Deportivo Pereira fans are still surprised by the news the club gave this Thursday, the departure of coach Leonel Álvarez, by mutual agreement with the team’s board of directors.
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Pereira’s campaign in the first half was good: they were one game away from reaching the grand final of the BetPlay League, but the defeat against Atlético Bucaramanga as a visitor on the last date, 3-1, ruined their dream. get the classification.
Leonel directed 25 League games with Pereira, which he had joined at the beginning of the year. They had 12 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, with 35 goals scored and 26 received, for a performance of 57 percent.
Why Leonel left Pereira, according to Iván Mejía
In his X account, journalist Iván Mejía Álvarez launched the possible reasons for Leonel’s departure from Deportivo Pereira. According to the communicator, now retired from the media, the coach protested some decisions by the club’s directors.
“They owe money to the squad and they played the finals under protest,” Mejía said, without specifying names. “They are going to remove and sell three players,” he added.
In addition, Mejía told the reaction of the now former coach of the ‘matecaña’ club. “Leonel protested, (the managers) didn’t like it and out of character the DT left that store behind,” wrote.
Leonel’s latest experiences as a coach have not been very long in the clubs he passed through. Since his last title, with Cerro Porteño in 2017, he has not lasted more than a year in any club.
In October 2018 he signed with Libertad of Paraguay, but he was surprisingly fired in March 2019, despite the fact that he was having a good campaign with that club, with a performance of almost 59 percent.
Leonel Alvarez
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Then, in 2022, he signed with Águilas Doradas, where he only lasted a year, and in January 2023 he was hired by Cienciano de Perú, where he directed for five and a half months.
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