Diego Cocca wants to emulate the work of Ricardo La Volpe with Atlas

Diego Cocca was an Atlas footballer with La Volpe on the bench and, as a current coach, wants to recover the ‘mystique’ and red and black successes

Diego Cocca, current Atlas coach and red-black footballer during Ricardo La Volpe’s golden passage through the team in the first decade of the 21st century, has among his objectives to emulate what his Argentine compatriot did in Colomos, as they are the sub-leaders of the Apertura 2021 and are the strongest defense of the championship.

“Ricardo La Volpe has marked the history of the club and left many important things, beyond that he has not achieved a title, but he has left a lot of youth, a really very important teams and processes and I would like to be able to repeat that, leave that to the club that has helped me so much, has opened the doors for me, “he said exclusively for ESPN.

One of the qualities that Ricardo La Volpe’s squad had was the consolidation of various homegrown players, a task that for Cocca is one of his main objectives in his process.

“There are young players who have established themselves in the ownership of the team and that is the first step, like Diego Barbosa, who are players who rotated and today are starters. Also, that although they are not from the quarry like Jesús Angulo, he has already represented He brought a medal to Mexico in the Olympics and they will surely be called up for the senior team. We want to make that a habit and we have to keep working and keep calm to do things, “he added.

Although Atlas has not won the league for more than 70 years, Diego Cocca assures that the current squad plays with the same passion as the team led by La Volpe and that is the main similarity between the two generations.

“I lived the passion that the people of the Atlas have at that time and it continues to be lived in this time. Unfortunately they come from being beaten for many years, from not having many sporting successes, but the passion is not lost. We also want in part that transformation, that people feel identified with the team, represented, proud, that the stadium comes, it infects us with the energy and passion they feel for the team; the players are committed to the maximum and we hope to bring that joy to the people, “he concluded.