By Edgardo Avelar
Nicolás Larcamón still not digesting the decision of the board of directors Blue Cross to fire him after nine games without winning and in a negative time of 18 last days where the night fell on the in front of the “Celestial Machine” by pointing out that it was not the time to make that decision.
Interviewed when leaving the La Noria facilities of the cement area in the south of CDMX, Larcamón attended to journalism in his car on the outskirts of this place that was his home for the last ten months and where he threatened to make the cement project successful. to begin to give his point of view and show his disbelief and anger at his departure.
But in the last month the management’s influence in the locker room has hardened and the players have lost confidence in him to go from being the overall leader. to fourth place in the table and where he led the celestials in 47 games with 22 wins, 18 draws and 7 losses.
“I have no choice but to respect the decision; clearly I don’t understand it, I don’t share it, I don’t quite understand where it is drawn from. I understand that listening a little to popular opinion, but hey, it’s still a big project.” to be defined based on issues that, logically, had a bad 18 days, but at the end of the day there was a lot to give in this short term,” he said.
Larcamón, in the analysis of his work at the head of Cruz Azul, He explained that the latest results were complicated for himbut that overall his time in the cement organization was favorable and that for that reason he did not understand the board’s decision.
“We are not the best team of the season. Knowing that these teams, the ambition is always the highest, it is with the coronation. We were weeks away from risking our luck in a Liguilla. It’s time to continue with the peace of mind of having given ourselves completelywith the peace of mind of having had an excellent relationship with management, workers and players, and that is gratifying,” he mentioned.
The reasons for the directive
The Argentine coach also took the time to address the issue of the directive, What were the reasons why they decided to remove him from the helm of Cruz Azul? because of a popular cry and not because of the reality of his work at the head of the team.
“It is an internal issue that remains there; the reality is that it is a bit of what the statement expresses based on a popular clamor, the noise that had made these 18 days of poor performancethat also the analysis that, in parallel, of all the teams that faced double competition, it is evident that the cost was for everyone,” he mentioned.
Larcamón did not include the wins in his analysis that they suffered against Seattle Sounders in July of last year in the Concacaf Leagues Cupwhich matched in a negative way that disastrous night in 2022 when América gave them the same score and led to the departure of Uruguayan coach Diego Aguirre.
LAFC’s 3-0 win in the Concachampions quarterfinals was also not mentioned.in another of its resounding failures and where it was thought that the cement team could overcome that disadvantageous score; It was impossible to fix the path.
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