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The face of León will change: Jorge Bava, coach who replaced Larcamón, promised goals and an offensive style

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By Jorge Hernandez

Dec 28, 2023, 9:33 PM EST

The León Club welcomed Jorge Bavahis new technical director and who arrives to replace Nicolás Larcamónafter the team’s failure to be eliminated in its first game in the Club World Cup.

Bava, originally from Montevideo, Uruguay, landed in Mexico this Thursday and gave his first words as coach of Leónshowing that he has an ambitious plan for the emeralds.

In statements to various representatives of the Mexican press, including Fox Sports, the Uruguayan assured that he will seek to make the team have an offensive DNA, with goals and a lot of dynamics in the last line of the field, since he knows that he will have capable elements.

“The idea is to return to the offensive DNA, to have a team that likes the role and has a lot of dynamicsFrom what I saw there are footballers to do it,” he mentioned.

Bava comes from Uruguayan Liverpoolwith which he won the championship of the South American country, to replace the Argentine strategist Nicolás Larcamón, who was dismissed from the team after losing against the Urawa Reds in their first match in the Club World Cup.

“I arrived with great expectations, I liked the challenge, the challenge”So I’m happy to make the decision to come to Mexico with León,” he said.

The native of Montevideo praised the León squad, in which his compatriots Nicolás ‘Diente’ López and Federico Viñas stand out, and stated that it lacks a few pieces to be formed, although he did not reveal names of possible reinforcements.

“There is a competitive squad with good players, you just have to look for the missing pieces”, he concluded.

It is worth mentioning that Bava He comes to the Bajío team as a champion, since won the Uruguayan championship, the Intermediate Tournament, the Clausura Tournament and the Uruguay Super Cup in 2023.

In León, in addition to the Uruguayan players, Bava will have at his disposal an arsenal of South American figures in which the Ecuadorian Ángel Mena and the Colombian William Tesillo also stand out.

Last semester, León finished in eighth place in the regular phase of the Apertura and after playing the repechage, they qualified for the quarterfinals in which lost to America, who ended up as the monarch. In the Club World Cup, León lost in their first match and was harshly criticized for the unambitious style they showed. during the duel.

Keep reading:
· Club León announces the departure of its coach Nicolás Larcamón after failure in the Club World Cup
· Failure in the Club World Cup: León is eliminated by Urawa Reds in their first game
· América beats León in the quarterfinals of the Liga MX