Santiago Solari is already in Mexico

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Solari, 44, will return to Mexican football after 10 years

Santiago Solari, New coach of America, arrived in the morning of January 1 in Mexico City to join the activity of the Eagles, who start in a few days their walk through the Guard1anes 2021. It will be the first opportunity of the Argentine strategist of directing to Mexico.

“Good morning, to all the fans of America, very happy new year,” were the brief words on his arrival in Mexico City.

The Eagles’ Twitter account boasted of the arrival, recalling his first words to the team’s Frende: “Santiago Solari is already in the football homeland!”.

Solari, 44, will return to Mexican football after 10 years. The Santa Fe native played in Atlante during the 2009 Opening, 2010 Closing and 2010 Opening, during which time he played 38 games and scored five goals, in addition to going to the 2009 Club World Cup.

Newell’s squad will make his debut as a strategist in Mexico and will continue his coaching career, which has been on hiatus since 2019 when he led Real Madrid in 28 games of which he won 18, drew 2 and lost 8, in addition to winning the 2018 Club World Cup.

Santiago Solari began his career as a coach in the teams of Real Madrid and stood out for his move to Castilla, whom he led in 86 games with a balance of 32 wins, 29 draws and 25 defeats.

The Argentine will take on an America who fired Miguel Herrera on December 21 after the capital team was eliminated in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions League.

Herrera, coach of Mexico in Brazil 2014, won the league titles with America in the Closing 2013 and Opening 2018, which made the capital institution the most winning league championships in Mexico with 13, one more than the Guadalajara.

In addition to the elimination in the CONCACAF tournament, Herrera and America were eliminated in the phase of the top eight of the Opening 2020 against Guadalajara, their biggest rival.

Solari will have to recover a squad led by Uruguayan striker Federico Vinyes and World Cup goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa.

For the 2021 Clausura in which America will make its debut on January 9 against Sant Lluís, the Eagles added a reinforcement before the arrival of Solari: the Mexican midfielder Mauro Lainez.

Santiago Solari, In its stage as player militated in Mexican soccer with Atlante, equipment with which got to dispute the World-wide one of Clubs.

The Argentine came to Aztec football for the 2009 Open, after spending a year at Sant Llorenç in his country. With the Colts to make debut the 8 of August of 2009 and 18 days later it was released like goleador with a goal before Querétaro

In this semester he participated in all the commitments of the tournament, 13 of them as a starter, in which he recorded three goals under the technical direction of José Guadalupe Cruz.

At the end of the year he was in the Club World Cup. He was included in the starting eleven for his debut against Auckland City, a team they beat 3-0. He repeated in the starting line-up in the 3-1 defeat to Barcelona and came on for Pohang Steelers in third place, where although Solari was right from eleven steps, the Mexican team fell.

His activity decreased for the Bicentennial 2010, in which he was in 12 matches and recorded an annotation, which he did in the Atlas.

The 2010 Opening faced him with René Isidoro García as an Atlante strategist, but only played four duels and scored a goal against Santos. His last match in the MX League was on August 28, 2010 against Sant Lluís, on the sixth date of that event.

He left the Colts to sign with Peñarol de Uruguay, the team with which he hung up his boots in 2011. He began his career as a coach in 2013 in the lower categories of Real Madrid, but from now on he will be the one in charge to direct to the stellar meringue group.

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