Boca to offer Úbeda the manager’s job for 2026 | OneFootball

Boca is experiencing its best moment in recent years, and part of the calm atmosphere at Boca Predio, in addition to the good results, is attributed to Claudio Úbeda. After the death of Miguel Ángel Russo, he moved from assistant to head coach and led the club to qualify for the next Libertadores and to the top of Group A in the Torneo Clausura. Therefore, the management led by Juan Román Riquelme is already seriously considering Sifón for 2026.

The plan is to wait until the team concludes its participation in 2025 and only then, without haste and with the calm dictated by the schedule, will Román sit down to talk with the coaching staff to confirm them for the future. As things stand today, both parties agree on two points: there is no urgency, and they want to continue this process next year.

Currently, Úbeda works at Boca under the contract the club signed with Russo last June. It is valid until the middle of next year, and due to formal issues of role changes and the possibility of adding another assistant to the coaching staff, it is likely that a new agreement will be signed for all of 2026 with Sifón at the helm.

The match against Tigre will be the end of the regular phase, but optimism prevails at Boca regarding the team's potential performance in the playoffs. The recent performances, rising confidence, team spirit, and good results have generated high expectations, and of course, it will be important for Úbeda to meet them.

Sifón joined Russo's coaching staff during the Arab experience when he led Al-Nassr in the 2021/22 season. Since then, he has worked as his second, and in Colombia, they added Juvenal Rodríguez, now an assistant at Boca.

Even in Miguel's last days, he was already responsible for conducting practices and even sat alone on the bench in several matches. After his death, he managed four games: a 1-2 loss to Belgrano and then three consecutive victories: 3-1 against Barracas, 2-1 against Estudiantes, and 2-0 against River.

Beyond the results and the improvement in performance, the stance of the squad is very important for Riquelme's decision. Leandro Paredes himself dared to compare Úbeda to Lionel Scaloni and acknowledged that they were very happy with his leadership in private. "He is leading a group forward, a group of people as well, because he is very close to the player. We have a relationship similar to that of Lionel (Scaloni), and hopefully, the results will be similar to those we had with the National Team," remarked the xeneize captain.

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