Martín Anselmi's assistant coach Facundo Oreja revealed that Cruz Azul offered him a head coach position after the Argentine manager left Porto.
According to what he said in an interview with Bresas Radio, Iván Alonso and Víctor Velázquez provided him with the opportunity to continue the program to maintain the same game philosophy.
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Although the idea was attractive to him, Oreja decided not to accept it and instead accompanied Anselmi to Portugal.
He commented: “When we left Cruz Azul, Iván Alonso and the President gave me the opportunity to keep my continuity with the first team. Finally, I told them no.”
Porto's work did not appear as expected. The team was eliminated in the Europa League playoffs, finished third in the Portuguese League and performed inconsistently throughout the season.
The final blow was being eliminated in the group stage at the club World Cup.
After only six months of directorship and results were well below expectations, Anselmi was fired along with his coaching staff.
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