‘Santos Futebol Clube communicates the departure of coach Cleber Xavier; The club thanks the services provided by the coach and wishes luck following his career, ‘said the team
Cleber Xavier is no longer technical. The coach was fired after the defeat of the São Paulo team at Morumbis, for the 20th round of the Brazilian Championship. “Santos Futebol Clube communicates the departure of coach Cleber Xavier. The club thanks the services provided by the coach and wishes luck following his career,” said the team.
The coach says goodbye with 15 games in charge of the Santos team. There were seven losses, three draws and five wins – 40%. The worst result was precisely the rout suffered for Vasco at Morumbis. Also during the match, the Santos fans protested against the team. There were those who left the stadium 15 minutes into the second half, when Vasco scored the fifth goal. One of the organized of Santos turned with his back to the field.
In one of the protests, the fans asked Jorge Sampaoli. The Argentine commanded Santos between December 2018 and December 2019. The commander has been out of club since leaving Rennes of France in January this year.
Santos has not lost since the defeat to Internacional on July 23. Since then, the team tied with Sport and defeated Youth and Cruzeiro. The results gave the team a break in the escape from the relegation zone. Within the field, however, performance does not convince. The atmosphere was of pressure, despite the invincibility.
With the result since Sunday, Santos is still out of Z-4, but has only two points of advantage (21 against 19 of Vitória). Already Vasco totaled 19 and left the zone of sticking for having more victories than the Bahian team. Santos’s next commitment is against Bahia, for the 21st round of Brasileirão. The match will be in Salvador, on Sunday, at 16h (Brasília). Neymar, suspended by the third yellow card, will be embezzled.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Carol Santos
