César Farías, former coach of Venezuela and Bolivia, was released this Thursday from the Ecuadorian club Aucas after receiving a fourteen-month suspension for assaulting two soccer players from a rival club.
“Sociedad Deportiva Aucas informs the fans and the general public that the technical director César Farías has been dismissed from his post. The decision was made for just cause,” the Quito entity said in a statement.
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farias he was expelled last sundayor by the referee Gabriel González, who in his report attributed to the Venezuelan a “violent conduct” derived from “the attack on two soccer players from the Delfín club.”
The incident occurred in the game of the penultimate date of the first phase of the Pro League between Aucas and Delfín.
The Dolphin Argentine Juan Pablo Ruiz accidentally collided with Farías when he was struggling with the Aucas defender Luis Cangá.
According to the arbitration report, Farías hit Ruiz with his fist and then attacked Argentine Bryan Oyola.
The Aucas statement
“We are grateful for the time given to the team, for their professionalism, commitment, dedication and the great work carried out during the time they led it, in which they awarded us the most important title we have in the history of the club, the championship of the Liga Pro 2022”, added the Aucas in the statement.
From title to dismissal
Farías was linked in April last year with the Aucas and managed to lead a remarkable recovery to lead him to the conquest of the title, which allowed the team to debut this year in the Copa Libertadores with a 2-1 win over Flamengo.
In the local tournament, Aucas occupies eighth place among sixteen teams in the first division, with 21 points, 13 behind the leader Independiente del Valle.
“In the next few hours we will be announcing the name of the interim technical director, while a new coaching staff is hired,” Aucas announced.
