Starting from Olympique Lyonnais, John Textor now manages the current affairs of Botafogo. And lately, the American was very tough by dismissing his coach, Renato Paiva, after the elimination in the round of 16 of the Club World Cup against Palmeiras. Since then, the Portuguese has been replaced by Davide Ancelotti. What did you have fired a coach who took the lead of the Fogão only in February? John Textor explained himself.
“Why did I dismissed Renato Paiva after he beat PSG?” He broke his own principles, he abandoned the plan. He is a positional coach, very good to educate players on the field, but the supporters were dissatisfied with the way we started playing defensively. We should have beat Atlético de Madrid and Palmeiras, we are better than Palmeiras. He broke his principles. I asked him (before the knockout stages) what was the best match in his career and he replied: “Faced with PSG”. I then wondered what was the best match I had seen in my life, and it was against PSG. The day of the match, I said it was not PSG, but Palmeiras. Palmeiras is not PSG. “It's time to play football, go there and finish them.” What did we do? We sat down and we watched our opponents move forward. In ten matches, they became more and more defensive and, when you break your principles, you have to leave. I do not make these decisions alone. But if the whole department comes to see me and tells me that we have to do something about the coach, we do it. It is a process that took place in ten matches. Paiva is a great coach, but he must remain faithful to his style in his next position, he cannot give in to pressure from Brazilian supporters. They are brutal “he told TalkSport.
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