Blue Cross makes the arrival official Ricardo Ferretti As technical director for the Clausura 2023, the Brazilian coach arrived in Mexico City on the morning of Wednesday, February 22. The welcome was made through a video on social networks where you can see Tuca wearing the colors of the club.
Hugo Sánchez pointed out that Cruz Azul lacked “class” by not informing him that he chose Ferretti as DT
The last time that the “Pentapichichi” led a team in Mexican soccer was in the distant 2012, when he served as DT of the Tuzos del Pachuca, a team that could not qualify for the Liguilla
“Hello how are you?. We are already blue, a hug”are Ferretti’s first words in charge of the team.
During Tuesday, February 21, david faitelson announced that Ricardo Ferretti was the one chosen among all the candidates to take the reins of Cruz Azul, after the dismissal of Raul Foal gutierrez after the bad results that the team presented after six duels of the Clausura tournament.
Tuca Ferretti will arrive at Cruz Azul as technical director
Despite the fact that there were other candidates such as Hugo Sánchez or the “Turk” Mohamed, the celestial board would have opted for Ferretti’s experience
El Tuca arrived on Wednesday, February 22 to sign his contract with the institution. which was detailed it will be for three yearsfor which reason he will be linked to the club until 2026. The salary that the coach will receive is still unknown, who He had not managed a Liga MX club since May 2022when he was fired from the Bravos de Juárez after the team’s sports relegation.
Cruz Azul is located in the penultimate position of the general table, with only four points obtained, product of a win, a draw and four losses. They have two pending duels, one against Atlas which will be run on an interim basis by Joaquin Moreno and another against Queretaro scheduled for the end of March.
It is unknown if he will be able to lead the team during the matchday 9 match against Juárez, however it is a confirmed fact that he will be in the Aztec stadium to observe the game against the Rojinegros, corresponding to matchday 7.
The memes of Hugo Sánchez for the arrival of Tuca Ferretti at Cruz Azul
The La Noria board of directors was convinced by Ricardo Ferretti’s project, so the Pentapichichi option was once again left out
The Noria team has 11 games ahead to try to save the tournament, 10 will be led by Tuca Ferretti. At the moment they are only three units that separate them from the repechage positionsand in case they want to enter the league directly, they are 12 points below the first four places of the classification.
The Rio de Janeiro strategist has led six different teams during his stay in the Mx League, having three stages with Tigres, two with Pumas, one with Guadalajara, Toluca, Monarchs and the most recent with Juárez, a team with which he did not do well and ended up “relegating” in a sporting manner.
He has been crowned champion of the Mexican tournament seven times, his third period with Tigres being the most successful, in which he won five titles with the Monterrey squad. He also added one with Pumas and another with Chivas.
With the Felines he also managed to win a mx cup and one concachampionswhich gave him the opportunity to direct in the Club World Cup, tournament in which they reached the final, being the first Mexican team to do so. Although they ended up falling before Bayern Munich for the minimum with a goal from Benjamín Pavard.
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