Miguel Russo and the tears of the coach who raised the umbrella and makes Rosario Cental dream

The umbrella always over your head to protect that impeccable trench cream color on which not a drop fell despite the salta rain that was very intense at times. He only closed it when Jorge Broun he was left with that last penalty from Leonardo Sigali. This is how he lived Miguel Angel Russo the triumph of his Central Rosary ante Racing for the quarterfinals of the League Cup. Miguel He even loudly shouted Canalla’s goals (plus the second) in the 90 minutes. A man of the house who returned from Arabia a year ago to lift the Rosario team and now is excited about the Olympic return.

Russo was moved to tears after the series of penalties which had Central as the winner. “We started five points from relegation. Without capital, with many debts. This, what the leaders and the players did, is to put it in a framework above everything,” he said, visibly distressed.

It is the fifth cycle of this 67-year-old coach at the Rosario club. With the victory at the polls of Gonzalo Bellosohis return to Argentine football was sealed after his time at Boca before making the leap to Arabia.

“I’m happy for the boys. It was difficult. We made a lot of mistakes and we should have finished earlier. This club deserves the best. Through penalties, sometimes I have had to win and sometimes lose. But we are firm, now River is coming and we are going to fill any field. All of this is welcome because this club deserves it,” he added. Miguelwhat In this cycle he directed 44 games, won 18, tied 17 and lost only 9.

“Since Miguel arrived, with the new leadership, things were done very well and little by little the results were given. We are happy to be on the right track. We are a complete team: when you have to run, run, and when you have to play, play. We are always united,” highlighted Ignacio Malcorra.

Y Jorge Broun, the Fatura and the figure of the night in Salta, added: “From the start it was about adding because we were five points behind. One thing leads you to another. Miguel gave us a lot of peace of mind from the day Gonzalo put him in. People love him and have support. We were able to work calmly, beyond what he knows about football.”