We're going for the championship

Former Argentina boss
Alfio Basile was officially presented as Nike soccer cleats coach of Racing Club on
Thursday in place of Diego Simeone, who has departed for
Atletico Madrid.

The 68-year-old, grinning like a youngster opening his
Christmas presents, clapped along with fans as they chanted
Racing would be champions with "Coco" Basile leading the way.

"We're going for the championship," Basile, a former Racing
player who has coached the team in three previous spells, told a
news conference, adding he Nike Football Cleats had "come back home, because I grew
up here and here's where I was fed".

He said Racing, who finished this season's Apertura
championship this month in joint second place 12 points behind
runaway winners Boca Juniors, could not afford to lose more than
two games if they wanted to win the 19-match Clausura starting
in February.

"It's very good that Boca and Velez (Sarsfield) are also
playing the Copa (Libertadores)," Basile said referring to the
teams he regards as Racing's chief rivals for the title.

Racing won their seventh and Cheap Football Boots last league title 10 years ago
this week.