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Finally, Cruzeiro closed with the new coach. And it will be Luiz Felipe Scolari, who had been without a club for more than a year. Felipão, who had rejected an initial invitation from Raposa, signed a contract until the end of 2022. The club will have the help of a sponsor to pay the manager’s salaries.
Felipão hits with Cruzeiro – Photo: Playback
The negotiations took place in Rio Grande do Sul, where Felipão lives. Sérgio Santos Rodrigues and Deivid did not return from Atibaia with the Cruzeiro delegation, this Thursday. José Carlos Brunoro, who worked with the Palmeiras coach, also participated in the negotiations.
The expectation is that Felipão will lead the training next Sunday. Paulo Turra (assistant) and Carlos Pracidelli (physical trainer) will be in Mineirão to follow this Friday’s game, against Juventude, for the 16th round of Serie B.
The Cruzeiro project, with a long-term contract, will help Felipão fulfill an old wish: to work in the field and then to become “manager”. This project, which he longed for since he was hired by Grêmio in 2014.
– We don’t want this year alone. We want this year to end, we want 2021, 2022 and 2023. I will be with you giving everything I can give with my contribution of my knowledge, friends and everything that the cruise gave me as well. I’m counting on you too – said the technician, in a video released by Cruzeiro
Felipão will arrive in Toca da Raposa to replace Ney Franco, who was fired last Sunday. On Monday, the coach rejected the burden of the heavenly board, even though he wanted to get back to work right now.
Felipão worked for the last time in Palmeiras – Photo: Marcos Ribolli
From the beginning of the week until this Thursday, Cruzeiro also had proposals rejected by Lisca, from América-MG, Umberto Louzer, from Chapecoense, and Marcelo Chamusca, from Cuiabá. All three have good seasons in Serie B.
It is precisely in this competition that Luiz Felipe Scolari will have to perform a “miracle” with Cruzeiro, who is ranked 19th, with only 12 points from 16 games. A race to the G-4, in this situation, has never occurred in Serie B, which has been contested on the race points model since 2006.
Among all those consulted and considered by Cruzeiro, none comes out more victorious than Felipão. The five-time World Cup coach with the Brazilian team returns to Cruzeiro after almost 20 years. Between 2000 and 2001 he led the team in 75 games, with 40 wins, 23 draws and 12 losses. He was champion of the 2001 Sul-Minas Cup.
Felipão will be Cruzeiro’s fourth coach of the season. In addition to Ney Franco, the team already had Adilson Batista and Enderson Moreira. None of them managed to get the team going, which suffered early eliminations in the Mineiro Championship and the Brazil Cup.
In Serie B, after 15 rounds, Raposa occupies the penultimate position, with 12 points. Today, the chances of access are only 1.1%, according to the website Probabilities in Football, of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, The possibility of relegation to Serie C is 52.5%.
