Cruz Azul have sacked head coach Ricardo “Tuca” Ferretti after an early Leagues Cup exit within the spherical of 32 towards Charlotte FC.
The choice to half methods with Ferretti was made “on the idea of outcomes obtained in current weeks,” the Mexican membership mentioned in a statement.
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Following three defeats at first of the Liga MX season, Cruz Azul misplaced 2-1 of their Leagues Cup group stage opener final month towards Inter Miami, who secured their victory due to a dramatic game-winning aim from Lionel Messi within the 94th minute.
Narrowly securing an entry into the knockout spherical by way of penalties towards Atlanta United, Cruz Azul then fell to Charlotte within the spherical of 32 final Thursday in a second consecutive penalty shootout.
After the defeat, the Brazilian coach argued that Liga MX groups are now not dominant over MLS golf equipment.
“Many nonetheless assume that Mexico continues to be the enormous within the area. That now not exists, it’s completely over,” mentioned Ferretti. “There are not any giants on this area.”
Ferretti, employed in February, initially failed to succeed in expectations final season with an exit within the Liga MX’s play-in spherical of the 2023 Clausura playoffs.
Over the summer season, stories emerged that the 69-year-old coach was butting heads with Cruz Azul’s entrance workplace concerning the route of the workforce.
Ferretti’s time with Cruz Azul — one of many conventional “huge 4” in Mexican soccer — marks the tip of his seventh tenure with a Liga MX membership.
Earlier than main Cruz Azul, the Brazilian coached Pumas, Chivas, Toluca, Morelia, FC Juarez and Tigres.
Regardless of clinching league titles with Pumas and Chivas, Ferretti gained prominence in Mexico due to his 5 Liga MX trophies with Tigres within the 2011 Apertura, 2015 Apertura, 2016 Apertura, 2017 Apertura and 2019 Clausura seasons.
The continuing Leagues Cup, a “World Cup-style” event that’s that includes all Liga MX and MLS golf equipment for the very first time, will shut out its knockout spherical with a remaining on August 19.
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