Miguel Herrera surprisingly reversed his plans to continue leading the technical direction of Xolos for next season when he presented his resignation this Tuesday considering that there were no favorable conditions to bet on his project after the board She was not at all happy with the team’s numbers in the Clausura 2024 tournament.
So Xolos will take on the task of analyzing the possible replacement of Miguel Herrera, where the names of the Argentine Nicolás Larcamón who directed Puebla and León, as well as the Brazilian Gustavo Leal, who had good moments with Atlético de San Luis.
This advertisement contrasts with the message he announced in La Opinión, ten days ago after the 3-1 victory over Puebla, which, together with the victory on matchday 15 over FC Juárez as a visitor, made the coach and the board think that the bad times had passed and that an improvement could be expected for the Clausura 2024 tournament.
Obviously, the 4-1 defeat on the last date with Tigres at the Universitario Stadium had a lot to do with it, where the leadership of the border team, headed by Jorge Alberto Hank, He considered that the necessary bases did not exist to continue supporting Miguel Herrera.
But the way they fell to Tigres 4-1, at the close of the tournament, He put an end to his plans to continue leading the
This announcement is a hard blow for Miguel Herrera’s career, Well, even though in Tigres he also had to leave without pain or glory, in the end his arguments were more eloquent unlike what happened in Xolos, where the canines really were left behind.
Miguel Herrera, throughout his 22-year career as a strategist, has won two titles with América in the 2013 Clausura tournament and the 2018 Apertura, defeating Cruz Azul in both finals. In these more than two decades of experience in Liga MX, he has directed 816 games in Liga MX with Atlante (2002 and 2010), Monterrey, Veracruz, Estudiantes Tecos, América (2013 and 2018) Tijuana (2015 and 2024) and Tigres de la UANL.
In these squads He has added 348 victories, with 2017 draws and 261 victories. His numbers with America catapulted him to lead the Mexican National Team in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, where he could not reach the fifth game after losing in the round of 16 against the Netherlands in a controversial match.
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