Before Marcelo Leno is on the Chivas de Guadalajara bench for this concluding tournament 2022, the sporting director, it seems, has already been chosen by Riccardo Pelez to take charge of the technical direction and it is Argentine Javier Mascherano, who is currently He is the coach of the Argentina Under-20 national team.
According to information from ESPN, the name of the former Barcelona player in the Sacred Flock and a World Cup player with La Albiceleste was hovering with some force a few months ago, as Pelez Linares made a decision, when Leno took the title from the 10th. took over as an interim In the last campaign when Viktor Manuel Vucetich was gone.
The young Chivas strategist barely added two victories and a painful elimination at the hands of Puebla in repechage, for this reason, everything pointed to a change in the bench, but he opted for his permanence. Leno's numbers have been poor since he took over the team, having managed 17 games, four wins, five draws and eight losses.
In the words of ESPN commentator Mauricio Yeme, "there was a lot of talk about 'Jefficito' Mascherano as one of the candidates to handle Guadalajara", with which it is clear that Pelez wanted something more than Chivas, who had There are four games without a win, three losses in a row and barely saved a tie last Wednesday against San Luis 2-2.
Who is Javier Mascherano?
The "Little Boss" had an impressive career as a player, especially at Liverpool and Barcelona. He played with the Reds from 2006 to 2011 and with the Blaugranes from 2011 to 2018, which is why he has a strong association with the Catalan team. Before hanging up his boots, he played in China and closed his career with his country's Estudiants de la Plata between 2019 and 2020. He went on to win five LaLiga titles and two UEFA Champions League titles among many others. He is now in charge of Argentina Under-20s and his path as technical director is just beginning.