The technician Dorival Junior announced this Saturday that he will be leaving the flamencobecause the management of the Rio de Janeiro club “decided that it was a time for changes”, despite the fact that this year the Rio de Janeiro team won the Copa Libertadores again.
“Thank you very much for the way I was received at this club. I tried to do the best, among all that was possible, to win two titles,” the coach said in a video posted on his social networks this morning .
In this way, he mentioned the Copa do Brasil and the Copa Libertadores, which Flamengo has won since he took the reins of the team on June 10.
Dorival leaves Flamengo with a record of 26 wins, eight draws and nine losses and fifth position in the Brazilian Championship, which ended this month.
The coach brought order to a club full of stars, such as Gabriel Barbosa “Gabigol”, the Uruguayan Giorgian De Arrascaeta and the Chilean Arturo Vidal, among many others, and which experienced a period of lack -established since then, under the baton of the Portuguese Jorge Jesús, won the 2019 Libertadores.
After the departure of the Portuguese coach, for two years the Spanish Domènec Torrent, the Brazilians Rogério Ceni and Renato Gaúcho and the Portuguese Paulo Sousa passed through the Flamengo bench, all without shame or glory.
They will talk to Vítor Pereira
According to local newspaper versions, which have not been confirmed by the club, Flamengo is already in talks with the inclusion of Portuguese coach Vítor Pereira, who last season led Corinthians, who finished fourth in the Brazilian Championship.
Dorival’s departure was announced at a time when Flamento was waiting for FIFA to determine the venue and dates for the next Club World Cup.
In this tournament, the Rio de Janeiro team will participate as the champion of the Libertadores, along with Real Madrid, who won the European Champions League. The champions of North America, Africa and Oceania will also participate, which are respectively the American Seattle Sounders, the Moroccan Wydad Casablanca and the New Zealand Auckland City.
Source: La Verdad
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