Jorge Almirón is no longer Rosario Central manager | OneFootball

The decision already made would be officially confirmed at the press conference that Gonzalo Belloso, president of Canalla, called for noon on Thursday.

Three days after the 3-0 defeat to Estudiantes de La Plata that left the team eliminated from the Copa Argentina, Jorge Almirón was dismissed from his position as coach by Rosario Central, which must now speed up the search for a replacement to face the Torneo Clausura and the Copa Libertadores round of 16 after the World Cup.

Although the announcement has not yet been made official by the club, its president, Gonzalo Belloso, called a press conference for noon this Thursday, where he is expected to confirm the dismissal of the coach, whose name has once again surfaced among the candidates to manage Boca.

Almirón only managed Canalla in 27 official matches, recording 15 wins, 5 draws, and 7 losses. He qualified the team for the Torneo Apertura playoffs in fourth place in Zone B and was eliminated in the semifinals by River. He also led them to the Copa Libertadores round of 16, finishing second in Group H with the same 13 points as group leader Liga de Quito. He won the derby against Newell’s and was eliminated in the Copa Argentina round of 32.

The numbers backing the coach’s stated intention to remain in charge contrast with the fact that he never managed to win over the majority of the fans. Added to that were the recent remarks by Carlos Quintana, a player strongly identified with El Canalla, who said his decision to leave the club was closely tied to the fact that he did not feel valued by the coach.

The defeats against River and Estudiantes were decisive

If Rosario Central’s drop in form in the final stretch of the Torneo Apertura’s first phase had already earned the coach criticism from fans, the semifinal elimination against River sparked greater discontent, as he was blamed for setting up an overly conservative game plan, dropping a forward to add another man in midfield and leaving many of his most dangerous players on the bench, despite the fact that many of them were dealing with physical issues.

After the rout of Universidad Central that secured qualification for the Libertadores round of 16, there was a defeat in Quito that prevented them from securing first place in the group. But the trigger was the 3-0 loss to Estudiantes, a rival against whom there was already bad blood because of the campaign led by their president, Juan Sebastián Verón, when the AFA awarded Canalla the league champion title.

The club president had ordered his players to turn their backs on Rosario Central’s players during the guard of honor arranged by the Argentine Football Association itself for the Clausura round-of-16 match, and then eliminated them with a 1-0 win.

Could Almirón be Boca’s coach again?

Jorge Almirón’s name came up as a candidate to replace Claudio Úbeda, whose contract Boca decided not to renew. The possibility did not come from the club, where silence remains. His departure from Rosario Central will allow him to meet one of the requirements, namely being a free agent. His relationship with Juan Román Riquelme, however, does not appear to have ended in the best way. In fact, the man in charge of leading Xeneize to its most recent Copa Libertadores final, in 2023,

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