The Brazilian national team is without a coach since Tite’s departure after the elimination of the World Cup in Qatar. With the CBF in search of a successor, technical coordinator Ricardo Gomes praised the Portuguese Abel Ferreira, the protagonist of a successful job at Palmeiras.
“It’s not nationality, it’s competence. Our culture is always with Brazilian coaches, but, for example, let’s mention two that were successful. One that is still there, I no longer consider him a foreigner: Abel has been at Palmeiras for three or four years, successfully, he knows the culture of the country he is training for”, said Gomes to the newspaper And she was.
Hired by Palmeiras in 2020, Abel has been piling up titles in South American football. Champion of the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Libertadores, he also won the 2020 Copa do Brasil, the 2022 Recopa Sul-Americana, the 2022 Paulista, the 2022 Brasileiro and the 2023 Supercopa do Brasil.
“I think we have, in Brazil, competent coaches to exercise”, pondered Gomes. “After the 7 to 1 of 2014, we had this image of backwards, that we didn’t study and this was fed into our day to day. I can assure you that we have coaches here who are qualified to take over, Brazilians”, said the former defender.
“There are also the Portuguese. One who was (Jorge Jesus, ex-Flamengo) and another who is (in Brazil) who can think about it. Just like we had Felipão in 2004, in Portugal”, he added, remembering Luiz Felipe Scolari’s passage through the Portuguese national team.
Ednaldo Rodrigues, president of the CBF, has been leading the search for a new coach to lead the Brazilian national team and has the Italian Carlo Ancelotti, currently at Real Madrid, as his favorite. While Tite’s successor is yet to be defined, Ramon Menezes manages the team on an interim basis.
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