The Mexican technical director of RCD Mallorca, Javier Aguirre with the defeat on penalties against Athletic Club 4-2 suffered a hard blow in his history of disputed finals throughout his career as a coach by adding the fourth setback in the nine final games he has recorded in his 28 years of career as a strategist.
Until before this Saturday’s setback against Athletic Club in a series of penalties 4-2 (1-1), Mexican Javier Aguirre’s final numbers recorded eight games with five wins and three losses, so now his numbers are about to be paired with the fourth setback suffered in the duel held at the La Cartuja stadium in the Andalusian city of Seville, Spain.
Unfortunately, the team led by Mexican Javier Aguirre could not replicate in the penalty shootout the good work they had done in 120 minutes of action, as the Basque team showed more composure to come out ahead in the penalty kicks that proclaimed them champions. to Athletic Club.
Finals won
The finals won by Javier Aguirre date back to the end of the 90s, when in his first definitive series he defeated Cruz Azul against Pachuca, in one of the first great surprises in the history of short tournaments by winning with a goal. gold from Argentine Alejandro Glaría 3-2, after a 2-2 draw in normal time.
The second final won occurred in the 2009 Gold Cup, when in the stadium of the Giants of the (National Football League) NFL they beat the United States 5-0 with goals from Carlos Vela, Giovanni dos Santos, Gerardo Torrado, José Antonio Castro and Guillermo Franco.
The third occurred in the United Arab Emirates League Cup, where his team Al Wahda beat Al Shabab 1-0 in 2016 with an early goal from Brazilian Denilson in the 1st minute of play and that began to give speak in Arab football.
The fourth final game won came in the UAE President Cup when Al Wahda beat Al Nasr 3-0, on May 19, 2017, with two goals scored by Dzsudzsak and Tariq.
Finally, the fifth final win came in the final of the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League by beating América 1-0, in a match held on October 28, 2021 with a goal from Rogelio Funes Mori at the BBVA Stadium.
The lost finals
In his career of nine finals played, not everything has been smooth sailing, since along with the setback in the 2024 Copa del Rey on penalties 4-2 against Athletic Bilbao, three other setbacks have accumulated in his record of games. definitive.
The first of them was in the 2001 Summer tournament of the Liga MX when Santos Laguna won with an aggregate score of 4-3 in a duel held at the Corona stadium, where the victory was 3-1, surpassing the 2-1 of the first leg at the Hidalgo stadium.
The second lost final was recorded in the 2001 Copa América held in Colombia, when Javier Aguirre, leading the Mexico team, lost 1-0 to the local team in a very close duel that ended up being decided by a score by Iván Ramiro Córdoba.
The third setback in this type of match occurred in the 2005 Copa del Rey at the head of Osasuna, where they fell 2-1 with Real Betis of Seville, after in normal time they had tied 1-1 and the goal de Dani gave the Andalusian squad victory over the Navarrese in a game held at the Vicente Calderón stadium.
These setbacks are added with the defeat of the 2024 edition of the same competition that he had played 19 years ago in his first foray into European football with Osasuna of Spain.
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