A high-voltage duel is coming to the Perla Tapatía, as Guadalajara will host Monterrey this Saturday at the Estadio Akron for Matchday 10 of the Apertura 2024.
This match will be special not only because of the quality of both teams, but also because there are several old acquaintances who will be facing each other again after a long time. Such is the case of coaches Fernando Gago and Martín Demichelis, who have a peculiar history together and will face each other again this Saturday, but now from the benches.
Gago, now coach of the Rebaño Sagrado and who came from Boca's youth academy, was an Argentina national team player for many years, as was Martín Demichelis, who was trained as a player in River's youth academy and is currently in charge of Rayados.
In their respective stages as players, they coincided in the Argentina National Team and were teammates in several very important competitions, such as the Brazil 2014 World Cup and the Copa América 2015. In both competitions, the Argentina national team was very competitive with the presence of Gago in the midfield and Demichelis in the central defense.
In addition, both played against each other on numerous occasions in Europe, as the Rebaño's DT wore the jerseys of Real Madrid and Valencia between 2007 and 2013, while Demichelis was in Spain from 2011 to 2013 to wear the colors of Malaga and Atletico Madrid.
