Fabián Bustos: The truth about the Riveros case and how the U will play in its centenary

It’s been a week since it was officially presented to society. A week of work and getting to know his new pupils. Although there is one who knows him very well: Williams Riveros. said the 52-year-old Argentine coach. Both were consecrated with Delfín and Barcelona.

Although there is an episode – not pleasant – that also unites them. Or rather, that separated them. At the end of 2021, when both were in Barcelona, ​​the defender was accused of having been making alleged bets against the team and for that reason he was not showing an optimal level. In fact, according to journalist Gabryel Pacheco from Ecuador, “It was a pretty strong rumor, so the club decided to remove the footballer and one of the assistants of coach Fabián Bustos”.

In January 2022, the president of the club, Carlos Alejandro Alfaro Moreno, came out to publicly deny such versions. “If I had proof, the first thing I would do would be to call a press conference and expose the person involved. There is absolutely no proof. Sometimes a rumor becomes something official, and it is not like that.”declared on the YouTube Legends channel.

“Lost games began to be put together. Players who may have had poor levels are beginning to get involved. There was even talk that the coaching staff was going to be changed. It was not so. A physical trainer was involved, nothing to do with it. added the senior manager.

Riveros also denied everything, pointing out that he would never be involved in those types of actions. “I found out about the issue through social networks. “I would never do something like that.”he stated in the Ecuagol program ‘Marcando Agenda’.

tells us Christian Carrasco, journalist for Radio Caravana of Ecuador.

Finally, everything was left in an investigation that made it clear that the footballer and Bustos’ assistant were innocent. Today, football brings them together again at the U. “You’re going to see what he is like as a professional.”said Riveros upon his arrival in Lima to join the preseason with the cream team and meet again with the coach who made him shine.

How do Bustos teams play?

If there is a word that defines Fabián Bustos as a coach it is: pragmatic. Like his brother Carlos – champion with Alianza Lima in 2021 -, the Argentine usually points out that he “accommodates” to what he finds in a team. That aspect is what he liked in the Universitario leadership when it came to contacting him. They know that the 3-5-2 that Jorge Fossati left before leaving for the Peruvian team is the structured base and they do not want to destroy it to build a new one from scratch.

said the strategist.

The question the fan asks himself is: Did Bustos ever play with a line? “Generally he plays with a four-back line. It is rare that he plays with a line of three. He really likes the 4-2-3-1, but can vary to 4-3-3 or 4-5-1″, Christian Carrasco tells us. “Sometimes it ends with a line of five,” adds Gabryel Pacheco.

At the beginning of 2021, Bustos, still a Barcelona coach, indicated that he planned to use a line of three. “This year we are going to have time to work on the team, to play some games with a line of three, there will be games that we are going to play with a double 9.”he indicated.

While it is true, his time in Ecuador defined him as a “conservative” coach and that “prioritizes his zero goal before attacking”Bustos in his last club, before arriving at the U, used various tactical systems, including the famous line of three that Fossati leaves as a legacy.

With America Mineiro (team that was relegated in Brazil), the Argentine used formations such as 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 3-5-2 and 3-4-3. Variants that he looked for in order to save the team, but that ended up burying him further.

His challenge at Universitario will be to use an established base and achieve the two-time championship in the year of the club’s centenary. Will the scheme change? That will surely be seen this Tuesday the 9th, when the cream team visits César Vallejo in their first preseason friendly.

Bustos’ lineups in his last four games in América Mineiro in Brazil: