Ramon Menezes is no longer Vasco’s coach | Basque

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Vasco announced the information through a brief statement on its official website:

“The Vasco da Gama Yacht Club announces that Ramon Menezes is no longer the coach of the professional team. The Club appreciates the services provided by the professional and will soon announce his replacement.”

THE give He discovered that the decision took the players by surprise and caused riots in part of the Basque squad. In addition to Ramón, a statement of the case in a meeting in São Januário, the technical assistant Thiago Kosloski leaves the club.

The search for the new technician is underway. This afternoon, CEO André Mazzuco and President Alexandre Campello met to discuss the issue. It is not defined, for example, who will lead the team against Flamengo, on Saturday, for Brasileirão. If no one is hired before the departure date, the tendency is for Junior Lopes, the club’s permanent assistant and son of Antonio Lopes, the technical coordinator, to lead the team.

Regenerative training in hotel

According to the club’s schedule, defined before Ramón’s departure, the afternoon is for regenerative training at a hotel in Barra da Tijuca; the club sometimes uses it for some activities, after all, the concentration of the day before the games is in the South Zone.

Under Ramón’s command, Vasco was going through a delicate moment of the season. In Brasileirão, a competition in which the team became the leader in the first rounds, there are already four games without winning, six counting the two in the Copa do Brasil. At the moment, the team is in tenth position, with 18 points.

Another decisive result for the bad moment was the elimination in the Copa do Brasil still in the fourth phase against Botafogo. Vasco lost the classic 1-0 in the first leg and drew goalless in the second leg, in São Januário.

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Announced as a substitute for Abel Braga on March 30 of this year, Ramón Menezes leaves Vasco after just over six months at the helm and 16 games played (2 for Carioca, 2 for the Brazilian Cup and 12 for Brasileirão) . In total, there were eight wins, three draws, and five losses.

Auxiliary Thank You Opportunity

In his profile on a social network, the assistant Thiago Kosloski thanked the opportunity and regretted having seen his work interrupted. He noted that usage was 52%.