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After leaving for Ecuador with plans to return with Miguel Ángel Ramírez in his luggage, the Palmeiras board now faces a scenario that could turn the search for a replacement for Vanderlei Luxemburg into a nightmare.
The Spanish name was what the board would like to have as a football style. After analyzing the Independiente Del Valle manager since December last year, shortly after Jorge Sampaoli’s denial, the plan seemed to come true now. As a gift, the support of the majority of the fans, the City Council, which on the last occasion was resistant, and even the press.
The risk of a buffer technician
With Miguel indicating that he would like to take office only in December, the board decided not to accept this condition and to resign from the plan.
The soccer calendar with the pandemic complicates the situation. Although we are already at the end of October, Brasileirão has not yet finished its first round. Libertadores did not start the knockout, as well as the participation in the Copa do Brasil. To make matters worse, there is almost no week off. Every Wednesday is very important.
With that, the option of leaving the team with a “buffer technician” or in the hands of Andrey Lopes is a risk that the board does not want to take at this time. Have you thought about waiting until the end of the year and arriving in December outside the Libertadores, the Copa do Brasil and in a difficult situation to have a place in the G-6 Nacional?
On the other hand, if the buffer took over and hit the team, you would have to deliver a team that was working well in December, at the risk of seeing the style change hinder what was working. And you don’t even have to go far to think of a similar situation. Muricy Ramalho took over at Palmeiras in 2009 and was unable to maintain the performance the team had under Jorginho.
The election of Galiotte runs the risk of being under the shadow of Miguel Ramírez
Image: Cesar Greco
The chosen one already has the shadow of Miguel
On the other hand, by not waiting to wait, Palmeiras has difficulties to imagine a plan B. The board of directors has already sat down, analyzed some profiles such as Rogério Ceni, Guto Ferreira, Gabriel Heinze … The list is long. In terms of style of play, what would like the most is the former São Paulo goalkeeper. As if the risk of bringing someone with such identification with a rival was not enough, there was already a sign from him that he would not leave Fortaleza before the end of the season. An attitude similar to Miguel’s.
Worse than that, is the shadow left by the Spaniard with his message of taking over the team at the end of December. Any coach hired now will have a date on their schedule to come under pressure: if you don’t get the team to play ball in two months, which is not easy considering our schedule, you know you will see protests about your departure and one possible new. I try with the Del Valle coach.
To top it all, we are aware of the situation in Brazilian football and it is practically unlikely that any national team will not enter the coach’s circle. Miguel is scheduled to hit the jackpot in Brazil at the end of December for the entire market. It would be pressure on Galiotte to see him hit an opponent and succeed in his final year in office.
