Puebla (Mexico), February 24 (EFE).- Former Venezuelan forward Fernando Aristeguieta took over as interim coach of Mexican team Puebla this Saturday, replacing coach Ricardo Carbajal, who was dismissed due to poor results in the Clausura 2024 tournament.
Puebla announced the news in a press release in which it acknowledged that Carbajal had good results for the team in its first competition, in the Apertura 2023, in which with a low-budget payroll he took the team to the quarterfinals. final.
In that Apertura, the people from Puebla finished in sixth place in the classification, thus qualifying for the playoffs and entering directly into the round of the eight best, a phase in which they fell to the Tigres UANL, who finished the tournament as runners-up
In this Clausura 2024, Carbajal, 55, had a record of one win, one draw and six losses, which condemned Puebla to penultimate place with four points, two more than bottom-placed Juárez FC.
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Furthermore, Puebla has only six goals, the second worst figure in the Clausura, and is the worst defense with 19 goals allowed.
The central Mexico team did not indicate in the statement how long Aristeguieta will remain in office and only added that in the “next few days” he will name the permanent strategist.
Aristeguieta, captain of Venezuela in the last Copa América, was the coach of the under-23 subsidiary with Puebla and before that he played for the team, in which he scored 10 goals in 35 games.
By: EFE
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