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Flamengo name former Brazil midfielder as coach
Rio de Janerio: Flamengo named former Brazil midfielder Cristovao Borges as their coach until the end of the year, a media report said on Friday.
The 55-year-old replaces Vanderlei Luxemburgo who was sacked on Monday after the club’s poor start to the Brazilian Serie A season.
During a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Cristovao said it was the “dream of any professional coach” to be in charge of Flamengo, a news agency reported.
“I hope to bring positive energy,” he said. “Flamengo are all about winning titles and that’s what I came here to do.”
Five-time Brazilian Serie A champions Flamengo are currently 17th in the competition’s 20-team standings with just one point from their first three matches.
Capped seven times for Brazil, Cristovao was part of the Selecao team that won the 1989 Copa America.
Thursday’s appointment comes two months after he was sacked as coach of Flamengo’s cross-city rivals Fluminense due to a bad run of results.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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