Top 100 Mistakes to Avoid During the Centenary Hurricane Season: Lessons Learned for Safer Preparedness

The centenary of Athletico promised a season of achievements and celebrations, but ended up marked by bad decisions by the directors and the tragedy of the team’s relegation to Series B. As happened in other clubs, the well-known “centenary curse” came true at Furacão.

After ten days of Athletico’s fall, the OneTwo Sports lists the 100 main mistakes of the year, which began with planning in the final stretch of 2023. The list is not necessarily in chronological order of facts.

1. After a record surplus, Petraglia deceives the fans by saying that he will put together a “competitive team”: “2024 will be better than 2023”.
2. Joining of the opposition ticket (led by Henrique Gaede) with the Petraglia group
3. Renewal with striker Pablo for two seasons
4. José Lúcio Glomb, 2nd vice-president of the Administrative Council, saying that the club would invest in a council meeting: “We have to be Brazilian champions next year”
5. Petraglia commands the club via Whatsapp and does not define a successor
6. Marcio Lara as the chosen one to take over the club’s signings
7. Lack of autonomy for the new CEO Alexandre Leitão
8. Waiting for technician Domenec Torrent
9. Hiring of coach Juan Carlos Osorio
10. Signings of striker Romeo Benítez, for R$14.8 million, and defender Mateo Gamarra, for R$15.84 million
11. Hiring of communications director Diogo Kotscho, who later made a controversial post questioning the quality of an ex-Athletico player
12. Hiring of problematic striker Petterson, who ended up being sidelined due to indiscipline
13. Not selling Erick after good offers
14. Osorio’s inventions and improvisations, such as full-back Vinicius Kauê on the steering wheel
15. Use of the main squad throughout the Paranaense Championship
16. Signing of striker Lucas Di Yorio for around R$12 million
17. Leak of agreement values ​​and striker Di Yorio’s salary by director Marcio Lara
18. Fight between male Athletico fans outside the stadium during a match attended only by women and children
19. Provocations to Coritiba fans and Osorio’s controversial press conference at Atletiba
20. Centennial Shirt 1 Design
21. Choose the gold color in uniform 2, which became a meme
22. Choice by coach Cuca, who had already said he would never coach Athletico
23. Fan division over the signing of Cuca and “hello, hello” at the stadium.
24. Drone show to celebrate the anniversary that didn’t happen
25. Arena painting cancellation
26. Return of midfielder Nikão, who had not signed for any club since leaving Furacão
27. Talk about Marcio Lara saying that the club would prioritize the Brasileirão
28. Changing the name of the stadium from Joaquim Américo Guimarães to Mario Celso Petraglia
29. Pablo teasing Coritiba after Paranaense’s title: “There were clubs that fell in their centenary”
30. Cuca asking for heavyweight reinforcements, like Gabigol and Keno
31. Resignation of CEO Alexandre Leitão
32. Resignation of football director André Mazzuco
33. General clean-up in the football department, with dozens of professionals leaving
34. Centenary figurines and coins with absurd values
35. Club does not have a psychology department
36. Petraglia’s daughter working behind the scenes and being considered for the position of CEO
37. Hiring of midfielder Zé Vitor, from Maringá, in dispute with Coritiba
38. Defeat to Ypiranga in Erechim in stoppage time, reliving the club’s 2004 trauma
39. Club no longer holds concentrations before games, at Fernandinho’s request
40. Defeats to Sportivo Ameliano and Danubio at home, which made the club play in the South American playoffs
41. Having chosen to spare players in the Brasileirão to prioritize the World Cups
42. Léo Linck as the chosen one to replace the sold goalkeeper Bento
43. Defender Kaique Rocha playing in more than 60 games
44. Sequence of consecutive draws with goals in stoppage time against Flamengo, Corinthians and Botafogo
45. Confusion between Cuca, Paulo Miranda and players in the dressing rooms
46. Publication of a photo with Pablo, Thiago Heleno and Paulo Miranda smiling, after a “fight” with Cuca
47. Fight between Petraglia and Cuca in official notes
48. Maintenance of Paulo Miranda as sports manager after confusion in the locker rooms
49. Paulo Autuori’s return to club management
50. Petraglia’s decision not to invest in reinforcements in the mid-year window
51. Refusal and cancellation of agreements with athletes in the window, such as striker Tetê, who ended up going to Greece
52. Hiring of young coach Martin Varin
