Coach Petit has asked for the resignation of Boavista’s technical team, a source close to the process told Lusa on Monday, after the Panthers recorded eight matches without a win and five defeats in a row in Football League I.
The termination of the contract has not yet been made official, but the management, chaired by Vitor Murta, will grant the former player’s request, ending his second stint in the position.
On Sunday, immediately after the defeat to Estrela da Amador (3-1), in the 13th round, as a result of which the Porto team suffered a fifth consecutive defeat in the championship for the first time since the 1959/60 season, Petit emphasized that he would evaluate his continuity at the club.
“I am responsible. Now I have three hours to go to Porto to think about my future and the future of Boavista,” he said at a press conference after the call.
Petit, 47, leaves Boavista in 10th place with 15 points, five above the relegation zone, while the Chessmen led League I in rounds two, four and five before falling. ‘ to intermediate positions in the table.
With four wins, three draws and six defeats accumulated in 13 matches, Bessa’s club have not won a tournament since losing to then red-bottomed Desportivo de Chaves (4-1) on September 18 in the fifth round. also eliminated in the fourth round of the Portuguese Cup and the first stage of the League Cup.
Petit returned to Boavista in November 2021, replacing João Pedro Sousa, and remains the third-most capped coach (191) for the club, where he made his debut as a footballer and switched pitches to the benches, behind Jaime Pacheco (359), who led him to unprecedented national title in the 2000/01 season and Manuel José (211).
In addition to improving the Checkers’ performance in the I League over the past two seasons, rising from 12th (38 points) to ninth place (44), they received an unprecedented participation in the “final four” of the 2021 championship. /22 League Cup and increased the value of the club’s assets, which were often hit by non-payment of wages and barriers to registering new players.
Petit was committed until June 2024, but completed his eighth coaching stint after initially playing for Bessa (2012–2015), Tondela (between 2015 and 2017), Moreirense (2017 and 2018), Pacos de Ferreira ( 2017 and 2017). 2018), Maritime (2018/19) and BSAD (2019–2021).
As a midfielder, he played for Boavista, Benfica and Germany’s Colonia, and also represented Portugal in the final stages of the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and the 2004 and 2008 European Championships, scoring four goals in 57 appearances for national team.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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