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Luiz Felipe Scolari returns to Cruzeiro after 20 years. The coach, who assumes the Minas Gerais team in the worst scenario in the club’s history, playing the Brazilian’s Second Division for the first time, highlighted the greatness of Cruzeiro and the challenge of taking the team out of the Z-4 Series B and take it to access. The coach mentioned the work carried out in the National Team and his time at Cruzeiro and 2001.
– When I was at Cruzeiro, in 2001, there were some refusals to take control of the Brazilian team at that time. I was in a bad situation in the playoffs. There were six games to play and I could be out of the Cup. When we received the invitation, we looked at the situation, we thought about the possibilities and we took the risk. We did a job not only for that year, but also for 2002. As is the case with the Cruzeiro now. We created a project with defined objectives, took over in 2001 and it worked. That is what will happen now in Cruzeiro – said Felipão, through the personal press office.
Felipão returns to Cruzeiro after almost 20 years of the last step – Photo: Playback / Internet
Cruzeiro agreed with the technician after significant negatives in the market. The Minas Gerais team even got a “no” from Felipão when they looked for him just over a week ago. Then Lisca, Marcelo Chamusca and Umberto Louzer tried, without success. The final agreement with the five-time coach was on Thursday, after President Sérgio Santos Rodrigues and other directors went to Porto Alegre to speak with the coach in person.
– On the phone is one thing, but I have to appreciate the idea and goodwill of the president, Deivid, Brunoro, to take a plane in Belo Horizonte to come to Porto Alegre, we have a meeting of four, five hours. , shows everything Cruzeiro wants now and in the next few days, three years, they minimize. It is not a situation that we imagine and it is a little different, thank God and the work that the directors had to come to Porto Alegre, where we were able to talk quietly.
– The Cruzeiro is big, and we all (are) with the recovery plan, for the construction of a new Cruzeiro. It is very interesting and we will work together so that this reconstruction plan is established since it was firmly managed by the management and followed with concepts, work situation. So I think it’s not a series B situation.
“Cruzeiro at the moment is Serie B, but it will not be in Serie B. Cruzeiro is great, it will be great again and it will continue to be great. Only the current moment is a little different, and we will work to change” – Felipão.
Felipão also compared the time of the cruise with the Europeans who also went through the second division. For the coach, the work of great coaches will be a mirror of the challenge he will face against Cruzeiro.
– When Cruzeiro is in B, we cannot forget the recent examples we have. Marcelo Bielsa, who is a great coach, always worked in big clubs in Serie A, led Leeds in the second division of the English league and led Leeds after two years to a qualification, and today he does a great job in the first division of the English league. English Championship. (Didier) Deschamps himself took Juventus to the second division, took them to the Italian first division and did a great job. They are clubs that go through this situation and then come back, because they are big. With a well-presented project and well-organized work, they come back. That is why I am happy to be working at Cruzeiro again.
