″ I left a comfortable position to face this challenge and I did not hesitate ″



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Zé Gomes was introduced as the coach of the Academico de Viseu on Monday and says he is “confident” and has great expectations.

Zé Gomes appeared this Monday as the new coach of the Academico de Viseu, the 16th and third-to-last classified in the II League, and claims to be “in body and soul” in this new project.

Pedro Duarte’s successor, who resigned last week, was in the press room of the Estádio do Fontelo to show himself “confident” and with “the highest expectations” for his work in Viseu.

“I left a comfortable position that I had in Rio Ave to face this challenge, and I did not even hesitate when I received the invitation,” he said, adding that he believes he is taking “one more step” in his still short coaching career.

Zé Gomes, 44, has a level 4 that allows him to coach teams in professional competitions and changed Miguel Cardoso’s assistant position at Rio Ave to be the third coach of the season at the Académico de Viseu, after Sérgio Boris and Pedro. Duarte, and did not hide his ambition for his career, considering that the Academician of Viseu “the ideal club to give me this projection”.

In addition to the under-23s of Rio Ave, and Rio Ave B, Zé Gomes also played as the main coach of the Bragança team and now assumes the penultimate place in the II League, but, despite the delicate position of the Viseans in the classification , devalued: “I really believe in this working group, there is a lot of quality here, and people with a lot of character, which will allow us to climb the table quickly,” he said. saying.

“We depend only on ourselves, so there is no drama,” he said, reaffirming his confidence that he will achieve the goal of keeping the Viseans in the Second Football League.

António Albino, president of the club and also of the SAD do Académico de Viseu, stressed that three coaches at the same time “is an abnormal situation”, but with which “had to be dealt with”, leaving the desire that the new coach “triumph in Viseu “because” its success will be that of the Academicians and the Viseenses “.

Zé Gomes arrived in Viseu accompanied by former Benfica player Fábio Faria, who will be his assistant, as well as a physical trainer and a game analyst.

The new technical team has already guided the team’s evening training in preparation for the match on Wednesday, March 3, away from home against Covilhã, a delayed match of the 17th day of the II League, initially scheduled for January 22 and in that time. moment. postponed due to covid-19 cases in the mountainous formation squad.



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