Abel Braga leaves the command of Fluminense after a draw with Unión Santa Fe, for the Copa Sudamericana; coach returned to the club at the start of the season
Abel Braga is leaving Fluminense. This Thursday, 28, the coach handed over the position and will no longer be in charge of the tricolor team. Last Tuesday, Flu drew 0-0 with Union Santa Fe, for the third round of the Sudamericana. The information was released by the club itself.
The team is in a delicate situation in the continental competition, with third place in Group H, and did not have a good start in the Brazilian Championship. Days after the tie at Maracanã, Abel decided to resign. In a post on social media, the club reported that coach Marcão will command the team from next Sunday, 1.
Channel – Athletistic:
“The coach Abel Braga and the Fluminense Board met this morning with the squad to communicate the decision, by mutual agreement, to follow a new path. Coach Abel Braga resigned, today (28/04), from the command of the main football squad”wrote the club. “Coach Marcão will direct the team starting next Sunday. Abel is the most successful coach in the club’s history and an example for all of us. His generosity and love for Fluminense will never be forgotten.”he added.
Abel’s season in Fluminense
Announced in December last year, the coach returned to the command of Fluminense at the start of the season. In 2022 there were 26 matches, with 17 victories, four draws and five defeats, with 35 goals scored and 15 conceded. Abel Braga led Flu to the title of the Guanabara Cup and the Carioca Championship, the latter after ten years of fasting.
The position was shaky after the early fall in the preliminary phase of Libertadores and the poor start in the Copa Sudamericana. Faced with bad performances also in national competitions (Copa do Brasil and Campeonato Brasileiro), the coach was even booed in the duels against Vila Nova, Internacional and Unión Santa Fe.
Coach Marcão will direct the team from next Sunday. Abel is the most successful coach in the club’s history and an example for all of us. Your generosity and love for Fluminense will never be forgotten.
— Fluminense FC (@FluminenseFC) April 28, 2022
Fluminense misses a penalty at the end and gets complicated
in South America
THE Fluminense entered the field in front of Union Santa Fe last Tuesday night, the 26th, in a match valid for the 3rd round of the Sudamericana. However, the team from Rio returned to play badly and could not get out of 0-0, having even missed a penalty at the end and ending up in a complicated situation in the classification table of the continental competition.
THE Fluminense even had more possession of the ball in relation to the opponent, but the creation of plays was compromised, in addition to having offered little danger to the goal of Unión Santa Fe. The visiting team, in turn, had more chances to open the scoring, and saw their goalkeeper emerge as the hero of the match after the penalty saved by Fred.
Source: sportbuzz
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