Shuffle and deal again

As if it were the sun, the moon and the earth, the soccer realities of Instituto, Racing de Nueva Italia and Estudiantes de Río Cuarto aligned to produce one of those strange phenomena that happen from time to time. A true football eclipse.

The darkest moment in recent times, speaking of the reality of the Cordovan clubs that play in the two main AFA categories, left three coaches on the road.

The coincidence was shocking because it involved Lucas Bovaglio, Carlos Gustavo Bossio and Marcelo Vázquez, three names respectively associated with the last great sporting achievements of which “Glory”, “the Academy” and “the Lion of the Southern Empire” can boast. .

Area of ​​risk

“This is football and it is driven by results,” said Juan Manuel Cavagliatto, the president of the Alta Córdoba club, justifying the change of helmsman. Despite the fact that the uncomfortable commitment of the Copa Argentina against Deportivo Riestra in Jujuy was just around the corner -a task that was left in the hands of the DT of the reserve, Daniel ‘Miliki’ Jiménez-, the white-and-red board decided to advance in the replacement of Bovaglio after the 1-4 against Rosario Central.

All roads led to Christian Bragarnik, the ‘fetish’ representative of domestic football, whose voluminous book The name chosen for the mission to try to rescue the Institute from the most uncomfortable positions in the table of averages came out: Diego Omar Dabove.

“I had some other job proposals, but I felt that this was the place. I appreciate the trust they placed in my project and I hope to quickly find a competitive and seasoned Institute, which has character and personality”, said the brand new DT in his presentation to society.

RECIDENT

• It took Diego Dabove a month to recover his place as DT in the Professional League. On May 7, he left Huracán, after the 0-1 defeat against Lanús, for the 15th date of the tournament; and on June 7 he was announced as a replacement for Lucas Bovaglio at Instituto. In ‘el Globito’, Dabove directed 50 games, with 19 wins, 18 draws and 13 losses, and an efficiency of 50%.
• In the First National there are five coaches who led two teams in the current tournament. They are Fabián Nardozza (Tristán Suárez and Deportivo Morón); José María Martínez (Villa Dálmine and Alvarado de Mar del Plata); Juan Manuel Sara (Ferro Carril Oeste and Caseros Students); Pablo Frontini (All Boys and San Martín de Tucumán) and Iván Delfino (San Martín de Tucumán and Estudiantes de Río Cuarto).

Dabove is 50 years old, with a past as a goalkeeper (in Córdoba, he played for Sporting Club de Laboulaye in the 1999/2000 Argentine B Tournament) and a present as a coach that shows him directing first division since 2017.

Godoy Cruz de Mendoza, Argentinos Juniors, San Lorenzo, Bahía de Brasil, Banfield and Huracán were the clubs where he worked as the main DT. Before that, he worked as goalkeeper coach at Los Andes, Lanús, Boca, Huracán, River, Argentinos Juniors, Rosario Central, Racing, Tigre, Independiente, Sarmiento de Junín, Arsenal and the Bahrain national team, and also led Racing de Olavarría. Next July 5 will mark two decades since his debut on the substitute bench, as interim coach of Lanús in the 1-1 draw against Talleres, at Kempes.

AIR CHANGE. A few hours after the resignation of Marcelo Vázquez, Estudiantes de Río Cuarto announced the hiring of Iván Delfino. /// PHOTO: STUDENT PRESS.

In free fall

“Changes of air are always good,” Alicio Dagatti, the boss of Estudiantes, wrote on his Twitter account last Monday. The following day, Celeste announced the hiring of Iván Delfino to replace the resigning Vázquez. That’s how dizzying football is these days.

Three consecutive defeats left a team that started the First National season in a ‘risk zone’ with aspirations of fighting at the top. Seferino Flores took over the transition and led ‘León’ in the 0-0 draw against San Martín de Tucumán last Thursday, which marked the start of the second round. The arrival of three reinforcements and the departure of eight players also came with the new winds that Dagatti celebrated.

In Nueva Italia they also moved quickly after the departure of ‘Chiquito’ Bossio. After considering different alternatives, the Racing leadership anointed Diego Pozo as the person in charge of trying to straighten the footballing course of ‘the Academy’, which has gone nine games without winning.

