Eduardo Dominguez has many lives in students. He walked on the ledge for most of 2025 but held on He brought Pincha to the final again. Ante Racingon Saturday in Santiago del Estero, it is the sixth he has played in the two and a half years he has been at the club.
The bearded coach created a cult of resistance and the resilience as Estudiantes coach, having come close to the end of the cycle on more than one occasion. But he received the support of the fans on the pitch and the players inside, and Juan Sebastián Verón confirmed him in his position.
“I am lucky to be able to play in a new final. We know it’s not easy to be in these situations, we know it’s not for everyoneThe team set a goal at the beginning of the year and they reconsidered this goal together with us after losing the final (of the International Super Cup) against Vélez. They came together, they became stronger as a group and we knew that we had a team again that we could compete against in the final,” said Eduardo Domínguez in the press conference after his team’s victory over Gimnasia en el Bosque.
“The happiness of playing a new final… we know it’s not for everyone”
Eduardo Domínguez at a press conference after Estudiantes’ win against Gimnasia#LPFxTNTSports pic.twitter.com/0C6hXA5XfS
— TNT Sports Argentina (@TNTSportsAR) December 8, 2025
In fact, Domínguez ended another streak as Estudiantes coach, having never won at the Lobo Stadium. He fell in his first game there in 2023 as Gimnasia ended a 13-year run without wins and two draws: 0-0 and 1-1. So, after a year of ups and downs, he achieved a historic victory by eliminating the classic rival and reaching another final.
Of the five matches he has already faced with Estudiantes, he won three: two against Vélez, the League Cup and Champions Trophy in 2024, and Defensa y Justicia, the Argentine Cup in 2023. While he lost two, against River, the Argentine Super Cup, in 2024 and against Vélez, the International Super Cup, this year.
“We were close to leaving the Libertadores champions out (Flamengo). And the search for a new final in this tournament makes me very happy for the group of players that is growing and we know that it would be difficult, not only the classic game but also the instance game. And these conditions. We couldn’t come to play at the same times as before. “We had to learn from when we came here and the boys understood the long duration of games we had to play,” he analyzed.
He added: “We limited the space for them so they get frustrated when they can’t find their way. They are a team that relies on action rather than possession and we knew we would have chances at some point because we have unbalanced players, and they were.”
And finally, whether he used phrases to motivate his team or tactical questions Alejandro Sabellaof which this Monday, December 8, was the fifth anniversary of his death, Domínguez replied: “We know the weight and the legacy that Alejandro left in the institution. And we see his picture every day in City Bell. It is not necessary to remember his importance, we see it every day. It is nice to remember it. And it must be done, because if you just say it, it remains nothing. It must be done.”
Eduardo Domínguez remembered Alejandro Sabella’s legacy five years after his departure.pic.twitter.com/3Keu42ANFQ
— ESPN Argentina (@ESPNArgentina) December 8, 2025
Now, with him, his coaching staff and players on the verge of going on vacation before qualifying for the playoffs through the window and having to refocus, walk through the history of the hallway with their backs to Rosario Central and bring out the lion within, Domínguez will try to lead Estudiantes to a new title.
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