Alexandre Mattos who fired Paulo Turra, coach wanted to stay at Athletico

A unexpected exit of technical director Luiz Felipe Scolari for the Atlético-MG I brought an earthquake in Athletico. After the manager reported he'd be coaching again, Hurricane chose to fire coach Paulo Turra.

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Turra received an invitation from Rooster to join the commission with Felipão, but decided to stay in the Cashew CT. Shortly thereafter, the commander was notified of the shutdown.

The resignation was made by executive Alexandre Mattos by telephone, with the approval of President Mario Celso Petraglia.

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The 49-year-old professional was a bet by Scolari, who convinced President Mario Celso Petraglia to carry him out of the auxiliary position. Turra was Felipão's faithful squire since 2017.

Petraglia has been away from the presidency since the beginning of the month for health problems. He was admitted to a hospital in Sao Paulo for two months and returned to Curitiba last week. Even away, the President is consulted on priority matters.

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The club is now run by a committee: Aguinaldo Coelho (interino president), Márcio Lara (financial director), Fernando Volpato (director of heritage) and Rodrigo Gama Monteiro (legal director), in addition to executive Alexandre Mattos.

Turra leaves Athletico with 25 wins, four draws and seven losses in 36 games, with 64 goals scored and 31 goals suffered. The use is 73.1%.

The coach became the undefeated champion of Paraná, ranked the team in advance for the eighties of Libertadores, advanced to the fourths of the Copa do Brasil and ranked seventh in the Brazilian.

Until he finds a coach, aide Wesley Carvalho takes over temporarily. O Athletic back into the field against the Sao Paulo Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. at Morumbi for the 11th round of Series A.

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