There was a kind of revolution at the Ezeiza Airport during the night of Sunday in Argentina. It just landed Fernando Gagowho this Monday will sign the contract and lead the first training session. And then as soon as he left through the international arrivals gate many fans and journalists surrounded him.
Interpreting the moment and the expectation, Gago took a few seconds, approached the press and, without allowing questions, thanked the fans of Mouth for the love of these days and left a phrase: “I’m coming home.”
Gago returns to Boca, to the club where he debuted in the First Division and which later allowed him to make the big leap to Europe. Later, he returned as a footballer for his second stage. Now it will be his first time as a xeneize coach.
After spending time as a coach at Aldosivi de Mar del Plata and Racing, Gago was directing Chivas de Guadalajara in Mexico. I had a contract, but he left it aside as soon as he received the call from Boca, which generated some criticism. He executed the termination clause, resolved all the contractual details with Juan Román Riquelme and took the plane to Buenos Aires.
At 38 years old, Gago arrives in Boca to organize a battered locker room, to deal with questioned history, to define a game identity and to fight Marcelo Gallardo’s River, with the ultimate goal of winning the Copa Libertadores.
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Gago’s debut will be on Saturday against Tigre, as a visitor, in the league. Four days later, on Wednesday the 23rd, the first big challenge, an eliminatory match for the Argentine Cup, against Gimnasia La Plata, all or nothing. If Boca wins it they will advance to the semi-finals. And the champion of that competition qualifies for the Copa Libertadores, for the xeneize obsession… Gago knows it. You don’t need anyone to explain it to you. As he said, Boca is his home…
