Last minute: Tigres introduced Miguel Herrera as their new coach

The “Piojo” will be the replacement for Ricardo Ferretti. The Mexican strategist foresees the beginning of a successful decade for the Felino team. The former Mexico coach expressed his readiness to break all records

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Finally the wait came to an end. After several weeks with uncertainty, Tigres made the arrival of Miguel “El Piojo” Herrera official to the “Felino” bench. The strategist will be the replacement for Ricardo Ferretti and you must obtain great results in the next Liga MX .

Very excited and committed to starting this new challenge with @ TigresOficial Let’s go with everything! # ThisIsTigers 🐯 pic.twitter.com/2mRGeUAA7w

– Miguel Herrera (@MiguelHerreraDT) May 20, 2021

Herrera will be responsible for maintain the successful era of the University set . Obviously, it will not be easy to leave behind the decade-long legacy left by the Brazilian “Tuca” Ferretti. However, the auriazul team presented their new coach with great expectations .

Without a doubt, it was a rather unusual officialization, since a footballer was in charge of presenting it . The goalkeeper of Tigres, Nahuel Guzmán , was chosen to welcome his new coach through an Instalive, on social networks.

The picturesque Mexican strategist expressed himself with his characteristic essence. Miguel spoke with a very transparent and singular tone in the interview. “ You are a goalkeeper (Nauel) who falls fat to many because of your attitude and because you are a winner. We are going to fall fat to many ”, said the new Tigres coach.

OFFICIAL: Former Mexico and Club America manager Miguel Herrera is the new manager of Tigres 🐯 pic.twitter.com/iTOg5w6Zhe

– B / R Football (@brfootball) May 13, 2021

As it was expected, Ricardo Ferretti was going to emerge as a topic of conversation . However, the “Piojo” was in charge of highlighting the importance of everything that the Brazilian has left in the institution who will soon assume.

“Tell everyone I’m excited, I love having a structured team. We must be grateful for what “Tuca ” did. In this team there is no crisis, there was a change of cycle, it sets the bar high (…) integrate as quickly And break all the records The U, the U, the U is going to be a successful team in this decade ”, stated Herrera.

📰 A new era begins in Tigres, starting today the sports project headed by Miguel Ernesto Herrera Aguirre in the technical direction of the Club begins.

➡️ https://t.co/LuYxnTYcgn # Tiger Profile 💪🏼 # EstoEsTigres 🐯 pic.twitter.com/R6fq7pqgfR

– Official Tigres Club 🐯 (@TigresOficial) May 13, 2021

As a curious fact of this welcome, Miguel Herrera was presented the same day that they announced “El Tuca” , Eleven years ago. The 20 May has become the favorite date for Tigres leaders to announce their new helmsmen.

“El Piojo” prepares with his team

According to information from Medio Tiempo, Herrera already comes with a defined coaching staff. The Mexican coach will be accompanied by Óscar Escobar and Álvaro Galindo (auxiliaries), in addition to José Rangel and Giber Becerra (physical trainers).

Career in Mexican football

Miguel Herrera has a long career in Aztec soccer. The coach of 54 year old has led to Atlante, Monterrey, Red Sharks, Tecos, America, Tijuana and now Tigers .

In his career as a coach (including his time at “El Tri”), “El Piojo” has directed 567 matches . During that number of encounters, Herrera was victorious in 250 matches. Your registration is completed with 143 draws Y 174 losses .