Vítor Manuel de Oliveira Lopes Pereira, 53, arrives at Corinthians, with a name almost the size of royalty, willing to repeat the success of his countrymen, the commoners Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus and Abel Fernando Moreira Ferreira, in Flamengo and Palmeiras , respectively.
Ten years older than Abel Ferreira, and 14 younger than Jorge Jesus, Vítor Pereira was Portuguese champion for Porto, in 2012/13, Greek champion for Olympiacos, in 2015, and Chinese champion for Shanghai, in 2017.
He takes over the second most popular club in Brazil as well as fellow countryman Paulo Manuel Carvalho Sousa, 51, took over the first, Flamengo.
So, of the four clubs with the biggest fans in Patropi, only São Paulo has a Brazilian coach.
It is an invasion for the navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral not to defect and to test, once again, if the noble scrivener Pero Vaz de Caminha was right when he said that, here, by planting, everything works.
Jorge Jesus showed the way in an extraordinary way, Abel Ferreira confirmed it in his most conservative way and it will be up to Vítor Pereira to prove it.
Human material will not be lacking in Parque São Jorge, as it was not lacking in Gávea or Parque Antarctica.
Ladino, Pereira demanded a short contract, only until December.
If he succeeds, he will plunge the knife even further into the crumbling black-and-white finances to renew. If not, he will return to Terrinha, as Ricardo Sá Pinto, from Vasco, Jesualdo Ferreira, from Santos, António Oliveira, from Athletico Paranaense, Paulo Bento, from Cruzeiro, etc.
Not to mention Jorge Gomes da Silva, Joreca who, in the 1940s, managed both Corinthians, in 1949, and São Paulo, where he was São Paulo champion in 1943, 1945 and 1946, in addition to being a journalist and referee, having the famous debut of Leônidas da Silva in São Paulo, a 3-3 draw with Corinthians, with the largest audience in the history of Pacaembu, more than 71 thousand fans, in 1942.
One of the outstanding traits of the new Corinthians coach is to work the base, something essential in indebted clubs that need to save on signings and reveal players to make money and minimize the deficit.
It turns out that the alvinegro has already made the signings and his team is almost entirely made up of players over 30 years old, a challenge posed to the outsider who should debut at Majestoso, in Morumbi, next Saturday (5th).
For now, Corinthians continues with Fernando Lázaro, 40, who says goodbye this Sunday (27), against Bragantino, a clash between two teams from the Brazilian Championship Series A, for Paulistinha (with which the column apologizes to those who did not understand the irony made on Thursday).
The son of Super Zé will command the team for the seventh time in search of maintaining the unbeaten record and sixth victory, 18 goals scored, four conceded.
If the rare reader is from Corinthians, read this sheet in print, and likes to sleep late on Sundays, the game has already gone, because it’s scheduled for 11 o’clock.
The rare Fiel reader certainly preferred to sacrifice a few hours of rest to see the team that changes hands, but not the language.
The delicious Portuguese accent definitely invaded our lawns, although the Portuguese say, and rightly, what an accent we have.
It remains for Brazilian coaches to learn the language of modern football.
Argentines have learned and it has been a long time.
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