Last update 6 April, 2024 by Alberto Llopis
Nowhere is football lived like it is in Argentina. Nobody enjoys it like them, with that passion, intensity and madness typical of the South American country. Besides, they are great lovers of the board and study all facets of the game in depth. Loyal to the strategy and drivers par excellence of motivation, they can be considered sick of the ball and even slaves of their notebook. In "Hanging, we could list endless names, from Passarella, Sampaoli, Sabella, to Aimar or Pekerman, but we will focus on those currently running in Spain, which they are few.
Argentine coaches are the order of the day. Valencia has recently acquired the services of Juan Antonio Pizzi. The team has radically suffered a brutal facelift and in two games, the hand of Santa Fe is already deeply noticeable. lover of rigor, defensive placement and firmness does not renounce total football. He demonstrated it with elegance in San Lorenzo, proclaiming himself champion of the last Opening Tournament and now he has a complicated challenge ahead. Pizza himself, Simeone and Tata are the technicians of some of the great teams in Spain. Without forgetting that during the last two seasons in Bilbao Marcelo Bielsa's knowledge and football have been enjoyed.
morning, after nearly two decades, the Spanish League will have an Argentine winter champion again. Diego Pablo Simeone or Gerardo Martino, one of the two will be the substitute for the philosopher Jorge Valdano, who won it in the season 94/95 with Real Madrid. Since then, No Argentine has been proclaimed the winner of the first round of the Spanish league championship.
tied for everything, both teams have had a fantastic pulse at the top of the table since the start of the tournament. Little we can add about Simeone, (We are talking here about Cholismo) and his Atlético de Madrid, that continues without giving up, clenching my teeth and winning every battle. How long will the mattress makers be able to endure this physical display??. Right now they are clear favorites in all competitions although they themselves do not want to bear such pressure. The next game is the most important that both have played so far this year, for nothing vital, but clearly transcendent in the future of the season.
Besides, Gerardo Martino has inherited a club that has not been able to win more and play better in recent years. However, the "Tata" has given Barça a verticality that did not exist before, of tactical variables different from those known by all and all this without forgetting the main ingredient in La Masia, the good taste for the touch of the ball. Even so, we must wait to see the best Barca of the year, since the players are still absorbing the “Martinenses” concepts.
As if all of the above were not enough, from "Colgados" we want to add a data. With complete certainty, this will not be the last time the two coaches see each other's faces., but… do you know what happened the first time they faced each other as players??. Cholo acknowledged having simulated in an action in which the good Tata saw the red. That game of the season 87/88 between Newell´s and Vélez ended 1-2 and Simeone would also be sent off at the end of the match.
This time they will play to be winter champion. Can you imagine that both teams reach the last league game so evenly matched?. It would be a heart-stopping final match at the Barça Coliseum. The “Tata” or the “Cholo”, the “Cholo” or the “Tata”, one thing is clear, being Argentine and training in Spain is fashionable.