He Flamengothe most popular club in Brazilannounced this Monday the termination of the coach’s contract titewhich had been questioned by leaders and fans for several days and whose situation became unsustainable last Thursday with the team’s elimination from the Copa Libertadores.
The Rio club reported in a brief message on its social networks that the former Brazilian coach “no longer commands the team” and that his position will be assumed temporarily by the former Brazilian soccer player. Atlético de Madrid Filipe Luiscurrently coach of the Flamengo under-20 team.
The announcement came a day after the team won 1-0 over Athletico Paranaense with great difficulties and remained in fourth place in the Brazilian Championship standings, although eleven points behind the leader Botafogo.
Filipe Luis replaces Tite on the Flamengo bench
With the elimination of the Copa Libertadores after falling in the quarterfinals against the Uruguayan Peñarol and the increasingly difficult dispute for the title in the League, Flamengo only has the Copa do Brasil, in which it qualified for the semifinals, to save the year.
Adenor Leonardo Bacchi ‘Tite’, who commanded the Brazilian team between June 2016 and December 2022 and achieved important results as coach of Corinthians, assumed command of Flamengo in October 2023, so he did not manage to complete a year against the equipment.
The million-dollar signings in recent months, such as the Uruguayan Nico de la Cruz, the Argentine Carlos Alcaraz, the Ecuadorian Gonzalo Plata and the Brazilian Alex Sandro, confirmed Flamengo as the team with the most valuable payroll in Brazil, but the investments did not They guaranteed good results.
In the absence of convincing football, the coach had been under pressure for several days, even with insults painted on the walls of the club headquarters. In Sunday’s match at the Maracaná, the boos directed at Tite stood out more than Gerson’s saving goal in the final minutes.
The former Brazilian coach led Flamengo in 70 games, in which he achieved 42 wins, 12 draws and 16 losses. Under Tite’s command, the most popular club in Brazil only won one title, that of the regional championship in Rio de Janeiro this year.
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Filipe Luis, the 39-year-old World Cup winner, who retired from the fields in December 2023 when he played for Flamengo, will have his first challenge as the club’s interim coach on Wednesday, when the Rio team will face Corinthians in the first leg. for the semifinals of the Copa do Brasil.