Pozo was a goalkeeper for Instituto y Talleres, and a World Cup player with the Argentine team in South Africa 2010, and has experience as a coach at Gimnasia de Mendoza. His debut will be next Monday the 19th against Brown de Adrogué, the team that has the longest-serving driver in Argentine soccer on the bench, Pablo Vicó, who has been in office for 14 years and three months.

CHANGE OF HANDS. Another former goalkeeper, Diego Pozo, was chosen to replace ‘Chiquito’ Bossio on the Racing de Nueva Italia bench. /// PHOTO: RACING PRESS.

half minus one

In four and a half months of competition, 32 teams changed their coaching staff in the two main categories of Argentine soccer. The figure represents 49.2% (half minus one) of a universe of 65 clubs.

In the Professional League there were 12 casts that replaced their strategists (42.8%), highlighting the case of Vélez, who in the term of 19 dates already counted two exes: Alexander Medina and Ricardo Gareca. Taking into account the names that left and those that arrived, the internships and the DTs that remain in their positions, there are 45 technical teams that they led in the 28 institutions of the highest division.

In the First National there are 20 teams that changed coaches (12 that started at the beginning of 2023 and eight that had ‘survived’ the previous tournament), which represents 54%. Between permanent and provisional, 62 work cycles are computed among the 37 participants.

The clubs that changed managers in 2023

Professional League

Colón: Marcelo Saralegui (4th date); Nestor Gorosito.

Velez: Alexander Medina (5th); Marcelo Bravo (interim); Ricardo Gareca (19th); Marcelo Bravo (interim).

Students: Abel Balbo (6th); Eduardo Dominguez.

Independent: Leandro Stillitano (8th); Pedro Monzón (interim); Ricardo Zielinski.

Boca Juniors: Hugo Ibarra (8th); Mariano Herrón (interim); Jorge Almiron.

Union: Marcelo Munúa (10th); Marcelo Mosset (interim); Sebastian Mendez.

Godoy Cruz: Diego Flores (11th); Daniel Oldrá.

Central Tents: Rodolfo De Paoli (11th); Sergio Rondina.

Hurricane: Diego Dabove (15th); Sebastian Battaglia.

Banfield: Javier Sanguinetti (15th); Julio Falcioni.

Arsenal: Carlos David Ruiz (15th); Dario Espinola (interim); Federico Villar.

Institute: Lucas Bovaglio (19th); Daniel Jimenez (interim); Diego Dabove.

First National

Jujuy Gymnastics: Dario Franco (4th date); Mario Gomez.

Tristan Suarez: Fabian Nardozza (4th); Gabriel Di Noia.

Chaco For Ever: Pablo Martel (6th); Diego Osella.

San Martin (SJ): Andrés Yllana (6th); Raúl Antuña (interim); Cesar Monastery.

Deportivo Moron: Alexander Migliardi-Joaquin Iturreria (6th); Fabian Nardozza.

Ferro Carril Oeste: Juan Manuel Sara (8°); Jorge Cordon.

Independent Rivadavia: Ever Demaldé (8th); Alfred Berti.

All Boys: Pablo Frontini (10th); Dario Stefanatto.

Belgrano Defenders: Leonardo Lemos (10th); Luciano Goux (interim); Carlos Mayor.

Saint Martin (T): Ivan Delfino (10th); Alexis Ferrero.

Villa Dalmine: José María Martínez (10th); Carlos Pereira.

Deportivo Riestra: Cristian Fabbiani (11th); Walter Marchesi.

Homemade Students: Fernando Ruiz (11°); Juan Manuel Sara.

San Telmo: Fabian Lisa (12th); Angel Motto.

Almagro: Leandro Desabato (13th); Diego Tripod.

Alvarado: Cesar Vigevani (13th); Osvaldo Nartallo (acting); Jose Maria Martinez.

New Chicago: Tomás Arrotea (16th); Andres Montenegro.

New Italy Racing: Carlos Gustavo Bossio (17th date); Diego Pozo.

Río Cuarto students: Marcelo Vázquez (19th); Seferino Flores (interim); Ivan Delfino.

Patronage: Walter Otta (19°); Gabriel Graciani (acting).