53. Contract renewal and maintenance of veteran Thiago Heleno as starter
54. Erick as right-back in Varini’s scheme
55. Closing of the youth categories from under-9 to under-11 without explanation
56. Julimar passed over for Canobbio to be the starter
57. Base little used, only Emersonn and João Cruz had more chances
58. Goal from ex Hugo Moura, confusion and official notes after games against Vasco
59. Elimination for Vasco with one more, with a penalty missed by Canobbio and Nikão escaping responsibility for penalties
60. Black centenary shirt with a design that divided opinions among fans, with high values ​​and wrong timing in the launch after elimination for Vasco
61. After being booed, Nikão says he is not a top performer in an interview and complains about Varini
62. Fight between Varini and Nikão, with number 11 removed
63. Léo Linck’s bizarre mistakes against Grêmio, Internacional and Juventude, this one resulting in a “weird” injury
64. Varini dismissal three days before Racing decision in Argentina
65. Fasting 11 games without winning in the Brasileirão, the worst sequence in the history of the tournament
66. Nine games without winning at Ligga Arena, worst campaign in history as home team
67. Choice for Lucho González, who only had one victory in his career as a coach
68. Embarrassment against Racing, in Avellaneda, with a goal 18 seconds into the match
69. Breaking the 16-year fast without losing to Botafogo in Curitiba
70. Arrival of Bruno Praxedes, outside of Vasco’s plans, on loan
71. Arrival of defender Marcos Victor, who hadn’t played since March and was forgotten at Bahia, as a possible “solution” in the position
72. It takes time to recognize that the team’s fight was against relegation in the Brasileirão
73. Interview by Paulo Autuori in a superb tone
74. Autuori says he doesn’t like a squad with so many foreigners, as half of the starting team at that time were foreigners
75. Inconsistency against Corinthians, with a bad start, reaction, goal from Memphis and a rout
76. Retranca de Lucho and more goals in the final stages of games against Flamengo (Gerson) and Fluminense (Cano)
77. Thiago Heleno says in an interview that “there would be no relegation”
78. Paulo Miranda fights with fans at the airport
79. Campaign publicity for fans with offensive phrase: “We made mistakes. But we will not run away from our responsibilities. Don’t run away from yours”
80. Injury to Fernandinho, who was the team’s maestro, and early return when he was clearly unable to play
81. Kaique Rocha sneaking in when trying to take the ball away against Vitória, which tied the game right after Athletico’s goal in a direct confrontation
82. Marcos Victor debuts and “delivers” the winning goal for São Paulo after two minutes on the field
83. Nikão wearing the shirt with the master sponsor whose contract was terminated by the club
84. Without replacement, Pablo is the absolute starter and only scores one goal in the Brasileirão return
85. In need of defenders, Lucas Belezi went from being sidelined to starting in the final stretch of Brasileirão
86. Lucho González choosing veterans and traded players (Christian) as starters instead of whoever was willing (Gabriel and João Cruz)
87. Youth expulsion of Thiago Heleno against Atlético-GO
88. Gamarra’s failure when trying to take the ball out of the area, which ended in a goal for Bahia also in the final stretch of the game
89. Not being able to draw with Bragantino to avoid relegation at home, having lost for the first time to Massa Bruta in the points race era
90. Stumbles in direct confrontations, especially in the final stretch in Series A
91. Take the attempt to stay until the last round against Atlético-MG, away from home
92. Erick commits a penalty and still doesn’t follow up on the rebound from Rubens’ goal, which confirmed the fall
93. Relegation confirmed in the centenary year
94. Five different coaches in the season, each with a different playing philosophy
95. Departures of players who could have contributed to the centenary (such as defender Cacá and midfielder Vitor Bueno) and who did not receive a suitable replacement
96. Idols (Thiago Heleno, Nikão and Pablo) deleted during the season and saying they will stay until 2025
97. Not having reconnected with the fans before
98. Short and visibly “split” cast between veterans and foreigners
99. Club takes members website offline to avoid mass disassociation
100. Letter from the club two days late, blaming the relegation on the calendar and signed as “the management”

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