Maximum medical alert at Boca Juniors »Coach Miguel Angel Russo is in serious condition at home!
Article by Daniel Scorpie – published Tuesday, October 7, 2025 20:12 / Updated Tuesday, October 2025 20:13
Miguel Angel Russo (69) installed for four months on the technical bench of Boca Juniorsis under careful medical supervision, having a complex clinical picture. The serious situation determined the club in Buenos Aires to issue an official statement that caused concern in Argentine football.
“Atlético Boca Juniors announces that Miguel Ángel Russo is currently admitted to home, with a reserved prognosis, and is constantly monitored by his medical team and the club's medical staff. We are with Miguel and his family at this time,” was the dramatic announcement from Argentina.
Russo was the one who expressly asked to be treated at home, and his family accepted and fulfilled the wish, to avoid the repeated hospitalizations of the 69-year-old coach.
Russo, visited by Paredes and club president, Riquelme
The technician returned to Boca for the third time, out of love for the club, who dedicated the last 5-0 victory against Newel's. Assistant Claudio Ubeda will deal with the team and revealed at the latest press conference: “The technical staff is in permanent contact with him and Miguel is up to date with all the club's decisions. We love him very much, we want to recover quickly and we wish him all the best.”
Good thoughts for the 69 -year -old coach came from the Argentine football world, including Leandro Paredes. The 2022 world champion was part of a delegation that visited Miguel Angel Russo, along with the club president, Juan Román Riquelme, to see how he feels.
Miguel Angel Russo, the coach of Boca Juniors, at the August Racing match: Imago
Russo lived the entire midfielder's career in Estudians (1975-1988), and in the early 1980s he was also a holder in Argentina's national team. As a coach prepared them, besides Boca (in three mandates), On Lanús, Estudiantes, Rosario Central, Colon, Los Andes, Velez, San Lorenzo, Racing, Universidad (Chile), Salamanca (Spain), Monarcas (Mexico), Millonarios, Alianza Lima (Peru), Cerro Porto (Paraguay) and Al-N-NASSR from Saudi Arabia. He won two titles in Argentina and one in Colombia.
