2023-12-15 18:08:59
Chivas lived a golden era with Matías Almeyda as its technical director; However, things were not always rosy in Verde Valle during the Argentine strategist’s time. For this reason, the Guadalajara leadership decided to “lend a hand” by bringing Francisco Gabriel de Anda as its sports director.
The relationship between the now commentator and Matías Almeyda was not the best. Although the duo was able to achieve a Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League once morest Toronto, the arrival of Gabriel de Anda ended up leading to the departure of the Argentine strategist.
After this, José Luis Higuera, former executive director of Chivas, accepted that it was not one of the best decisions to bring him. “The first mistake we made, Jorge (Vergara) and myself, was having brought Paco (de Anda), because we had a very successful model without a sports director with Matías (Almeyda), myself as general director and Jorge as president,” he said on David Faitelson’s YouTube channel.
Higuera accepted that he brought De Anda to Chivas out of “desperation”
The structure of the red and white team was not always governed by a sports director. After the arrival of Matías Almeyda, there were only three positions in the management organization chart: Jorge Vergara as president, José Luis Higuera as executive director and the Argentine combined those of technical director and sports director.
After conquering the Liga MX in 2017, the results were mixed for those from Verde Valle. Without any type of response, José Luis Higuera accepted that he used Francisco Gabriel de Anda to improve the sporting situation in Chivas; However, this ended up making things worse.
“Out of desperation, because the team was doing poorly, we decided to put in a sports director so that Matías (Almeyda) would have someone with sports knowledge to talk to, because the truth is I didn’t get into soccer situations,” said José Luis Higuera.
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