Coach Renato Gaúcho announced, at a press conference held on Tuesday night (23), that he resigned from the Fluminense command.
The announcement was made by the coach shortly after the 1-1 draw against Lanús in Maracanã, a result that took Tricolor out of the tournament orange trees in the quarterfinals.
“These questions you are asking, I should not be saying that, but I resigned to the president before coming here. From now on it will be another guy here, and you will ask the same questions to him, and I want to see the answers he will give. I want to see the team that the fan wants, or the team of his head. I always tried to do my best for the club,” Renato said.
Moments after the interview, Fluminense confirmed the departure of the coach in an official note published on social networks.
Fluminense FC reports that Renato Gaúcho is no longer ahead of the team’s technical command. The coach asked for dismissal after the match on Tuesday (23/09).
The club also leaves the assistants Alexandre Mendes and Marcelo Salles. The club thanks the professionals for…
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The fall and performance of the team made the tricolor fans lose patience in Maracanã.
Part of the 43,000 fans present began to boo some players in the final stretch of the match. The back Renê and the Otavio midfielder were the main targets.
O. The crowd cursed him as “dumb” in the final minutes of the game after the five substitutions. With the final whistle, the team was booed at the stadium.
The game
The confrontation ended 1-1 ,.
Canobbio opened the scoring with a volley in the first half, and Aquino left everything the same in the final stage. Equality frustrated the more than 50 thousand present in Maracanã.
The duel was also marked by violence in the stands: in the visiting sector, and the beginning of the second half was delayed in almost 30 minutes.
With the elimination, Tricolor das Laranjeiras concentrates forces in the Brazilian Championship and the Brazilian Cup. On Sunday (28), without Renato in charge, the team faces Botafogo in Maracanã, in a classic valid for the National League.
