Two Brazilian clubs announced, by difference of one day, the hiring of the same coach: the former soccer player Marcelinho Paraíba.
The extravagant situation has as its protagonists the National Patos, team of the Regional Paraíba Championship, and the American, which this year will play the second division of the Rio de Janeiro tournament.
Sunday, the first announcement; Monday, the second
The first to make the announcement, Sunday, He was the National Patos, a club that Bombo and Sangillo informed his followers that Marcelinho, former French Marseille Olympique and Germans Wolfsburg and Hertha Berlin, would lead the team “the rest of the season.”
The announcement of the National Patos
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The American announcement
Monday was the American turn, a humble club in the city of Campos Dos Goyacaces, in Rio de Janeiro, who also announced the hiring of Marcelinho.
A former renowned player
The double hiring caused stupor in the Football World of Brazil, even more taking into account that Marcelinho is a well -known former player, who came to wear the shirt of the Brazilian team and that of first level clubs such as Flamengo, Grêmio and São Paulo .
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The American was responsible for clarifying the mystery: despite the coincidence of the ads, the contracts will not overlap. The first contract, with the ducks, is only for the last three games of the Paraípia championship, which concludes this February, while the Carioca only begins a month later.