Veljko Paunovic, new coach of Tigres

The Serbian Veljko Paunovic, former player of Atlético de Madridwas announced this Sunday as the new coach of UANL Tigers of Mexican soccer, which last Tuesday announced the departure of the Uruguayan strategist Robert Dante Siboldi.

In a press release, the cats praised the career of the 46-year-old technical director, who will lead his second team in Mexico, after leading Chivas del Guadalajara, from 2022 to 2023, where he achieved a runner -up finish. .

Starting this Sunday, the European handler will join the cats’ preseason, focused on the Riviera Maya, to do beach work before the start of the Apertura 2024 tournament, which starts on the first weekend of July.

Siboldi He left the Tigers last week, after the board decided not to renew him if he was hired, despite the fact that everything was headed that way. The local press leaked that the “mismanagement” threw out the renewal of the Uruguayan, who after a few days denied doing anything wrong.

The South American coach won three titles with the cats, the Clausura 2023, the Champion of Champions and the Campeones Cup, in addition to starting the renewal of the squad, led by the Mexicans. Diego Lainez and Marcelo Flores.

Paunovic should continue this renewal and take advantage of the seniority of the team’s numbers, the Frenchman. André-Pierre Gignac and the Argentines Nahuel Guzmán and Guido Pizarroto strengthen it.

In addition to directing Chivas, where he left a record of 21 wins, eight draws and 15 losses, the former player of Atlético de Madrid, with whom he won the League and the Cup, he was a strategist for Reading in England, for Chicago Fire in the United States and coach of the minor categories of Serbia, where he stood out with the under-20 team , where he won the world championship in 2015.