Cuca will make his debut for Corinthians this Sunday

The coach Cuca You can now make your debut helm this Sunday away from home against Goias at the Serrinha stadium in Goiânia, for the second round of the Brazilian championship. This Friday afternoon Cuca will lead the first training session with the cast at CT Joaquim Grava and at 5:30 pm he will have his official presentation.

Cuca arrives to replace Fernando Lazarodismissed on the afternoon of this Thursday (20), one day after the defeat in liberators for the Argentine Juniors at home by 1-0, Lazaro returns to the permanent coaching staff, a position he held before being hired as head coach. In addition to this Sunday’s game against Goiás, Cuca will have an important decision next Wednesday (26), against Remo for the Brazil’s CupCorinthians lost the first match away from home by 2-0 and has the task before its fans of at least scoring two goals to take the decision to penalties.

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_{Announcement by Cuca, new coach of Corinthians. (Photo: Playback/ Facebook)}

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Cuca had been without a club since the end of last year, when he left Atlético-MG. In charge of rooster won the main titles of the team, in the first passage he was champion of the Libertadores in 2013, and more recently he won the Brasileirão and the Copa do Brasil, both in 2021.

It will be the coach’s first visit to the helm, with that he joins the list of technicians who worked in the big four of São Paulo: Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos and São Paulo. Highlight for Palmeiras where Cuca was Brazilian champion in 2016, Santos reached the Libertadores final in 2020 lost the final to the same Palmeiras.

Next to Cuca appears the name of other coaches who commanded the great ones in São Paulo, such as: Emerson Leão, Oswaldo de Oliveira, Aymoré Moreira, Osvaldo Brandão, Carlos Alberto Silva, Nelsinho Batista and Rubens Minelli.

Featured photo Cuca in charge of Atlético-MG. Reproduction/Pedro Sousa/ Meu Timão website.