his way across the national fields playing with the Pumas.
A DEMANDING FANS
The former merengue team coach could have an adjustment period in his first experience in Mexico, he will be able to count on the support of the leadership, but the Azulcrema fans are recognized for not having patience with the team and wanting to see results from the first contest.
Solari will experience the pressure of the most hated team in Mexican football, but just two years ago, he held the reins of one of the most followed clubs in the world and was scrutinized by international criticism, where he came out with a record of 22 wins. in 32 games, two draws and eight losses. In addition to achieving a Club World Cup.