Johnny Herrera, in his role as a commentator, criticized Azul Azul for the decision to bring Mauricio Pellegrino to the La U bench: “The coach made a mistake”
He irregular start of Universidad de Chile in the 2023 National Championship, with two defeats and one win, has generated the first in-depth questions for the Argentine coach Mauricio Pellegrino.
The Argentine DT was presented on December 14 as the new strategist of the blues, with the aim of changing the face of a team that in recent years He has struggled not to fall to Primera B.
However, the stamp of the former coach of Vélez Sarsfield has not been noticed so far and that restless to the fans of the collegiate cast: he recorded setbacks with Huachipato (1-3) and Palestino (2-0), in addition to a narrow victory over Unión Española (1-0).
Faced with this scenario, Johnny Herrera He came out to question the Azul Azul board of directors for signing the 51-year-old native of Ciudad de Córdoba.
“I find Pellegrino very sensible, he declares very well, he is a very gentleman and very polite… But why did they go looking for him? I’ve been questioning it since day one”he indicated in his role as a commentator for TNT Sports.
“Having a history of what happened with Gustavo Poyet (at UC), what happened with López and there are endless technicians who arrive without knowing the environment”, he added.
Thus, the ‘Samurai Azul’ fears the worst with Pellegrino on the La U bench. “The other day, he makes the changes and you go 0-0. In theory, you had your two best players on the bench and you put them, but put one on each side (Assadi and Osorio). Individualities are very important and alone they do not win games. It may be one in 10,” he said.
Finally, the former goalkeeper and blue symbol pointed out that “I think that for me, now, I hope they cover my mouth, but they made a mistake with the technician, it’s that simple. Just for not knowing the medium and not knowing the players. That takes you a while. It is time to meet the footballers”.