Lucho González at Athletico: an idol or a coach?

The Uruguayan Martin Varini, “Petraglia’s coach”, has left. The Argentine Lucho González, “Autuori’s coach”, has arrived. And so Athletico, without a project, is making improvisation its way of life.

Lucho González: his mark on the Furacão as a player is priceless. Of the last generations that played for Athletico, with Fernandinho, he is the only one who can be described as a star.

Because of his authority, his control of the ball, and his vision that discovered the most remote and unimaginable spaces on the field to throw or shoot at goal. In short, Lucho was majestic when he played football.

But there is still no coach registered. And Athletico needs a coach. So, I ask: was an idol or a coach hired? An idol, because Lucho González is not a coach yet. If it were not Paulo Autuori’s recommendation, I would say that it was a populist hire, which is one that diverts the fans’ attention.

Autuori sees in Lucho González someone who has the Atlético soul, something that does not exist in the “gringos” that Petraglia signed. Lucho will show that it is worth being an Athletico for a while, regardless of whether he is Argentine, Uruguayan or Paraguayan.

With the arrival of Lucho, Paulo Autuori finally appears

The most important thing about this new incident (the departure and arrival of a coach) is that Paulo Autuori has finally taken on responsibility as technical director. He should have taken on the role two months ago, when he was hired.

Because he didn’t want to get into conflict with Varini, because he was “Petraglia’s coach”, he remained silent. Athletico’s failures in the Copa do Brasil and the Brasileirão also count towards him. Now, with Lucho, the impression is that he wants to pay for it.

In any case, we shouldn’t expect results from Lucho. To get an idea of ​​how things are going at CT do Caju, Paulo Miranda is the one with the most results. Where has Athletico gotten to?

Lucho takes over a team that is in a technical, tactical and emotional state of disarray. Whatever he does and whatever he earns will be profit.