The desert of proposals, of ideas, of reliable and competitive coaches, extends to the ignorance of many managers when it comes to football that is played outside Brazil. If many cannot see well what is happening in other Brazilian states, imagine beyond borders.
Something that borders on the pathetic in times of globalization, with the internet connecting everything and everyone and the wide access, through TV or via the web, to the games that take place around the world. But there are top hats who know less about players and coaches from abroad than any 12-year-old boy who plays Fifa on PlayStation.
Amidst the names speculated to command the palm trees after Miguel Ángel Ramírez rejected the São Paulo proposal, there were even embarrassing situations. The club decided to look for the Argentine Heinze, ex-Vélez Sarsfield, after outcry of fans via social networks with the lever of hashtags.
And it was not unprecedented. In 2017, after Zé Ricardo left the Flamengo, red-blacks rose to #RuedaNoFla and the leaders ended up going after the Colombian. And for a few months the champion of the Liberators the previous year, with Atlético Nacional de Medellin.
Before Ramírez and Heinze on the agenda of Palmeiras with the resignation of Vanderlei LuxemburgoO Corinthiansmore modest, went in search of a replacement for Tiago Nunes, who had been unsuccessfully replaced by the interim Coelho. In a bad financial moment, he took the coach out of the Atletico Goianiense.
In Belo Horizonte, experiencing the biggest crisis in its history and, undoubtedly, one of the most serious ones ever faced by a Brazilian club, cruise disputes the second division with its third coach. and his name is Luiz Felipe Scolaritaken from a rest with a look of retirement to “help” in this difficult moment.
It becomes even clearer that managers have enormous difficulties when challenged to look at the foreign market for options, or lack of options. when you sent away Jesualdo Ferreirawho was the second foreign coach followed in the Santoswent to look for cucawho returned 614 days after saying goodbye.
I o Sao Paulo has lived for more than a year with many questions about the work of Fernando Diniz. Especially when the performances disappoint and the results irritate the fans. So, keeps the coach, perhaps waiting for the dreamed return of Rogerio Ceni in 2021, when São Paulo will have a new president.
the coach of strength, by the way, has become a rare character among Brazilians who perform such a function. Somewhat lonely even, after the loss of prestige Tiago Nunes and Roger Machadodue to passages that did not correspond, respectively by Corinthians and Bahia.
Meanwhile, three foreigners have been leading the Brazilian championship for a few rounds, Edward Coudet (International) e jorge sampaoli (Atletico Mineiro), both Argentines; and Domènec Torrent (Flamengo), Spanish. It would be interesting if top hats from clubs in the country switch to playing FIFA, Football Manager…
ELIMINATORIES
A Brazilian Team will play again in a few weeks. First it will host the one from Venezuela, on November 13, at Morumbi, then it will go to the Centenario stadium, in Montevideo, to face Uruguay, on the 17th. 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
Once again, the South American spots in the World Cup will be defined after the teams play 18 times. In the midst of the pandemic, dividing the ten teams into two groups of five would be smart and rational, with eight games each. Brazil would already be reaching half of the qualifiers!
