Colo Colo added another defeat in the National Championship, this time at home against Cobreloa, which moves it away from the top of the table. What’s more, with this fall, the albos were 10 points behind the University of Chile.
The biggest problem for the Cacique is that this poor performance at the local level has become a constant for Jorge Almirón in his career. In the last six and a half years, the Argentine coach has recorded 108 matches directed by local leagues or tournaments, of which he has achieved 27 wins, 38 draws and 43 losses.
More than worrying numbers, especially if you take into account that throughout this time he has directed various clubs and has not been able to find his way at the national level. His last great campaign was at Atlético Nacional in 2018where they lost the opening final against Deportes Tolima.
Negative numbers and a mess with Boca Juniors
After his dismissal from the Colombian team, the trans-Andean player had very bad campaigns in the different leagues where he coached. His worst numbers were in San Lorenzo (18/19)where he only achieved one victory in 15 directed duels and in Elchea place where he did not win in the five games he was on the bench of the Spanish team.
However, his biggest failure came in 2023 at Boca Juniors. Although he reached the final of the Copa Libertadores with Xeneize, again at the local level there was his great debt. There he directed 28 games, of which he won 12, which caused one of the largest clubs in South America to have to settle for playing the Copa Sudamericana for the current season, failing to qualify for the Libertadores.
A path that seems to follow in Colo Colo, since He has only achieved 10 points out of 21 possible. Something that has Macul’s team in tenth position, even closer to the relegation zone (5 points away) than to first place (10 points away).
