Ariel Holan He stopped being coach of Central rosary. The news was announced on Thursday afternoon and surprised the entire football environment, including those around the Canalla institution. The team was the one that scored the most points in the regular phase, a value that was the cause of this AFA decided to controversially award him the title of champion League 2025which was not regulated.
Apart from the discussion, Holan’s departure from Central was “by mutual consent”, according to the club, which the former footballer heads. Gonzalo Belloso. The coach’s voice was missing when he spoke to ESPN from a track in the country, on his way to what he mentioned was his vacation in Bariloche.
“There is no decisive reason, it was everyone’s agreement that this was the best thing for the club. I rate it positively because many goals were achieved and will continue to be achieved with the youth players. We reinvented the club and established a game model, where we were also protagonists of the visitors, and my move was the first link in a chain,” explained Holan, without going into the details of his decision.
Of course, after he repeatedly made clear the good cooperation he “had and continues to have” with the leadership of. Central rosaryHolan finally acknowledged that “there are views that remain in our intimate core,” regarding the disagreements that may have influenced this farewell. He also stated that three meetings had taken place before this last point was resolved.
“I had a contract that expired on December 31, it was a year that we could plan in advance, at the end of 2024, in the last five games, I assumed that the team was in a complicated situation. It was important to do important work with the youth players and see which of the important footballers could put together a competitive team,” the coach recalled.
In this sense, he emphasized: “The goal was to qualify for the Copa Libertadores and collect as many points as possible to enter the playoffs. I think the campaign was very important, one of the best in Central’s history, we scored 66 points.”
“I think we had an exceptionally long tournament, then came the crosses, which have a very particular format and are played in a single game. Everything happens there and is defined by small details, it cost us a little more. But the balance is very positive,” concluded the former Independiente coach, mentioning all the statistics in which Central has won throughout the year.
Finally, he emphasized that “Rosario Central is above everything” and concluded: “At that moment we agreed that the best thing was to say to ourselves that we had come this far and that there was a total agreement to leave the institution.”
“He is the best footballer I have ever had to coach. I have met an exceptional footballer,” Holan replied when asked about Ángel Di María. According to the coach, there was no need for him to intervene in the coaching change that the team will undergo.
“It’s about substance and form. There is a lot of debate in football and statistically we were the best. Everyone worked hard to finish first or second and qualify for the cups, which is fundamental for international cups. In the overall table we were the best team, that’s the final result,” replied Holan when asked about the trophy his team received.
And he added: “Then there is the form, and these are decisions made by the managers who run Argentine football. I can’t say more about that. It is logical that there are people who say something or complain because there is no regulation. I felt worthy of this title.”
“We were the best on the field, we won it on the field,” Holan defended himself when told he had accepted the trophy in an office.
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