Mariano Soso took over as coach of FBC Melgar from the tenth appointment of the Apertura tournament, just before he started participating in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores. His predecessor Pablo Lavallén left the team with zero points and zero goals in the penultimate place in the table. Temporarily, on the ninth day, MarcoValencia He scored his first point and goal away from UTC.
“What starts badly ends badly,” as the saying goes. Well, the red-blacks started the year with losses go over there against Atlético Grau (3:0). They have collected 22 points, are in eleventh place without being in the qualifying zone, at least for the Copa Sudamericana 2024. The record according to statistics and in their own words Mariano Soso, is positive. In fact there was an improvement. Of the sixteen games he has overseen, in the premier league and cup, he has won six, drawn six and lost the fourth.
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The most resounding victories came in Arequipa Alianza Lima and Board of Trustees of Argentina, the most commented defeats, against Deportivo Garcilaso (4-2) and Nacional de Colombia (1-0). Alianza Sullana and Comercio equalized at the last minute for Melgar. Soso accepted the challenge of raising Melgar with a team he didn’t choose. He found last year’s base, a semi-finalist team in the Copa Sudamericana and a finalist in the local tournament.
Only four reinforcements were added to the squad. Cavero, starter with significant growth after Reyna’s injury, Vásquez, who played a few minutes, the Argentine Pablo MagniniCriticized beyond measure for his poor performance and Tomás Martínez with a significant improvement in his game in recent days but affected by a right thigh injury.
He also instilled confidence in youngsters making their professional debuts, such as Sebastián Cavero, Bruno Portugal and Abraham Aguinaga, given the injuries and football absences of some veteran players. Mariano Soso decided to change the game system in the game against Alianza Lima. He won it with a goal from Cuesta in the last minute. In this formation, alongside Galeano and Deneumostier, he employed Jean Pierre Archimbaud as left-back.
It was a 3-5-2, so the 4-2-3-1 was a thing of the past. In Soso’s approach, the back three in defense is very complicated if it’s not well worked out and you don’t have the right players. Individually, you have to have fast central defenders who can understand the game well. The footballer faces a one-on-one duel. won offensively Melgar in the width of the field with the lanes. Things are going well for him, even though there have been setbacks that cost points.
The Rosario man was wary of the possible arrival of reinforcements. “We will look at the possibilities of adding elements to a very well-established team,” he said. On June 16, the map book will be reopened. Statistics show that Melgar’s campaign is not doing well in either Premier League or Premier League Libertadores Cupalthough in the last match against Olimpia in Paraguay they risk finishing third in group “H” and taking part in the Copa Sudamericana