the argentinian coach Jorge Sampaoli He was officially announced today as the new coach of Flamengo in Brazil, where he signed a contract until December 2024 after passing through Sevilla in Spain.
“The commander arrived in Rio de Janeiro. Good luck, Sampaoli,” wrote the account of the Brazilian cast on social networks along with two photos of the former coach of the Argentine National Team, who wore sunglasses when posing with the shirt of the “fla”.
Days ago, Flamengo fired the Portuguese Vitor Pereira after losing the final of the Rio de Janeiro tournament against Fluminense, so he quickly went in search of Sampaoli and sealed his arrival at the club.
“I am happy for this possibility and I hope to meet all the expectations. First I want to meet the players and make a diagnosis,” said the Argentine coach in statements to the institution’s website.
Flamengo shares a group with Racing in the Copa Libertadores and Sampaoli’s debut will be in the international competition against Ñublense from Chile next Wednesday at 9:30 p.m.
The former coach of the Argentine National Team in the 2018 World Cup in Russia will replace the Portuguese Vitor Pereira, who had taken office in January but lasted only a few months after losing five decisive matches for different tournaments.
The result that sentenced him was the 4-1 win that Fluminense, his greatest rival, gave him in the second leg final of the Rio de Janeiro State Championship.
Sampaoli, 63, comes from a second cycle without good results in Seville, which he commanded in 31 games between October 2022 and March of this year.
Flamengo will be his third Brazilian club after managing Santos (2018-2019) and Atlético Mineiro (2020-2021). In the Rio de Janeiro club, he will meet again with the Chilean Arturo Vidal, with whom he became the 2015 Copa América champion in the trans-Andean team.
Sampaoli will debut next Wednesday when his new team faces Ñublense de Chile, at home, in the second date of Group A of the Libertadores, for which he will visit Argentina to face Racing Club, on Thursday, May 4.
Source: Ambito
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