flamencothe most popular club in Brazil and current champion of the Copa Libertadores, has announced the Argentine Jorge Sampaoli as his new technician in the place of the Portuguese Victor Pereira, dismissed on Tuesday after the elimination of the Rio de Janeiro team from three important competitions.
“Flamengo announces that it has signed an agreement with coach Jorge Sampaoli to lead the professional soccer team until December 31, 2024,” says the brief note released by the also current champion of the Copa do Brasil on his social networks.
Sampaoliwho in Brazil has already commanded clubs like Saints (2019) and Atletico Mineiro (2020), is expected in Rio de Janeiro this weekend, once he manages to resolve the pending issues due to the termination of his contract with the Seville .
Sampaoli began his career in 2011 as coach of the University of Chilewith whom he won the Copa Sudamericana.
Champion of the Copa América with Chile
In 2012, he assumed command of the Chilean team and won the first Copa América in the country’s history in 2015. His first opportunity in European football was in 2016, also with the Sevillewho quickly left to take over as selector of Argentina.
His good results with Saints and mineiro in Brazil they allowed him to return to Europe, first as coach of the Olympic Marseille and later as coach of the Sevillewith whom he worked for only six months and He was fired due to the threat of relegation of the Seville team.
It arrives after the frustrated return of Jorge Jesus
The Argentine was the option chosen by the leaders of the flamenco after the frustrated negotiations to bring the Portuguese back Jorge Jesusone of the most successful coaches in the history of the Brazilian team and with whom the team won the Libertadores, the League and the Copa do Brasil between 2019 and 2020.
the destitute Victor Pereira came to flamenco last December after the controversial dismissal of Dorival Junioran experienced Brazilian coach who had recovered the potential of a team full of stars and last year had led them to win the Copa do Brasil and the Copa Libertadores.
But the Portuguese failed to convince. He flamenco of Pereira failed in the Club World Cup, in which they did not reach a desired final against real Madrid after losing in the semifinals against al hilal saudi
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They also lost the final of the Recopa Sudamericana against Valley Independent Ecuadorian, bit the dust against the palmeiras in the Supercopa do Brasil and failed in the Carioca Championship, in whose definition he was thrashed 4-1 last Sunday by the fluminense.
