Portuguese Olympiacos scenario: “Carlos Carvalhal assumes its technical leadership”

The Portuguese claims that Carlos Carvalhal is ready to take over the technical leadership of Olympiacos.

His heavy defeat Olympiaco from Freiburg with 5-0 Thursday evening (12/2, 19:45) in the fifth round of the group stage European League It put him in a very difficult position Diego MartinezWhich seems to be very close to the exit door. Of course, this led to various rumors about his replacement.

For example, the Portuguese website Middle East Eye, specifically CNN Portugal, reported that Mr Carlos Carvalhal He is expected to take over the artistic leadership of “Red and White”. The 57-year-old is a free agent after coming off the bench last season I want to.

This is a technician who knows the Greek reality, as he spent a few months in the Greek League on its behalf Astera Tripoli At the beginning of the 2008/09 season. While he notes that when he was in Lessuess He won 2-1 PAOK On 9/17/2002 in its first session European CupHowever, in the return match in Toumba on 10/3/2002, the Thessaloniki team won 4-1 with goals from Salpingidis, Oka (2) and Kotsopoulos.

From there, he took the first steps in his coaching career in 1998 at Espinho, while he was then on the bench at Fremondi, Deportivo Aves, Les Suez, Setubal, Belenenses, Braga, Beira Mar, Astera Tripoli, Maritimo, Sporting Lisbon, Besiktas, Basaksehir. , Sheffield Wednesday, Swansea, Rio Ave, Braga (again), Al Wahda and Celta.

The Olympiacos coach cited fellow tennis player Rafa Nadal as an example. He defended his work and pointed to the path of the team that would have finished first had it not been for the penalty in the derby with Panathinaikos.

It remains to be seen – in the next 24 hours, logically – whether the Portuguese’s scenarios for the match or not Carlos Carvalhal And the Olympic.