Miguel Ángel Russo, Coach of Argentine Boca Juniors, is in serious health and remains under medical care at his home, according to Efe Fuentes del Xeneize.
Russo, 69 And that faces a bladder and prostate cancer since 2017, it has been a medical license since the end of September.
This Sunday, after Boca Juniors’ 5-0 victory against Newell’s, Claudio Úbeda, the assistant from the field that replaced Boca Juniors coach in the last two games, said: “This triumph we had I want to dedicate it to Miguelthat has surely been watching us on television. “
“As much as it is not physically in training, he is aware of everything and the decisions we have been making. That’s why I started talking and dedicating it to him, we want it very much and we want it to get well. We wish him the best,” he added Ubeda.
The team captain, Leandro Paredesalso dedicated the win to the coach and sent “much strength” for recovery.
“It is an important victory for everyone, We want to dedicate it to Miguel On our part because it is obviously the head of our group, it is nothing nice that is happening. We send him a lot of strength, “he said Walls.
In the last month, Russo was hospitalized Three times for complications of your health status.
Read too
The last game of Boca Juniors in which the coach was in charge of the team was the 2-2 draw of September 21 against Central Córdoba, occasion when the entire match sitting on the bench remained.
He current is the third period of ‘miguelo’ in Boca: In his first stage he lasted only one year, in which he achieved the Copa Libertadores 2007 against the Brazilian guild and lost the final of the Club World Cup against Milan; In his second step, between 2020 and 2021, he achieved a Super League, a Cup of the Professional League and lost in the semifinals of Libertadores against Santos of Brazil.
Of long experience, Russo also directed in Argentina To Lanús, Los Andes, Students of La Plata, Colón de Santa Fe, Vélez Sarsfield, San Lorenzo and Racing Club.
In addition, he directed University of Chile and Unión Deportiva Salamanca, from Chile; Monarchs Morelia, from Mexico; Millionaires, from Colombia; Alianza Lima, from Peru; Cerro Porteño, from Paraguay; and to Nassr, from Saudi Arabia.
As a player, Russo served as a midfielder Defensive and his only club was Estudiantes de La Plata, where he completed 435 games and scored eleven goals between 1975 and 1989; while in the Argentine National Team he played 17 games.
