It was through a video that the Brazilian strategist was welcomed (Screenshot)

Blue Cross formalize the arrival Ricardo Ferretti As technical director of Clausura 2023, the Brazilian coach arrived in Mexico City on the morning of Wednesday, February 22. The welcome was made through a video on social networks where we can see tuca wearing the colors of the club.

“Hi how are you?. We are already blue, a hug”are Ferretti’s first words as head of the team.

During Tuesday, February 21, David Faitelson announced that Ricardo Ferretti was the one chosen among all the candidates to take the reins of Cruz Azul, after the dismissal of Raul Potro Gutierrez after the poor results that the team presented after six duels of the Clausura tournament.

El Tuca arrived on Wednesday February 22 to sign his contract with the institution. which has been detailed it will be for three yearsreason why he will be tied to the club until 2026. The salary that the coach will receive is still unknown, which He hadn’t managed a Liga MX club since May 2022when he was fired from Bravos de Juárez after the team’s sporting relegation.

Cruz Azul is located in the penultimate position of the general table, with only four points obtained, product of a win, a draw and four defeats. They have two duels pending, one against Atlas which will be managed on an interim basis by Joaquin Moreno and another against Querétaro scheduled for the end of March.

La Máquina welcomed Tuca Ferretti as their new coach. Credit: Twitter/@CruzAzul

It is unclear if he will be able to lead the team in the Matchday 9 game against Juárez, but it is confirmed that he will be in the Aztec Stadium to observe the match against Rojinegros, corresponding to the 7th day.

The Noria team has 11 games ahead of them to try to save the tournament, 10 will be led by tuca Ferretti. At the moment they are just three units separating them from draft positionsand in case they want to go straight into the league, they are 12 points below the first four places in the standings.

The Rio de Janeiro strategist has managed six different teams during his time in the Mx League, having three legs with Tigres, two with Pumas, one with Guadalajara, Toluca, monarchs and the most recent with Juárez, a team with which he did not do well and ended up “relegating” in a sporting way.

He was crowned champion of the Mexican tournament seven times, his third period with Tigres being the most successful, during which he won five titles with the Monterrey team. He also added one with Pumas and another with Chivas.

With the Felines, he also managed to win a Mx Cup and an Concachampionswhich gave him the opportunity to realize in Club World Cup, tournament in which they reached the final, being the first Mexican team to do so. Although they ended up falling before Bayern Munich for the minimum with a goal from Benjamin Pavard.

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