Miguel Herrera boasts of being the most winning coach in the history of the AmericaWhen reality is far from it, in fact, its percentage of effectiveness at the head of the Eagles calls into question his words.
Herrera won four titles with America, two league titles, a Cup tournament and a Champions League, and tied for first place in Raúl Cárdenas and Jorge Vieira who also won four championships but with huge differences.
The “Piojo” needed 23 tournaments to get all four championships, giving him an effectiveness percentage of just 17 percent.
Raul Cardinal red, with four titles to his credit, the League of 1975-76, the Champion of Champions of the 1975-76, the CONCACAF of 1977 and the Inter-American 1978 did it in only seven matches.
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Jorge Vieira, also with four championships that were two in the league and a couple of Champions champions, did so in eight tournaments.
Miguel Herrera completed 23 tournaments, 11 league and won two titles, five cup and won a championship, went blank after playing three Concachampions, got the only Champion of Champions he played, and neither he was able to win the Leagues Cup, Champions Cup or the MX Super Cup.
While it is true he is the coach with the most victories in American history by reaching 138 and leaving José Antonio Roca in second place with 133, he is also one of the coaches with the most defeats at the club.
Herrera suffered 63 setbacks and was left with a José Antonio Roca who suffered 64, in addition to never winning an international tournament and is also the second coach with more defeats in the Classics against Chivas with 5 setbacks.
The words of Miguel Herrera, who insists on being the most successful in club history, contrasts with the cold numbers that do not prove him right.
Of the 21 tournaments played with the American Eagles in two different stages, he only won four championships and in 17 he went blank.
It disputed three Concachampions and its maximum reached was to arrive at the semifinals.
Not to mention the indisciplines he committed off the court that influenced his departure from the team.