Cruzeiro surprises and fires Pepa; see details

O cruise announced on the morning of this Tuesday, 29, the resignation of coach pepa, who was ahead of the team since the beginning of the Brazilian Championship. Despite an encouraging start, the sequence of bad results and the drop in positions in the competition table made the board take the drastic decision.

Along with him, the entire technical commission that arrived at his side leaves, including Samuel Correia, Pedro Oliveira, Pedro Azevedo It is Hugo Silva. In the same statement, the club also confirmed that Fernando Seabra It is Vinícius Rovaris will command the training this Tuesday, 29, while a replacement is not announced.

Pepa is no longer the coach of Cruzeiro.

Cruzeiro informs that, after a meeting this morning between the Football Board and Pepa, the departure of the coach and his technical commission, composed of Samuel Correia, Pedro Oliveira, Pedro Azevedo and Hugo Silva, was defined.

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After a good start in Belo Horizonte, where he achieved a sequence of results that made the team fight for the top positions, problems such as injuries to Rafael Bill It is Ramiroin addition to the removal of wallison were points for the drop in income. Despite the arrival of seven reinforcements in the last window, the phase did not change, which made the management lose confidence in the work.

For the place of the Portuguese, there is still no name speculated, in view of the great surprise of the decision taken by the top hats, commanded by Ronaldo Phenomenon. Still, the statement also confirmed that the coach’s successor will be announced in the coming days.