Miguel Ángel Russo is in his third stage at the head of Boca Juniors.
Photo: EFE – Juan Ignacio Roncoroni
The Argentine technical director Miguel Ángel Russo, coach of Boca Juniors, was admitted on Monday at a clinic in Buenos Aires by a dehydration box, and is expected to cross some days under medical supervision in which several studies are practiced.
The technical director of the 'Xeneize', 69, was admitted to the Fleni Clinic of the City of Buenos Aires, and its state of health lights the concern in the field of local football, since it has been going through bladder cancer since 2017.
The doctors decided to administer serum by detecting signs of weakness, according to sources close to the club. However, after remaining in the health center for several hours by caution, after showing signs of weakness, the experienced coach was discharged on the same day.
Russo, who was Colombian football champion with Millionaires the same year that the disease was detected, remained two weeks ago under observation in the same establishment for five days to recover from an urinary infection.
On Sunday he was present in the match in which his team tied 2-2 as a local against Central Córdoba for the local tournament and lost a good chance to climb at the top of zone A, in which he adds 14 points after 9 games played.
The strategist remained the entire game sitting at the substitute bank and was tired, although during the week he led Boca's training normally and the previous weekend was in charge of the team in the 1-1 draw as a visitor on the court of Rosario Central.
Claudio Úbeda and Juvenal Rodríguez, two of their closest assistants, will be in charge of the campus training during the time Russo is out. So far the club has not given more details about his health.
The current one is the third period of 'Miguelo' in Boca. His first stage lasted only one year, in which he achieved the Copa Libertadores 2007 against the Brazilian guild and lost the final of the Club World Cup against Milan; In his second step, between 2020 and 2021, he achieved a Super League and a Cup of the Professional League.
With a long career, Russo also directed Lanús, Los Andes, Estudiantes de La Plata, Colón de Santa Fe, Vélez Sarsfield, San Lorenzo and Racing Club.
In addition, he directed University of Chile and Unión Deportiva Salamanca, from Chile; Monarchs Morelia, from Mexico; Millionaires, from Colombia; Alianza Lima, from Peru; Cerro Porteño, from Paraguay; and to Nassr, from Saudi Arabia.
As a player, Russo served in the post of defensive midfielder and his only club was Estudiantes de La Plata, where he completed 435 games and scored 11 goals between 1975 and 1989, while in the Argentine National Team he played 17 games.
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