Diego Cocca set for Mexico job after Tigres terminate contract

Tigres have terminated the contract of head coach Diego Cocca and confirmed his imminent appointment as the subsequent supervisor of Mexico’s males’s nationwide group in a statement released Thursday.

“We have decided to terminate the working relationship with Diego Cocca as Technical Director of Club Tigres after knowing his decision to accept the coach position of the Mexican National Team,” learn an announcement from Tigres.

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ESPN MX’s David Faitelson reported on Wednesday that the 50-year-old Argentine had been chosen as the subsequent Mexico boss, narrowly incomes the job over Pachuca’s Guillermo Almada.

An announcement from the Mexican Football Federation (FMF).concerning Cocca’s new place is anticipated quickly.

Cocca will exchange countryman Gerardo “Tata” Martino, who left El Tri after his contract expired on the finish of Mexico’s underwhelming exit within the group stage of the 2022 World Cup.

In his place at Tigres, assistant coach Marco Antonio “Chima” Ruiz has been appointed because the interim supervisor. Marcos Ayala, Hugo Ayala, and Anselmo “Juninho” Vendrechovsky will act as his supporting employees.