Identification, winning resume and experience with three defenders: why São Paulo wanted Miranda | Saint Paul

Three times champion of Brazil with São Paulo in 2006, 2007 and 2008, the player, revealed by Coritiba, was recently left without a club after the closure of the Chinese team in which he served: Jiangsu Suning.

Along with president Julio Casares and soccer coordinator Muricy Ramalho, Miranda was released for São Paulo after Coritiba’s withdrawal from negotiations with the defender. And he quickly said “yes” to Tricolor, who will pay a fixed salary plus bonuses for participation in the games.

Below, the ge shows points that motivated Tricolor to seek out Miranda for another visit to Morumbi. The team seeks to finish quickly with the title. The latest achievement was the 2012 South American Championship.

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At 36, Miranda returns to São Paulo more victorious than she left. After the Brazilian tri under the command of Muricy Ramalho, the defender was multi-champion in the Spanish Atlético de Madrid, he also won titles with the Brazilian team and played the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

The resume packed with achievements is one of the reasons that made Tricolor open the doors for the return of the defender. After getting very close to the Brazilian title last season and also to the Copa do Brasil, but failing, the management wants to put together a victorious squad.

The technical quality acquired and maintained at the age of 36 also draws the attention of São Paulo. With a defensive sector that was very exposed under the command of Fernando Diniz, the tricolor leadership hopes that now, with Crespo, Miranda can help provide more peace of mind back there.

For São Paulo, in the winning step from 2006 to 2011, Miranda scored 260 games and 10 goals.

Without lifting a cup since 2012, when he won the Sudamericana, São Paulo has been racking up shameful seasons. For this season, the management of Julio Casares wants to try to end this.

And Miranda’s will can help. The defender accepted the offer of the Tricolor also for the possibility of playing the Libertadores de América, something that was lacking in the first pass. See what the defender said when he left the Morumbi club in 2011:

– A Libertadores is left behind, who would have liked to win. If I ever come back, I will get this title – Miranda said, at that moment.

In this beginning of work in São Paulo, coach Hernán Crespo adopted the system with three defenders to start the games against Botafogo-SP, Inter de Limeira and Santos, his first three challenges in front of the Tricolor.

And playing with three defenders in São Paulo, Miranda understands it. It was in this scheme that the defender under the command of Muricy Ramalho shone.