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Coach Ney Franco landed at the Belo Horizonte International Airport, in Confins, this Wednesday morning. He arrives to sign a contract with Cruzeiro, until the end of 2021. The main mission of the new Cruzeirense coach is to carry out a recovery campaign in Serie B, taking the club back to the elite of national football.
The plan is for Ney Franco to lead the team against Vitória, this Friday, at 9:30 p.m. (Brasilia time), in Mineirão, for the ninth day of Series B of the Brazilian Championship. After tie between Figueirense and Cuiabá, this Tuesday, Cruzeiro returned to the relegation zone from the competition.
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Three professionals arrive with Ney Franco: technical assistants Rodney Borges and Moacir Pereira, as well as physical trainer Alexandre Lopes. The coach was in Goiânia before heading to Belo Horizonte.
Ney has been without a club since he was expelled from Goiás, at the end of August, after stumbling in Serie A. give, contact with the coach’s staff took place after the resignation of Enderson Moreira, Tuesday afternoon.
Some other names were considered by the Cruzeiro board. Dorival Júnior and Roger Machado were on the agenda, but high salaries prevented any evolution. Rogério Ceni, who commanded the Cruzeiro last year was also surveyed, but dismissed any conversation.
The leaders of Raposa rejected the possibility of any “bet” for the current moment. The situation of Felipe Conceição, who recently left Bragantino, was also consulted.
Ney Franco, 54, as well as Enderson Moreira, already have experience in accessing the elite of national football. He managed to climb Serie B with Goiás, in 2018, and with Coritiba, in 2010, when he even won the competition title.
Ney Franco was the coach of Goiás at the start of Serie A of Brasileirão 2020 – Photo: Rosiron Rodrigues
The former commander of Goiás knows Cruzeiro well, where he worked in the grassroots categories at the beginning of this century. His career took off precisely when he was linked to the celestial club and was assigned to Ipatinga, where he won the 2005 Mineiro Championship, defeating Cruzeiro himself in the final.
The report found that the coach has the dream of returning to Toca, now to train the main team. Ney Franco also accumulates tickets for teams such as Flamengo, Athletico-PR, Botafogo and São Paulo. It was in the Paulista Tricolor where he won the Sudamericana 2012, his greatest title as a coach.
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