Portuguese Abel Ferreira, a two-time champion of Palmeiras, is one of the five most voted football coaches of the King of America according to the Uruguayan newspaper El Pais, along with Lionel Scaloni, Marcelo Bielsa, Luis Zubeldia and Fernando Diniz.
Abel Ferreira, 45, has strong competition from Lionel Scaloni, also 45, Argentina’s 2022 World Cup champion in Qatar, who hopes to finish second on Sunday in the 38th edition of the trophy. consistent triumph.
A year ago, Lionel Scaloni, who also won the Copa America with the Albiceleste, won 107 out of 218 possible votes and beat Abel Ferreira (35) and the Brazilian Dorival Junior (28).
Argentine Marcelo Bielsa, 68, who successfully took charge of Uruguay in May, is also a strong candidate to intervene in the race for the King of the Americas title, which he already won in 2009 as Uruguay coach. Chile.
The remaining candidates are Brazilian Fernando Diniz, 49, who won the Copa Libertadores with Fluminense, and Argentine Luis Zubeldia, 42, who won the Copa Sudamericana with LDU Quito from Ecuador.
As reported this Wednesday by the newspaper El País, Fernando Batista, Renato Portaluppi, Gustavo Alvarez, Néstor Lorenzo, Daniel Oldra, Jorge Fossati, Cesar Farias, Gabriel Milito, Marcelo Broli and Jorge Almiron also received votes, but without any chance of being elected . .
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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