Grêmio starts the second round of the Libertadores and Renato equals match record as coach | Guild

Upon stepping onto the Defensores del Chaco lawn at 9:30 p.m., in Asunción, for the duel against Guaraní, Commander Grêmio He will match Oswaldo Rolla, Foguinho, as the coach with the most games in the club’s history.

It will be the 383rd time that Renato coaches tricolor players. The number, by the way, will increase a lot. It will have at least the round of 16 rounds, two games for the Copa do Brasil and another 17 for Brasileirão until the end of the season. If the team advances through the killer, the count increases.

Next Monday, against Goiás, for Brasileirão, Renato surpasses Foguinho and takes the lead in isolation. The rival is exactly the same who opened the scoring in 2010, in his first stage in Grêmio.

– (Renato) He is a totally different type from any coach I have taken in my career. A totally calm boy to deal with the group, he already lived it as a player and as a coach. He won everything in his career. It charges a lot, it is very demanding, but it gives you total freedom to do the best you have. Make things seem easy – summarizes Diego Souza.

So far, there are 382 games in the club, 198 wins, 101 draws and 83 losses in three passes. The current one has lasted for more than four years, with titles from Copa do Brasil in 2016, Libertadores in 2017 and Recopa in 2018. The list completes the Gauchão cups of 2018, 2019 and 2020 and the Recopa Gaúcha of last year.

In the current season, Renato also equaled Foguinho in Gauchão’s third consecutive championship. They are the only Grêmio coaches to have this sequence of titles.

• 392 games
• 198 wins
• 101 draws
• 83 defeats
• 587 goals scored
• 313 goals conceded

In 2020, come back after the turmoil.

Renato’s trajectory presented a rougher road in 2020. A few months ago, after completing four years in command, the coach began to face challenges based on the combination of astonishing results and performance.

He received all the confidence of the board to adjust the team and wait for the recovery of the players in the medical department. The relationship with President Romildo Bolzan is close, this week, even the stay until the end of the season was made official, in February 2021.

After the turbulence, Grêmio reaches the Libertadores round of 16 in a 12-game unbeaten streak, with eight consecutive wins and four draws. Qualified for the semifinals of the Copa do Brasil, he also reacted at the Brasileirão, although he lost the opportunity to enter the G-6 last Sunday.

The only Brazilian champion of the Libertadores as a player and coach, there is little room for Renato to be more idolized in Grêmio. He already has a statue in the Arena and recently won a line of T-shirts with phrases spoken in interviews.

Guaraní vs Grêmio – round of 16 – first leg – Libertadores

• Local: Defenders of the Chaco, in Asunción, Paraguay.
• Date and Time: Thursday (11/26), at 9:30 p.m. (Brasilia time)
• Probable Guarani: Serbian; Tripichio, Romaña, Báez and Miguel Benítez; Jorge Morel, Florentín and Rodrigo Fernández; Cecílio Domínguez, Merlini and Fernando Fernández.
• Who is out: Guillermo Benitez
• Probable Guild: Vanderlei; Víctor Ferraz, Geromel, David Braz and Diogo Barbosa; Darlan, Matheus Henrique, Luiz Fernando, Jean Pyerre and Pepê; Diego Souza.
• Who is out: Kannemann, Alisson, Maicon, and Leonardo.
• Arbitration: Guillermo Guerrero, assisted by Christian Lescano and Byron Romero, all from Ecuador. Daniel Fedorczuk (URU) will be responsible for the VAR.
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