BUENOS AIRES, June 27 (Reuters) - Former Argentina midfielder Matias Almeyda will be relegated River Plate’s coach in the Nacional B division next season after the resignation of JJ Lopez, the club said on Monday.
The Argentine giants went down for the first time in their 110-year existence on Sunday when they lost a relegation-promotion playoff against Nacional B side Belgrano 3-1 on aggregate.
“For this transitional new stage (for the club) Matias Almeyda was unanimously appointed to take charge of the new River Plate team,” the board said in a statement on the club’s website (www.cariverplate.com.ar).
Almeyda, who played for Parma and Lazio in Italy and Argentina at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, was a part of Lopez’s team this season but missed Sunday’s decisive second leg, a 1-1 draw at the Monumental, through suspension.
The Argentine giants went down for the first time in their 110-year existence on Sunday when they lost a relegation-promotion playoff against Nacional B side Belgrano 3-1 on aggregate.
“For this transitional new stage (for the club) Matias Almeyda was unanimously appointed to take charge of the new River Plate team,” the board said in a statement on the club’s website (www.cariverplate.com.ar).
Almeyda, who played for Parma and Lazio in Italy and Argentina at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, was a part of Lopez’s team this season but missed Sunday’s decisive second leg, a 1-1 draw at the Monumental, through suspension.
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