The arrival of a new coach to the Chilean team took much longer than expected and in the neighboring country they are beginning to lose patience, just over a month before the next qualifying date. The truth is that, having ruled out Matías Almeyda and Hernán Crespo, who were priority options, now another Argentine sounds to lead the Red and it is a covered: Matías Biscay.
“The search for the ANFP falls into despair: now Biscay appears”, headlines El Mercurio, the main Chilean newspaper, which dedicated a page to the subject. From these lines it is suggested that Almeyda’s refusal – he will continue in the MLS – hit hard among the leaders and the urgencies led to the search for new names.
Interest in Biscay in the newspaper El Mercurio.
With regard to Biscay, Marcelo Gallardo’s right-hand man since the beginning of his cycle at River, they highlight that He led the team in the two Libertadores finals that he won in recent years: in 2015 against Tigres at the Monumental and in 2018, against Boca, in Madrid.
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The same media indicates that the name of Antonio Mohamed, who had been offered to the ANFP but was postponed by the possibilities of Almeyda and Crespo, who would continue his career in San Pablo.
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At some point, Biscay was even designated in Núñez as the name that could give a harmonious continuity to the Gallardo cycle, taking into account that he knows the group and shares the way of working. With Chile interested, will it be the moment to make the jump?