The Abel Balbo cycle had an announced end. Although he has not yet signed the termination of his contract, he will do so between today and Monday morning to put an end to his cycle, which had little or nothing good and too many handling errors not suitable for the First Division.
His time at Estudiantes was very expensive, since part of the money he himself paid to break his relationship with Central Córdoba was included in his contract and they will have to compensate him since he had a contract until December 2023. His time did not lay solid foundations for a immediate future.
The former National Team player ended up accepting that it was best to step aside, but before that he agreed on some numbers for himself and his coaching staff. They smoked the peace pipe that he didn’t agree to either side, but it was for the best.
Balbo began his cycle on December 5 with a long preseason during which important names such as Guido Carrillo and Santiago Ascacibar arrived, both from the institution. Everything fell apart with the start of the competition due to the lack of results and operation.
Gustavo Matosas was the other recent cycle that lasted just seven dates. It was in 2017
The Balbo cycle had only seven chapters, six from the Professional League and one from the Argentine Cup (eliminated Independiente de Chivilcoy). There were two victories (the Argentine Cup and once morest Godoy Cruz), two draws (Arsenal and Sarmiento) and three defeats (Tigre, Lanús and Unión). The performance reached only 38.07% efficiency.
At that time it was from older to younger. His ideas became confused as the competition started. He failed to order players and assemble the teams. He has an overpopulation of central midfielders and in Santa Fe he played without a positional “5”. He left the four references on the substitute bench and notified the captain the same day of the game. He had no group management at all and that he had brought Julio Lamas. What are the starting centrals?
Of course he is not the only one responsible. There were leaders who went looking for him, listened to him and analyzed his proposal. Those who saw the course he was taking and followed his orders. They were also surprised but behind closed doors they were “hurt” by a decision that was very expensive.
And the players did not look good in this photograph. Beyond the confusion that DT irradiated, they were not up to the task and spent the “patience” credit that the fans have left.
BALBO, LIKE BERNARDI, MATOSAS, MILITO AND DESÁBATO
Since Juan Sebastián Verón was president or vice president of Estudiantes, technicians followed one another, many of them with little success.
The first was Gabriel Milito, an emblematic case. In his first cycle he had a good performance. Despite that, he was always looked askance by the fans. He qualified him for the Copa Sudamericana and resigned.
Lucas Bernardi collected just 45% of the points in 26 games in the 2017/18 season
Nelson Vivas succeeded him. The team was the protagonist of the two tournaments it played, but a premature elimination in the Copa Argentina left him without charge. Throwing him out was a mistake that later paid dearly for it.
Uruguayan Gustavo Matosas took over the team following a three-game interim for Leandro Benítez. He only lasted 7 games, four for the South American and three for the tournament. He left, fighting with the players and with the leaders. He left nothing.
Again an internship for Chino and the arrival of Lucas Bernardi, a coach that the fans did not like but achieved positive results at the beginning. Then he was losing weight and a bad Libertadores cup left him without charge. He was the first coach insulted by the entire stadium in a home game. He quit.
His replacement was at the request of the partners: Leandro Benítez. The former Club player took charge of the team, with few reinforcements and many youth players. He didn’t do well at all and he left. Milito returned, except for a positive streak (he won four games in a row, including the classic) he did not find a way back. He also left alone.
Leandro Desábato assumed that he might never capture an idea: his team might not win a game and barely scored two goals. He left at the request of the leadership.
Ricardo Zielinski was the best soccer bet and in duration: in almost two years he directed 92 games between the local tournament, the Copa Argentina and the Copa Libertadores. He won 40, tied 28 and lost 24.
Now the arrival of Eduardo Domínguez is on track, a coach with a back but with the material to move this situation forward?