The former teammate of La Pulga in the national team will take the place left by Gerardo Martino within the MLS club.
Inter Miami has already defined who will be its next coach for the 2025 season. Lionel Messi’s team will have a former La Pulga teammate in Albiceleste and Barcelona on the bench .
As reported by ESPN, Javier Mascherano has already planned everything to occupy the position that Gerardo Martino left a few days ago .
Note that Jefecito has been at the head of Argentina’s youth teams since 2022, when he took charge of the Sub 20s. During this period, he was champion of the L’Alcúdia Tournament, placed fifth in the Maurice Revello (formerly Esperanzas de Toulon) and was eliminated in the first round of the Odesur Games. .
Furthermore, they were eliminated again in the South American tournament held in Colombia in 2023, although Argentina also participated in the Under-20 World Cup, as they became the host after the loss of the site in Indonesia. After winning their three matches in the World Cup group stage, they were eliminated in the round of 16 by Nigeria.
His last competitions were with the under-23 team that he himself prepared and qualified for the Paris Olympic Games. The Argentine team beat Brazil in their last match and finished second in the final tournament behind Paraguay. This place in the Venezuelan pre-Olympics led him to the rings event in which he only reached the quarter-finals against France. .
Another brutal departure from Martino
In the United States, Gerardo Martino was widely criticized after Inter Miami failed to win the MLS title this year. Despite the units’ record in the regular phase, in the playoffs the cast made up of Messi, Luis Suárez, Sergio Busquets, among other stars, failed to maintain its performance.
The departure of the 61-year-old coach adds to the complicated experiences he has had as a coach. There are generally good returns, but also turbulent times. The man from Rosario, one of Marcelo Bielsa’s ‘heirs’, started his career on the bench managing Almirante Brown, then moved to Platense and later to Instituto de Córdoba. His first international experience was leading Paraguay’s Libertad, which also earned him a trip to Cerro Porteño. He made a brief stay in Columbus, in his country. Then, between 2007 and 2011, he coached the Paraguayan national team. He took the redhead to the World Cup in South Africa and they reached runners-up status in the Copa América.
After his experience at the head of the Guarani team, he arrived at Newell’s Old Boys, the club which trained him as a player. To immediately surprise the world and take charge of Barcelona, where he spent only a year. There he managed Alexis Sánchez. He then spent two years as Argentina coach, in a process marked by defeats in the 2015 and 2016 Copa América against Chile. .
After the second final lost against La Roja, he gave up and left for Altanta United. It was his first step in MLS. He then coached the Mexican team, with poor results, eventually returning to the United States, now to lead the Inter Miami project. Until you leave this Tuesday .
Source: Latercera
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