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Miguel Ángel Ramírez met with Inter’s board for the first time in December, before Alessandro Barcellos was elected club president for the next three years.
And in this initial meeting, the technician already showed his knowledge of the current cast and the history of Colorado, distilled three months later, in his press conference after the official presentation in Colorado.
The coach and the officials discussed the project to implement severe changes in the football philosophy of the club. In that first conversation, the coach spoke in detail about the characteristics of the athletes, even those who were not starters or little used in the team.
++ Ramírez is presented by Inter
See excerpts from Miguel Ángel Ramírez’s presentation
The two parties reached a verbal agreement and Ramírez said goodbye to Independiente Del Valle in December. The Spaniard returned to his native country for the holidays and, even from a distance, has already begun to prepare to take over Inter with a contract until the end of 2022.
Since then, the technician began Portuguese classes To start the stage for the new country and a new culture, the coach, in fact, asks to be spoken in Portuguese at the club’s premises to accelerate learning. Ramirez too I saw all the games of the finalist campaign in the Brasileirão, in addition to being equipped with training videos and study materials about Inter.
The first interview in Beira-Rio was still in Spanish, cut off only by a few “gracias” every time the journalists welcomed it. But the path of “citizen of the world” prepared him to arrive in a country in which he never resided.
Born in Las Palmas, on one of the Canary Islands, near Africa, Ramírez passed through Greece, Qatar and Ecuador before arriving at Inter.
Miguel Ángel Ramírez visited Beira-Rio on Friday – Photo: Ricardo Duarte / International
The most important thing was to be integrated with the language and culture of the country. In this sense, I left Spain, I was in Greece, Qatar, Ecuador. I am a citizen of the world. I like to experience different cultures.
– Miguel Ángel Ramírez, Inter coach
– For football, I don’t know if there is a way to prepare. The years, the experience that adds up, give luggage with things to put in the backpack. But the sport is the same, the ball is the same. I think I am prepared and the technical committee is more prepared than me, ”he said.
Before the presentation, Ramírez met with President Alessandro Barcellos and other board members at the club’s museum. But it wasn’t even necessary.
The coach assured that he already knew the whole history of Inter. He said he saw the World Cup final against Barcelona in 2006 and revealed to have trembled when watching a video of fans in Beira-Rio.
I did not know the history of Inter today in the museum. He had known it for a long time.
– Miguel Ángel Ramírez
Ramírez walks down the hallway of the Beira-Rio changing rooms – Photo: Ricardo Duarte / Inter Disclosure
The coach landed in Porto Alegre last Monday and was present to witness the two matches of the U-20 team in Gauchão on the spot: victory over Juventude, in Beira-Rio, and a draw with Pelotas, in Boca do Lobo. It is just one chapter of your dive to understand the new club.
Since setting foot in the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Ramírez has lived between meetings. First, sign the two-season contract. Then, to find out what your home will be at least until the end of 2022.
The Spaniard held conversations with various sectors of the football department. Technical commission, performance analysis, market and also with the communication part. In the middle of the meetings, he observed the training directed by Fábio Matias.
Ramírez will start working, in fact, for the club as of next Monday. This is when the Colorado core group is reintroduced and the coach will lead the first training session at the Parque Gigante CT.
