Football is a sport that Always take revenge. The coaching position is probably the most appreciative. A series of bad results in any club always leads to the loss, resignation or dismissal of the technical director. Rarely are there second chances on the same team, but he was the one who had it Diego Coca.

His poor start at Atlas, the club where he arrived in August 2020, led to the club paying a millionaire fine. But in less than two years he was able to replace the poor performance and last night Blessed two-time champion of the Mexican League With the Guadalajara Club. A tackle story for a coach who Entered the history of Mexican football.

Diego Coca was selected as the coach of the team in which he played as a player from 1999 to 2001. He did not dream of starting, especially since he started with that. Very weak campaign: In the first 29 games with Roginegro, he only won 10 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses. These results condemned Atlas for finishing last place in the tournament table and paying about the fine $ 3.5 million, a penalty that replaces stopping the decline. However the leadership of the foxes Decided that the 50-year-old Argentine would continue in office and the decision turned out to be right.

Based on defensive order and without undue risk even when the team was focused on attack, Atlas de Coca conquered opening 2021 And thus broke the drought 70 years Guadalajara without a team title in the league. In Apertura, Atlas defeated Leon in the final, another two-time champion team in the history of short tournaments in Mexico, formed in 1996 with Pumas UNAM.

For the 2022 clause, Koka brought Roginegros to the tournament for the second time in a row. The title he won this last week despite losing 2-1 in the final second leg of the closing tournament as a guest to Pachuca as he won the first leg at home 2-0.

Coca’s historic achievement has made it The third coach to win two titles in a row since short competitions were established in Mexico in 1996. Coca’s predecessors in achieving this distinction were Hugo Sanchez, the idol of Mexican football, along with Puma, in the 2004-2005 season, and Uruguayan Gustavo Matosas, a former San Lorenzo de Almagro footballer, son of Roberto Matosas. River Plate in 1960s Argentina, 2013-2014.

In addition to establishing a two-time champion Atlas was automatically left with the title of Champion of 2021-2022. In any case, the Liga MX will have to play this match because of the organization’s commercial commitments in the United States and the continuation of its match-keeping policies in that country to strengthen ties with the American community. That’s why it was decided that the match would take place in Carson, California, between Atlas and Cruz Azul, which would have a symbolic meaning.

“Three titles in a year and a half is madness” Koka said after the rematch of the final at Hidalgo Stadium. I think we will become over time, but we are very happy and proud. “We struggled a lot to get here, but I will break the will of a team that has never given up,” Koka said. The team has a lot of physical demand, but we were able to get here.

In addition to Diego Coca, there were other Argentines in the champion team. One of them was a striker. Julius Ferch Who said after the match: “I did not know which of the two titles we enjoyed more, two are the same or three because we won the Champions League,” the striker said. He added: “This is what we dreamed we could never have imagined. “Tomorrow we will know what we have achieved.” The other two national players who were part of the title are central markers Hugo Nervous and Victor Aguilera.

This is the fourth title that Diego Koka has won in his coaching career. Added to these three with Atlas is what he gained with Racing, in 2014. In addition, his resume as a winner was enhanced by a promotion from B Nacional in the First Division in 2013 with the participation of Defense and Justice.