The man of the moment in Mexican soccer is Ricardo Ferretti. The veteran coach arrived in Mexico City this Wednesday to sign as new coach of Cruz Azul and, when questioned for the reasons for accepting the challenge, indirectly the Tuca minimized Tigres by not putting it in the “big team” category of Liga MX.
At the Mexico City International Airport, from where he went alone in a taxi to La Noria to finalize details, the naturalized Mexican cataloged the Machine as a “big club” in Mexicoemphasizing that there are only four with that category.
“He is one of the four greats of Mexican soccer, it is a great opportunity, a great challenge for any coach,” he said. Ferretti, who has had the opportunity to direct three “big” as they are Chivas, Pumas and now Cruz Azulleaving only America pending.
How many titles did Tuca win with Tigres?
There is no more successful team in the recent history of Mexican soccer than the tigers from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León and a large part of those glorious moments are due to Ricardo Ferrettisince under his guidance they managed to win five Liga MX titlesthree from Champion of Champions, one from Copa MX and one Concachampions.
Furthermore, at the international level, El Tuca led Tigres to a Copa Libertadores runner-up in 2015, falling in the Final once morest River Plate from Argentina. He also got a Second place in the 2020 Club World Cup frente al Bayern Munich.
Ferretti began his career as manager in 1991 with Pumas, and had passage through Chivas, Toluca, Monarcas Morelia, Tigres and FC Juárez, the latter the worst period he has had as a strategist, since he left them as last in the percentage table, and only achieved five victories in 31 games led. El Bigotón has never been fired while a Liga MX tournament is in dispute.
