CARACAS.- The Uruguayan coach Alvaro “Chino” Recoba will take on his first international challenge on the bench at the helm of Deportivo Táchirathe most successful team in Venezuelan soccer during the last five years, the club reported this Wednesday.
Recoba, 49, will replace the trainer Edgar Perez Grecowho was fired the day before and led the team to win the league Venezuela in 2024.
“A historic from Uruguay to the greatest in Venezuela,” said Táchira in a publication on social networks.
“We are sure that you will write a glorious page in the aurinegro, following the historical legacy of founders, players and technicians from Uruguay who exalted our club,” added the institution.
The renowned former Uruguayan midfielder retired as a player in March 2016 after an extensive career that took him to La Celeste and defending Italian teams such as Inter Milan, Torino and Venezia, among others.
The coach expressed his happiness for the hiring and confirmed that he will start working with the team in the first week of December.
He asked “not to remain with the image of the good player I could have been,” since his intention is for his work to “convince that I am also a good coach,” he said in an interview with a local radio station.
He made his debut as a coach with Nacional de Montevideo, a squad in which he also acted as a player, in October 2023. He commanded Bolso until mid-2024 without winning any major trophy.
Recoba will take over a team that ended this year without conquests, although it had won three of the last four local championships.
Although it has no chance of winning the 2025 star, Táchira has a chance of qualifying for the Copa Libertadores or the Copa Sudamericana in 2026.
Pedro misses the Libertadores final
Brazilian forward Pedro suffered a muscle injury during a practice session, Flamengo reported this Wednesday, which is why he will miss the final of the Copa Libertadores against Palmeiras, on November 29 in Lima.
Medical examinations revealed this Wednesday “a muscle injury in the left thigh,” the Rio de Janeiro club explained in a press release, without specifying the length of time their number 9 was out.
On Tuesday, the 28-year-old player had felt “muscle pain during training” and “had to stop the activity,” Flamengo noted.
