E. Dominguez, the title-winning manager with Colón, crowned champion again | OneFootball

Eduardo Domínguez made history once again, becoming champion, and the name that repeats, that explains the process and supports the result is his. El Barba lifted another trophy and reached his fifth title with Pincha, being one of the most successful coaches in Argentine football.

Estudiantes snuck in through the back door, qualified eighth, and ended up at the top. Domínguez understood the context like few others, knowing that the team had to become strong when the situation was adverse. The hallway incident against Central marked a turning point, with sanctions arriving, punishment for the club, Verón forced to watch from the stands, and a tense relationship with the AFA. But something stronger also arrived: the silent support of the football fan, who recognizes teams that play seriously and coaches who don't improvise.

From there, they eliminated Central Córdoba in the quarterfinals, beat Gimnasia in the semis, and when the final seemed lost against Racing, they tied it agonizingly, held on, and won with mystique. And today in San Nicolás, this team with Domínguez's DNA did it again, with character, order, and conviction, they are champions once more, the second title in a week.

Eduardo Domínguez already knows what it's like to be champion with Estudiantes, having won the Copa Argentina 2023, the Copa de la Liga 2024, the Trofeo de Campeones 2024, the Torneo Clausura 2025, and now again the Trofeo de Campeones. Thus, he distanced himself from illustrious names like Sabella, Bilardo, and Simeone, and is just one away from Osvaldo Zubeldía, the most successful coach on the Estudiantes bench.

Beyond the trophies, there's the identity. This Estudiantes is a reflection of its coach: serious, competitive, resilient. A team that responds when everything is downhill. That when everyone counted them out, they grew stronger. That wasn't pressured by the context.

Eduardo Domínguez demonstrated it at Colón in 2021, when he also won a final against Racing. Today he confirms it once more at Estudiantes, a club that values process, project, and sustained work. El Barba understood that school and enhanced it. After closing the year this way, and without knowing if he will continue for another year, Domínguez has earned a big place in the club's history and in the heart of the Pincharrata fan. Because Estudiantes is great, and because its coach is too.

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