The local media have been reporting for several days that Paulo Sousa may continue his career in that country. Flamengo’s interest in Flamengo was the loudest at first, but the Brazilian giant has a few other coaches on his wish-list as well. On Wednesday, for the first time, “Globo Esporte” wrote about the interest of Internacional Porto Alegre, whose authorities were waiting for a response from Sousa. And according to Vagner Martins, Sous said yes.
On Sunday, the club’s authorities are to meet and then a two-year contract is to be signed. This information was confirmed by Rodrigo Oliveira from the GauchaZH portal – initially Internacional wanted to hire the Uruguayan coach Alexandre “Cacique” Medina (he leads Talleres, who is 3rd in the Argentine league), but on Friday there was a sudden turn of events, due to which the coach of the Polish national team is to be extended to Internacional.
Internacional is a three-time Brazilian champion and a two-time winner of the Copa Libertadores, the South American Champions League. In 2006, Internacional won the Club World Cup, defeating Barcelona 1-0 in the final. In the 2019/20 season, the club from Porto Alegre became the runner-up in Brazil, but the previous season ended in a distant 12th place (in the 20-team Serie A, playing the spring-autumn system), for which Diego Aguirre paid the job.
If this information is confirmed, it will have to look for a new coach three months before the key matches in the fight for the 2022 World Cup. On March 24, the Poles will play away with Russia. If they win, they will play at home against the winner of Sweden – Czech Republic in the play-off finals.
The Polish national team, Paulo Sousa, won only six matches
Sousa became the coach of the Polish national team in January 2021, replacing in this position. He led the team in 15 matches – Poland won six, tied five and lost four. However, out of these six victories, as many as four were recorded in clashes with amateurs (two matches against Andorra and San Marino), and the remaining two against Albania. In his group, el. At the World Cup 2022, the Poles took second place, which will play in the play-offs, and at Euro 2020 they were eliminated after the group stage, taking the last place in the group after defeats with Slovakia (1-2) and Sweden (2-3) and a draw with Spain (1: 1).
Who could succeed Sousa if this information is confirmed? although “at this point he is unattainable for the team” – he fights with Lech Poznań for the Polish championship and it is hard to suspect that he would decide to change his job. After his dismissal from Legia Warsaw, Czesław Michniewicz remains unemployed, who successfully led the Polish national team until the age of 21. If Cezary Kulesza decided to hire him, he would have to agree with Legia to release him from the contract (he expires at the end of June 2022).
Source: Sport
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