By Edgardo Avelar
Nov 29, 2024, 20:39 PM EST
If the Portuguese coach Renato Paiva of the Red Devils of Toluca He plans to continue in the scarlet squad, he must eliminate this Saturday to America, with the complicated task of overcoming a two-goal deficit, otherwise the Toluca board will thank him.
Renato Paiva has the management of the State of Mexico team upset after the way they fell to América last Wednesday at the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium, where they betrayed their entire tactical scheme that led them to place themselves as the second best team in the regular tournament.
For it to be done The extension of Paiva’s contract requires leaving the powerful Americanist team behind, in a company that looks very complicated, despite the fact that the second leg of the quarterfinals will be played at the home of the Red Devils, where in the most recent precedent the Americanists were beaten 4-0.
Toluca with the help of this European strategist in the 17 matches of the tournament regularly, won 10 games, tied five and lost two, showing a great football style, but last Wednesday against the Águilas he never appeared, on the contrary, there were many doubts, especially that the board did not like it at all that when they were surpassed The technician did not know how to adjust on the fly.
Furthermore, in the Toluca environment it is considered that if they fail in this phase against América It will have been an investment with a lot of money due to the reinforcements they brought and that in the end was of no use beyond getting stuck in the quarterfinals, especially due to greater exposure from the coaching staff.
The truth is that in Toluca, America has negative numbers in the history of short tournaments and in the league phase since the Winter 1996 tournament, the last time the American team beat them in the league at the Nemesio Diez stadium against the Diablos Rojos was in the second leg of the semifinals of the Apertura 2012 tournament.
On that occasion the Águilas won 2-1, but Toluca had beaten them at the Azteca 2-0, For which they were eliminated, by an aggregate score of 3-1, which demonstrates that Toluca’s dominance is eloquent in this scenario.
In the State of Mexico in 37 games, Toluca has 18 wins to América’s 10, 9 draws and 18 losseswhich reflects that the company will be very complicated for the Americanists, but more so for Toluca, so if Renato Paiva wants to continue on this team he will have to do something important to move forward in the league.
It should be noted that for the technical director of Portuguese origin it is the second experience in soccer in Mexico, Since in the Apertura 2022 tournament he led León, where he recorded six wins, 4 draws and seven losses.
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