That's it: Pusineri steps down as Atlético Tucumán manager | OneFootball

Another sudden change at Atlético Tucumán. Lucas Pusineri is no longer the team’s coach, amid sporting and institutional chaos. Hugo Colace, from the Reserve team, is expected to take over as interim coach until the end of the Torneo Clausura.

The Decano is experiencing very turbulent days, with a serious conflict involving the squad. The coach had been dismissed on Wednesday, October 22, but was then reinstated in his position the following day, after several internal meetings.

However, this Sunday—after various meetings between directors, members of the Technical Secretariat, and the coach—they finally agreed to terminate the coach’s contract, aiming to ease the crisis at the Decano, even though Pusineri wanted to remain in charge (he believed he was still within the objectives set for this semester).

In this way, the coach closed his second stint at the helm of the Decano, in which he managed 28 matches, winning 10, drawing 4, and losing 14, with an effectiveness rate of 40%. The lack of consistency in the 2025 Torneo Clausura, combined with marked differences between the players and the directors, ultimately accelerated the coach’s departure.

His replacement will be Hugo Colace, coach of the Reserve team: all indications are that he will serve as interim coach until the end of the Torneo Clausura. In fact, he will not lead the Tucumán delegation that has to travel this afternoon to Buenos Aires to face Lanús in matchday 16 of the Torneo Proyección.

Colace, who arrived at the Decano at the end of 2024 to take charge of the Reserve team, managed 31 matches this year, with 11 wins, 10 draws, and 10 losses. Now, he will be responsible for the First Team, at least until the tournament ends. Atlético will visit Independiente on Saturday, November 1, on matchday 14 of Zone B.

Atlético Tucumán is going through a deep internal crisis. Last Wednesday, the Decano squad issued a harsh statement against the management, exposing the conflicts and discontent that led them to decide not to stay at the team hotel before the match against the Ciclón: “We want to make it clear that this is not a financial demand as the management tried to suggest; our discontent arises from an accumulation of issues that we believe are fundamental for Atlético Tucumán to grow as an institution.”

After the defeat against the Cuervo, the fans showed their anger with the team’s performance and insulted the players with the famous chant “players, la c…”, an incident that triggered the fury of Leandro Loco Díaz, who challenged a fan in the stands to a fight. In addition, some fans threw bills at the team as they left the field.

In this context, amid disorder, Lucas Pusineri

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