Furacão’s board decision takes everyone by surprise after Juan Carlos Osorio’s dismissal was made after the coach’s first defeat
On the morning of this Sunday, the 3rd, the Athletico Paranaense lost to Londonat the Coffee Stadium1-0, in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Paraná Championship. The defeat ended up being the end of the line for the Furacão coach, the Colombian Juan Carlos Osorio.
After the match, the Furacão board announced the decision. Osorio was hired at the beginning of January and was in charge for just 12 games. The Colombian leaves command of Athletico Paranaense with a 69% success rate, with seven wins, four draws and just one defeat. The club scored 17 goals and conceded just six in the period.
Athletico Paranaense reports that Juan Carlos Osorio is no longer the coach of the main team.
Technical assistants John Mario Arango and Francisco Yony Londoño will also not remain on the club’s staff.
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Until this weekend, before the match against Tubarão, Athletico was the only undefeated team in the current edition of the state of Paraná and was unbeaten in 29 games in the competition. The club has not lost since March 2022, being undefeated champion of the 2023 edition. In addition to Osorio, his assistants John Mario Arango It is Francisco Yony Londoño were also fired. In this way, the team is now led on an interim basis by the technical committee’s permanent assistants: Wesley Carvalho It is Juca Antonello.
However, the board is already working behind the scenes looking for a replacement. Before closing with the Colombian, Athletico had negotiated with Domènec Torrenteven going after Cuca. Unlike the other moment, the tendency is to close someone as quickly as possible, mainly due to the second leg of the state quarterfinals.
Source: sportbuzz
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