After five games without wins, Botafogo fired Bruno Lage from command of the team. The coach arrived in July, after the departure of Luís Castro, and his performance was not pleasing: there were 4 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats. Betfair, a bookmaker specializing in odds, analyzed which names are the favorites to take the place in the leader of the Brasileirão.
According to the sports press, the decision to fire the coach was due to the number of matches without winning, in addition to the discomfort with the group of players when the coach kept Tiquinho Soares, top scorer in the Brazilian Championship with 14 goals and Fogão’s main highlight. during the season, on the bench.
Apparently, the new commander of the Rio club will be former midfielder Lúcio Flávio, who already worked as an assistant coach at the club and has just taken over on an interim basis. According to Betfair, the probability of him being signed permanently for the remainder of the season is 35% (odds of 1.91).
Lúcio Flávio has a history of achievements as a Botafogo player, being Carioca champion in 2006 and 2010. There were 233 matches with 64 goals, being the top scorer in the 2007 and 2008 season for General Severiano’s team.
The second highest-rated coach to take over the Estrela Solitária team is another compatriot of Bruno Lage and Luís Castro: Carlos Carvalhal appears with a 15% (odd of 4.5) chance of being the coach.
The Portuguese player has experienced ups and downs in recent seasons, having had unremarkable spells with Celta de Vigo- ESP, Braga and Rio Ave- POR, and Al-Wahda, from the United Arab Emirates, taking just 57% for these clubs.
Hernán Crespo, recently fired from Al-Duhail-QAT, is third with 8%. Cláudio Caçapa, who led the team for three games with three wins and no goals conceded, has a 3% chance of returning to command the Rio team.
The former interim coach is hired from SAF and took over the club after Luís Castro left for Al-Nassr, and currently manages RWD Molenbeek, from Belgium, another club owned by John Textor.
See the main names to lead Botafogo in the Brasileirão:
- Lucio Flavio – 35%
- Carlos Carvalhal – 15%
- Hernan Crespo – 8%
- Marcelo Gallardo – 7%
- Thiago Carpini and Roger Machado – 5%
- Odair Hellmann, Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Tiago Nunes – 4%
- Jorge Jesus, Cláudio Caçapa, Jair Ventura – 3%
- Jorge Sampaoli – 2%
- Vitor Pereira – 2%
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