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FC Juárez fires Brazilian coach Mauricio Barbieri

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By Edgardo Avelar

29 Oct 2024, 10:51 PM EDT

The directive of FC Juarez, headed by Alejandra de la Vega, cut the thread at its thinnest and in the face of the disastrous season in the Apertura 2024 tournament, they decided to fire the Brazilian coach Mauricio Barbieri, who was never able to turn on theThe engines of the border team.

With three dates left to play, The patience of the managers of the Juárez team reached its limit and this Tuesday through a statement on their social networks they announced the news, where they thanked the effort and professionalism that the South American coach showed to try to make the Braves walk.

The reality is that The efforts of the Amazonian strategist had no echo in the numbers in the standings, since it leaves FC Juárez in the penultimate position with only 10 points, the product of three wins, one draw and ten losses.

Even the Juárez squad is the team with the highest number of setbacks, even surpassing the last place, the Gallos Blancos de Querétaro They have nine losses, but have two more draws and one less victory.

FC Juárez could only beat Mazatlán on matchday 7 by just 1-0, against Puebla on matchday 10 by 2-3 and on matchday 11 against Puebla 0-2, both games as visitors when it was thought that the team led by the Brazilian had taken its rhythm.

But those results were just a mirage.because in the last three games they recorded the same number of defeats. The first with León 2-3 on matchday 12, with Cruz Azul 4-0 on matchday 13 and on the 14th and most recent matchday with Atlético San Luis in their own home they fell 2-4, which sentenced the coach’s fate. Brazilian.

The interim coach

For now the team will remain under the responsibility of coach Salvador Valero who was in charge of the Border Under 23 team and will be in charge of the last three matches against Gallos Blancos de Querétaro, where they will play for last place in the table.

Subsequently, On date 16 they will host Xolos de Tijuana and they will finish the tournament as visitors in the 17th against Pachuca, and then reorganize and analyze which coach takes charge of the Juárez team.

Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua on July 17, 2024., during the match corresponding to matchday 3 of the Apertura 2024 tournament of the BBVA MX League, between the FC Juárez Braves and the UNAM Pumas, held at the Benito Juárez Olympic Stadium . Photo: Imago7/ José Zamora
The Brazilian Mauricio Barbieri could only add three victories at the head of FC Juárez, in a season with debut and farewell in the Liga MX.
Credit: José Zamora | Imago7

The fifth coach to leave Liga MX

Mauricio Barbieri became this way in the fifth coach who said goodbye to Liga MX, where the list was headed by the Argentine Fernando Ortiz with the Rayados de Monterrey, Jorge Bava from León, Fernando Gago from Chivas, who although he was not fired, did leave the technical direction of Guadalajara and Eduardo Fentanes with Necaxa.

The negative of this new failed project in the border area, The thing is that the fans have not been able to have the satisfaction of having a winning team no matter how much effort their board makes.

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