04/19/2023 at 17:09
CEST
The At. Mineiro has yet to score points in two rounds of the Libertadores group stage and fell in the debut of the Brasileirao
The ex of Celta, who has already had his ups and downs with the direction of the ‘Galo’, is in a very delicate situation
The bad results of At. Mineiro have placed their coach, Eduardo Coudet, in a very compromised situation. The KO against Ath. Paranaense (2-1) in the second day of the group stage of the Copa Libertadores leaves the ‘Galo’ on the brink of the precipice, since in the first match he had unexpectedly stumbled at Mineirao against Libertad, from Paraguay, (0 -1).
To this, we must add that on Saturday, in the debut at Brasileirao 2023, At. Mineiro was defeated at home by a recently promoted team like Vasco da Gama (1-2). There are three heavy losses that show that something is grating in a team that started the course with the aim of going to fight for all the titles.
The defeat against ‘Furacao’ has done a lot of damagein a meeting where Vitor Roque, the ‘9 that Barcelona has on its agenda scored a great goal worthy of a crack.
He ‘Chacho’ Coudet He has shielded himself in an alleged bad refereeing (he protests the penalty play that made it 2-0 and the expulsion for a double yellow of the former Sevilla player Marian) and defends his approach, since, as had happened on the weekend against Vasco, his team finished many more times than their adversary.
The internal climate in the ‘Galo’ is shaken. Last week there was a summit between the former Celta coach and the club’s leadership, where the three big investors were, to clarify some statements by the coach in which he complained about the lack of reinforcements and possible departures from the squad. “They promised me a strong team and not that we were going to lose footballers”he came to affirm at a press conference.
Everything was apparently clarified… what happens is that then came two consecutive defeats in four days.
The pressure increases around the figure of a coach who has great prestige in Brazil. The regional title, the Campeonato Mineiro, harvested a month ago, has already been forgotten.
Now Sunday’s match in Santos, from the second day of the Brasileirao, gains dramatic contours for Coudet. No one in Belo Horizonte is capable of ensuring its continuity in the event of a hypothetical new setback.
