Ney Franco can’t resist a draw against the Serie B bluff and is fired from Cruzeiro | cruise

“Time is running out against Cruzeiro. We chatted with him in the locker room and decided to end the cycle. We will continue at Atibaia and Célio Lúcio, our technical assistant, will direct the training here. There is no speculation. From now on, we will start working in a new name ”- said the president of Cruzeiro.

With Ney Franco, Cruzeiro won two games, lost four and tied one. He leaves the club with an improvement of 33.33%.

After 15 rounds of Serie B, Cruzeiro is in penultimate position, with just 12 rounds. Despite the campaign, Sérgio Santos Rodrigues still believes in the fight for access.

– We still believe a lot. Mathematically it is still possible. There remains our hug to Ney Franco and the request that the fans continue by our side.

In a quick statement, Ney Franco thanked the opportunity to work at the club and stressed that he will continue to support the club’s access to Serie A.

– I stop by specifically to thank the Cruzeiro fans, and now I am going to stay away hoping that everything goes well. I realized a dream of working at Cruzeiro as a coach. Unfortunately, things did not work out. I will be away now waiting for the success, the project of the club, for the return to the First Division. To thank the board, who believed in my name, brought me in, gave us all the structure to develop our work. I would like to especially thank the athletes, there was no lack of commitment. I say goodbye to the club with this feeling of not having contributed more, but hoping that Cruzeiro can return to Serie A do Brasileiro next season.

According to the celestial president, the club begins, from now on, to think of a name for the team’s command. According to the director, it is necessary to draw the profile of a technician who remains until the end of the competition.

– From now on we will start working on a new name so that, if possible, I can get to take this week of training here and, until Friday, be ahead of the team. So, let’s think very calmly, let’s fight a lot, speak well and draw the profile we want. Because it has to be a profile to stay until the end and run after those three points that we need on Friday, which are so important to us.

Cruzeiro announced the hiring of Ney Franco on September 9. With the dismissal of the coach, the team will continue in search of the fourth coach of the season, before the arrival of Ney Franco, the team was still led by Adilson Batista and Enderson Moreira.