Gustavo Costas became a young Racing coach after the coach’s representative, Fernando Alonso, and the president of the Avellaneda club, Víctor Blanco, gained economic value. Former mascot, symbol of the player and with a double stint on the university bench in times of economic difficulty, the former corporate center signed a contract until December 2024.
Costas, 60 years old and an undisputed starter in the team that played in the 1988 Super Cup, went on to coach the Bolivian team, and accumulated four defeats in as many appearances and ended up a step aside.
A functionality that is noticeable with its exciting adventure in Latin American football, which includes titles in 4 other leagues. Member of Alianza Lima, with three championships between 2003 and 2005 in Peruvian soccer; Cerro Porteño from Paraguay (2005); Barcelona, Ecuador (2012); and Independiente Santa Fe de Colombia (2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017). In addition, I have the first star of a coffee facility on some other continent, the Suruga Bank with the same Santa Fe.
Costas, que también registra pasos por México (Atlas) y por Arabia Saudita (Al Nassr y Al-Fayha), fue técnico de Racing en la época de la quiebra, cuando el club tenía que pedirle permiso al juez Enrique Gorostegui para jugar. Y también, en la última etapa del gerenciamiento, cuando Blanquiceleste S.A se desdibujaba entre deudas y malos manejos. Fueron años complejos, de crisis económica, institucional y deportiva. En aquellos dos ciclos dirigió un total de 80 encuentros con 23 victorias, 23 empates y 34 derrotas. Es por eso que le había quedado la espina de poder administrar riquezas.
Será, con Racing empoderado y competitivo, tiempo de revancha para Costas, quien además llegará a la Academia con sus hijos. Federico es uno de los preparadores físicos (el otro es Cristian Angentieri) y Gonzalo, analista de video. Su ayudante es Omar Pouso, un aguerrido ex volante uruguayo que jugó en Gimnasia La Plata y acompaña al entrenador desde el año pasado, cuando asumió en Palestino de Chile antes de desembarcar en Bolivia.
Costas’ preference to return to Racing was decisive in preventing the vehicle. Of course, the economic offer is not the most productive for the businessman, who has soundings from some Latin American clubs. The first offer, on Tuesday afternoons, was poor, and between Wednesday and Thursday the angels came up. That’s right: Costas was adamant that the angels needed to bring in reinforcements. Then, the coach opted to reduce his closing angelesims, but insisted on using the transfer market.
Costa, que será presentado oficialmente en las próximas horas, confía en poder obtener la Copa Sudamericana del año que viene. Para eso, pretende reforzar el plantel con un par de marcadores centrales (Leonardo Sigali es un veterano de 37 años y Gonzalo Piovi fue vendido al Cruz Azul), un volante central para reemplazar a Aníbal Moreno y un delantero para acompañar a Roger Martínez.
“When we take a team, I try to have harmony in the squad. I talk to the players too much, I like them to be happy because for the player to perform well, he has to be happy. Sometimes we think that players are little machines and they have the other disorders that any citizen has. To my taste, I know what your personal life is like, if you like. And when it comes to painting too. First, a lot of intensity. Then I have to do it constantly. Filthy for the parties, for everyone. It’s the strategy of the plants,” Costas said in a chat with Clarín in 2020.
He added: “When I take over a club, I don’t marry any scheme. We try to study the games. Those who say ‘I die with my angels’. . . No, they don’t. I always want to win. I’ll go out and press or not. There are times when the opponent takes the ball away from you, you can win, but you can’t go to sleep and you have to know how to get in. Nobody has it in football. “Those who protect or those who attack. Knowing how to manage angels is more complicated in life. Whether it’s in football, in the circle of angels, or at work. “
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