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Ricardo Sá Pinto is no longer Vasco’s coach. A little more than two months after his arrival in Brazil, the coach was fired this Tuesday, after the 3-0 defeat against Atlético-PR, at the Arena da Baixada. The Portuguese left with the team in the relegation zone of Brasileirão, in 17th place, with 28 points. Zé Ricardo is the strongest name at the moment to replace Sá Pinto.
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The coach was informed early Tuesday that he will not stay at the club. The announcement should take place in the next few hours. Sá Pinto would command the training at the CT on Tuesday morning, but during the night, the activity was rescheduled for the afternoon. The cast communicated around 1 a.m.
The resignation began to be sewn on Sunday night, after the game in Curitiba, when Alexandre Campello contacted the president-elect Jorge Salgado by phone. In this second, the two met and defined the exit. The search is now for a new coach. Name that gained strength in the last hours, Zé Ricardo has already received contact from Vasco, and negotiations are underway.
Ricardo Sá Pinto commanded Vasco in 15 games and I only achieved three victories – Photo: Staff Images / CONMEBOL
Other changes must occur off the field. At the club since June 2019, football director André Mazzuco hardly stays in São Januário. Leaving InternationalRodrigo Caetano is the favorite of Jorge Salgado, who takes office at the end of the first half of January. Also named is Alexandre Bird, who has just left the position of soccer coach for São Paulo.
Bad retrospective of Sá Pinto
In Sá Pinto’s 15 games ahead of Vasco, there were only three wins, five draws and seven losses. The Portuguese took over the team in 13th place, saw the team drop to 17th place and take root in the relegation zone of the Brazilian Championship. In the South American, under his command, Vasco passed through Caracas, but fell in the round of 16 to Defense and Justice.
Announced on October 14, Sá Pinto landed in Rio de Janeiro the next day. The debut took place on the 21st, in the defeat against Corinthians, in São Januário. In addition to the coach, assistant Rui Mota, physical trainer Miguel Moreira and analyst Igor Dias leave the club. All Portuguese.
