The “successful” goodbye of a coach who left the team exactly the same
In a turn of events that has left everyone absolutely stunned (or perhaps no one, the truth is that in football these things happen more than rebounds in a small area), the Gallos Blancos of Querétaro and their technical director, Benjamín Mora, have decided, in an outburst of collective cordiality, to stop pretending that this was working. Yes, in a statement so sweetened that it could cause diabetes, they announced a separation “by mutual agreement.” Because what better way to disguise the inevitable than with a handshake and a forced smile?
Mora himself, in a message that borders on the epic, said goodbye proclaiming to have achieved “forty points in the year, laying solid foundations, building a recognizable identity, leaving a team that today has firm foundations.” One can’t help but wonder: are these firm foundations the same ones that kept the team comfortably anchored in twelfth place… twice in a row? What a coincidence, just the perfect position to not bother anyone, neither those above nor those below. Una hazaña de la consistencia, sin duda.
History repeats itself, and not precisely as a tragedy but as a farce
For those who love symmetry and predictability, the trajectory of Querétaro under Mora’s command has been a delight. It arrived in December with its sights set on Clausura 2025, promising who knows what wonders. The result? A decorous and repetitive twelfth place with its twenty points in the pocket. Then, as if it were déjà vu, the Apertura 2025 arrived and, oh surprise, the team was once again eliminated with no options for the Play-In. ¿La posición? Adivinen: la número doce. The points? Once again, twenty, the result of an exciting cocktail of nine defeats, six victories and two draws. It’s almost poetic, isn’t it? Una obra de arte en mediocridad constante.
And in the midst of this festival of uniformity, the strategist concluded: “We leave with the satisfaction of having left everything, with our heads held high and our hearts full of gratitude.” Of course, because leaving everything exactly as it was must be tremendously satisfying. This was, for lovers of curious facts, his second stage with the institution, since in the distant 2012 he was a technical assistant. Apparently, some love stories deserve a second chapter, even if the ending is identical to the first: a kind “see you never” disguised as success.
So there you have it, dear fans. A team that is not taking off and a coach who is proclaiming moral victories and solid foundations, while the results in the standings scream a very different reality. The Mexican soccer circus, ladies and gentlemen, never disappoints in its ability to reinvent the concept of “success.”
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