Mexico.- Surprisingly, the Atlas Directive in conjunction with Diego Coca have announced that the Argentine will not continue in the Technical direction of the Rojinegro team and takes a step to the side at the end of the 2022 Apertura season when the Necaxa team is measured. At a press conference, Diego Cocca thanked the people of Atlas for his time with the team and for being part of a golden era with 3 titles in Mexican soccer.
Joseph Riestra and Diego Cocca attended the media where they announced that the Argentine concluded that his time in the team had already come to an end, a decision that Atlas accepted and by mutual agreement they made the decision not to continue with him. project for the Clausura 2023 of Liga MX. So from the following year there will be a new DT who seeks to imitate a bit of what the club did in the 2021-2022 season.
“I’m leaving quietly, very proud. Convinced that we do not keep anything” were part of Diego Cocca’s words. He thanked all the Atlas fans who supported him from minute one of his arrival and those who along the way were able to trust his project, which in the end resulted in a Bi-championship and a Champion of Champions of the 2021-2022 season.
For the calm of the red and black fans, Diego Cocca affirmed that his departure has nothing to do with a new project, he simply adheres to a feeling of self-criticism because he considers that the project was no longer efficient and that the best option was to think of something new, in this case new ideas from the bench so there was no other choice but to say goodbye.
He also announced that for now he does not have any work invitation from Grupo Orlegi as it had already begun to be handled, he rejected that he has business to reach Sporting de Gijón, a club that recently joined Orlegi Group. Likewise, Pepe Riestra confirmed that they see themselves with a second stage with Diego Cocca at the helm of the team in the not too distant future.
Diego Cocca leaves the Atlas after 5 seasons, having arrived in the 2020 Apertura, experiencing a difficult moment where the results did not go well for him, but managing to enter the Repechage and even Liguillas before his great breakthrough in Liga MX . It was in Clausura 2021 where his great golden moment began, reaching the Liguilla and being the protagonist but without winning the title.
Once again they had a great campaign in the Apertura 2021 where things were already in their favor, they won 8 games, tied 5 and only lost 4, which classified them among the first places. For the first time in almost 20 years they managed to reach a new final that they won against León, crowning themselves for the first time in 70 years on the field of the Jalisco Stadium.
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The good fortune extended until Clausura 2022, where once again the Atlas team remained, was able to enter the Liguilla and once again reached the final, this time against Pachuca. On this occasion they closed the final in Pachuca where they achieved their first Bichampionship, in addition to conquering the Champion of Champions. The 2022 Opening season was not as expected and they were eliminated from the campaign, they are no longer fighting for a place in the Final Phase, they only seek to add to the quotient.
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