Hired in December 2024, Portuguese coach came from Red Bull Bragantino to take over the Baixada team in reconstruction after a year in the second division
In the middle of the birthday, it reacted to the recent entrance to the Brasileirão relegation zone. This Monday, the direction of the team announced the resignation of the coach, after the defeat for the 1-0, on Sunday night, in Maracanã. The match was valid for the third round of the championship. Despite the good performance in the Paulista Championship -which led the Santos team to the semifinal of the competition -the Portuguese coach could not resist the following settings in the first clashes of the national championship. In addition to the defeat for the debut round, the club tied at home with OE, against Tricolor Carioca, conceded the goal of the defeat in the last minutes of the match.
“Santos Futebol Clube reports that coach Pedro Cabininha no longer commands the professional team. Along with him leave the club the technical assistants Pedro Malta and José Pratas, fitness coach Guilherme Gomes and goalkeeper preparer Jose Belman,” wrote Santos in an official note. “The board thanks the professional and wishes success in continuing his career.” Interimly, the team will be assumed by assistant coach César Sampaio until the arrival of a new commander. The next confrontation of the alvinegro club will be this Wednesday, against Atletico Mineiro, for the fourth round of the Brazilian Championship. The mining team is on the edge of the relegation zone.
Hired in December 2024, Pedro Caixinha came from to take over a Santos in reconstruction after a year in the second division. The board had just dismissed Fábio Carille, a coach who took the club to the state runner-up and the leadership of Serie B. Since arriving, the Portuguese coach has been ahead of the Santista team on 16 occasions. In all, he got six wins, three draws and seven losses – one for Corinthians, in a match that was worth the place for the Paulistan final. At the time box related Neymar, but left him in the bench the whole match, which bothered the fans.
The beginning of the Brazilian Championship was another bucket of cold water in the Santos. Without winning until then, the team won only one point this season and returned to the place that so scared the fans in 2023: the degola zone. Little offensive, Santos failed, not even with the return of his shirt 10, threatening Fluminense in the last round. Pedro’s decision to leave out of the confrontation the boys of Vila JP Chermont and Gabriel Bontempo, who have been presenting good performances, and the insistence on Guilherme increased the displeasure Alvinegro.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Fernando Dias
