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Túlio “Guerreiro” Lustosa was one of those flying classics. Youngsters may not remember him wearing the Botafogo 5 jersey, but the 44-year-old was the team’s highlight in the 2003 series B and one of the pillars of the team created by Cuca in 2007 that still had names like Juninho , Lúcio. Flávio and Dodô. Today, Túlio returns to the club with the same leadership profile, but with the background that made him be observed since before last Thursday’s announcement.
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But Túlio did not return to Botafogo before due to a legal mess. In December 2008, the steering wheel left General Severiano for attrition with negative result and also for non-payment of wages and payment of the Guarantee Fund. Due to this debt, the former player went to court, which even authorized the seizure of real estate. current club president and vice president. Once the matter was resolved, the steering committee reached a consensus on behalf of the former player, who has identification with Botafogo and fits into the financial reality.
Accustomed to the uniform, Túlio even wore a suit and tie to the presentation in Goiás – Photo: Guilherme Gonçalves / ge
The position he will occupy has been vacant since the death of Valdir Espinosa. The champion coach in 1989, passed away in February of this year and since then the function of making the connection between the board and the players has been eluded by Paulo Autuori. With Bruno Lazaroni in place, the committee chose to place a specific person for the role.
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Used to work, because it was exactly this bridge in Goiás – where he was fired in August of this year – Túlio was highly praised by the president of the Goiás club. In contact with give, Marcelo Almeida insisted on praising the qualities of the leader “very cultured and intelligent”
– Because he’s a new kid, he stopped playing recently, he has a good connection with the players. He speaks the same language as them and he manages to translate it. He’s a very fair guy. You don’t want to ruin the board or screw the player down. Defend the interests of both sides. I wanted to show something fair that was good for both parties. The animal trade, for example, didn’t leave a player behind and it didn’t let the board bleed either. He’s a guy who met the needs of the job.
Tulio training in Botafogo in 2008 – Photo: Arquivo / O Globo
In Goiás, as is the trend in Botafogo, the need for the position was not necessarily the hiring of players. As much as it suggested names, it was the board of directors that defined the players who arrived, and this must continue to be the case in Botafogo.
The wear and tear due to the departure of Goiás was also due to pressure from the fans in hiring players and coaches. In 2019, the coach had his phone number leaked to fans, who began to question him about the signing of Claudinei Oliveira. It was then that the manager’s serene personality clearly showed. In an audio recorded when returning the call of a fan he did not know, the technician kept all the calm in the world to explain the reason for the choice at that time. The reporter Guilherme Gonçalves, who accompanies Goiás to the give, summed up the style of the new leader.
– He’s a very calm guy, who doesn’t lose his head. You will never see him arguing with anyone, be it in a collective, being a fan … We realize that he is the type of person who can end up suffering for being too good people. He defends the players a lot and you will hardly see a player scold in public. The crowd gets a bit on their feet for claiming that he can be skipped for that. But he is a hard worker, calm, takes care of everything internally and is unlikely to expose any internal problems.
Túlio can even be a consensus name among the management committee, but the receptivity among other members of the board of directors is not so good. One of the criticisms is due to the remarkable episode of the 2008 Guanabara Cup final against Flamengo. And, off the pitch, critics believe someone with more experience would be better, even if it was a more expensive option, given the position in the Brazilian Championship table.
Túlio at a press conference after the final of the 2008 Guanabara Cup – Photo: Playback
After retiring as a player at Sobradinho, in Brasilia, Túlio started as a coach at the same club. Born in the Federal District, the former midfielder arrived in Goiás in November 2017 and only left in August of this year. The arrival at Botafogo occurs 12 years after the end of his stage as a club player. Túlio arrived in Rio last Thursday night after solving personal problems in Goiânia and starts working this Friday.
Túlio’s first game as Botafogo coach will be this Sunday. Bota receives Fluminense at 11 am (from Brasilia), in Nilton Santos, for the 13th day of the Brazilian Championship. Alvinegro is in 19th place, with 11 points, one of the first teams outside the relegation zone, which is Bahia.
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