Boca Juniors announced this Monday that former soccer player Hugo ‘el Negro’ Ibarra will direct his squad until December 31,
Ibarra, who until last Wednesday led Boca’s reserve team, will succeed another figure who stood out in the club, Sebastián Battaglia, who was dismissed as a result of the elimination of the Copa Libertadores round of 16 at the hands of Corinthians, last Tuesday, at the La Bombonera stadium.
“I am very happy and content. As a player, I left everything for this shirt, and today I have an important role, a very nice challenge, to be able to lead this club as a coach, “Ibarra, who until last Wednesday was serving as coach, said at a press conference. technical director of the reserve team of Boca.
The new coach acknowledged that the squad is “hit” by the elimination of the Copa Libertadores, but promised to “turn the page quickly” to reverse the current mood.
“Everything that remains to be played we must do to win, we have to mentalize ourselves in that way,” Ibarra said.
Former soccer player Jorge Bermúdez, one of the members of the Boca Football Council, explained that the entity wants to take “the necessary and fair time to make the best decision in the future”, after several days in which the names of Martín Palermo were considered. or Ricardo Gareca, among others.
“We are very proud of the work that has been done and today we want to take the necessary and fair time to make the best decision for the future. We believe that it is the best at the moment for the sporting circumstances that are experienced in our institution. We don’t want to be wrong,” said Bermúdez.
During his time as a footballer, Hugo Ibarra played a total of 323 games with Boca over eleven seasons, in which he scored eleven goals as a right back.
The Formosan began his career on the bench at the beginning of 2020, when he took the reins of the Boca youth team, and later held the position of coach of the reserve team.
His appointment as interim director of Xeneize, ratified today in office, occurred after the dismissal of Sebastián Battaglia last Wednesday, in the midst of a crisis of results and a transfer window without renowned additions.
Since the beginning of June, Boca Juniors has accumulated four victories, two draws and another four defeats, the last of them this Saturday against San Lorenzo by 2-1, already with Ibarra as coach. EFE
