It should be a matter of days before Copperloa announce the name of his new coach, replacing Emiliano Astorgaand everything indicates that the chosen one will be Jaime Garciawho will return to activity after eight months, after his departure from Ñublense.
Expectations are very high with the native of Cartagena, given the good campaigns he achieved with the Red Devilswho led them from the Ascent to the Libertadores Cup. However, there are others who are not entirely convinced of its arrival.
Such is the case of Victor Merelloone of the greatest idols in the history of Cobreloa, as a player and coach, who in dialogue with RedGol asks García to, little less, become Mandrake, the Wizard to help a team that, in his opinion, “he does not have the category to play in the First Division“.
Merello’s request to Jaime García for Cobreloa
“I think that for any technician who arrives it will be complicated, and I will give you my reasons,” says the crookedwho assures that “Cobreloa does not have a category squad to be able to say, well, here I make a change, I do this, that, and things start to work.”
Furthermore, Merello points to another key, since “for me, emotionally, With the extra-sports problems that have happened, the team is very downcast and the pressure is very great. So, here being strong emotionally is going to be essential, and That will be the role of the person who arrives to build a team that does not have that much category.“.
“I don’t know if García has the formula to lift the team”
Along with maintaining that “today Cobreloa only has the name“, the former midfielder warns that “I’m not going to take away García’s merits. of everything he did and everything he can do. The issue is that the team is down, and fundamentally, they have no one to turn to more what there is at the moment.”
“He put together the Ñublense squadhe shaped it his way and made it work. In Cobreloa they will receive people who do not have the category to play in the First Division, in general terms. So, It costs and it will cost him, not only for him but for anyone who arrives. “It’s going to be difficult,” says Víctor Merello.
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