He Junior from Barranquilla ratified the Colombian on Thursday Luis Amaranth Perea as coach of the team, which on Wednesday beat 0-1 at Coquimbo Kingdom in Chile in the second leg of the Copa Sudamericana quarterfinals, but was eliminated after losing 0-2 in the first leg.
“After talking with the board of directors, the professor Luis Amaranth Perea has reached an agreement for his continuity as technical director of the rojiblanco club for one more year “, detailed the” Shark “in a brief statement.
Perea, 41, He arrived at the Barranquilla club last January as a technical assistant for the Colombian-Uruguayan Julio Comesaña, whom he replaced in the position in September when he decided to step aside after winning the Super League.
Since taking office he has led 27 games, of which he won 12, drew eight and lost seven.
His team was eliminated in the group stage of the Libertadores Cup and fell in the semifinals of the league against América de Cali last Sunday, a series that was marked by the casualties he had due to covid-19, because he was even among those infected.
In the same context, he played this week and the previous one for the quarterfinal against Coquimbo Unido, which will face Argentina in the semifinals with Defense and Justice.
This season, the only tournament in which the Caribbean club is still alive is the Colombia Cup, in which it will face Independiente Medellín in the quarterfinals next January after eliminating Envigado on penalties in the previous round.
In addition to directing Junior, Perea made his debut as a coach at the Atlético de Madrid Cadet C in 2018 and that same year he was signed by Leones, whom he directed until mid-2019, before reaching the “Tiburon”.