His farewell should not be sad, if he brought joy not only to his team, but also to the promotion football all. Even more: his image represented an escape route from the miseries of Argentine soccer. Pablo Vico will step down tonight from the position of coach of Brown, of druggedwhere he left a mark during 15 years at the head of the first division. The last performance will be this Friday, starting at 9 p.m. and in front of Students in Fourth quarter. He leaves for the “bad results” that faces in the season of First National. The club from the southern suburbs is last in zone B, with 8 points in 13 dates. And he won only once: a 2-1 over Almirante Brown, what a coincidence.
Vicó was the protagonist of two promotions and has an affectionate relationship with the institution, which is reflected in a fan song. And something else: lives under a stadium tribune. “I would have to go to some small department, it is logical. I have to leave, give way to the people who are going to come”says the man 68 years. It is housed in a room a few meters from the playing field. “About 60 or 70 steps,” he once said.
The agreement between Vicó and the leadership to conclude the relationship was precipitated due to Brown’s disappointing performance. There were, of course, other critical moments, but this time they agree that the final point must be made now.
From its humble beginnings serene in the pension From the small entity until his promotion as coach of the professional team, Vicó was a symbol of perseverance and dedication. His departure leaves a void in the club’s history. He directed Brown in 569 partiescon 204 wins, 185 draws y 180 defeats.
Among the most memorable moments of his career are two promotions: the first, to B Nacional in the 2013/2014 season, and the second, to the same category in November 2015, as detailed by the Noticias Argentinas agency.
In 2015, after suffering loss of your child in an accident vial, Vicó found solace in Brown’s success, which brought him peace during the match that secured the promotion. The connection between Vico and the Adrogué club transcends sports: The fans respect him like a father. y the club’s buffet is named after him.
The farewell to the sexagenarian with the aquiline nose and the moustache emblematic marks the closing of one of the most iconic pages of the Argentine rise, but his influence on the club. In the last hours the coach applied to train Hurricane, club of which he is a fan. He assured that his coaching staff “is capable of going one category higher” and made it clear that he will be attentive to any offer: “We will listen to everyone. I’m not going to get into any area. We are seven people. We’re not going to rush it though we have the need to work”.
To TyC Sports he revealed his desire to prepare the Globe in the first A. “It would be a very nice illusion, I hope. But it doesn’t depend on us. It depends on the leaders, if they want to bet on a promotion coach,” he stated. And he was detailed: “The promotion technicians did not do badly… Diego Martínez, [Ricardo] Caruso Lombardi, [Ricardo] Zielinski, the Egg [Sergio] Rondina. “They all ran good campaigns,” he warned.
Elimination of Independiente for the Argentine Cup
Vicó beats his farewell to Brown, to his home. He discards immortal tags, though he knows that his aura, from a distance, has glow…faded. “I don’t feel like the Ferguson of Argentine football,” said the Scot who spent successful decades at Manchester United. “I had the luck, perhaps the coherence of a leadership that outlined a project, and we rose to the occasion. I’m not going to say I’m happy… There are 15 years of work, four reduced, two semifinals that we lost against Sarmiento. We beat all the greats in the category in 2013… There are many things that we left behind. Everything that begins ends at some point,” he added.
“Mr Ramon” –this is what he is affectionately nicknamed, due to his resemblance to the character of El Chavo del Ocho– is a normal guy. In a historic elimination of Independiente for the Argentine Cup, he told why the club’s prop man showed a doll of Don Ramón. “200 people asked him for it, but he doesn’t want to give it. Today he took it out, and every time he takes it out, for us it is positive,” the coach revealed in the midst of euphoria.
One of his two promotions at Brown
Now everyone is a memory. The images follow one another like in labyrinths. “Things didn’t go well for me. The smartest thing, when things don’t work out, is to step aside and give the leaders the chance to elect another person, who can get it done faster than us. “If you really love the institution and things are not working out, you have to step aside,” he accepted.
For another occasion there will be that devastating desire, which paints him as he is, pure nobility, pure feeling: “I would like to die directing Brown”.