The Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli today he was listed as "a football liar" by the former Brazilian player José Ferreira Neto.
“For me, he (Sampaoli) is a football liar, he knows nothing. In Argentina he was a guy led by (Javier) Mascherano, (Lionel) Messi and company ”, Shooting Ferreira Neto in statements to Fox Sports from Brazil.
“In Santos, he got second place. Then, I wanted to make a move to go to Flamengo, before Jorge Jesús and then I wanted to come to Palmeiras ”, added.
For the former midfielder from San Pablo and Corinthians, the current Atlético Mineiro coach has "Very few titles", referring to the Copa América that he won with Chile in 2015 and the Copa Sudamericana with the University of Chile in 2011.
"He did not revolutionize anything because Santos plays in one way and everyone who goes to work there plays in that way", pointed out the silver medalist in Seoul 1988 with the Brazilian national team.
This criticism joins that of another former footballer who had Jorge Sampaoli as his coach: "I made three goals and he told me I played badly". This is Jorge Ramírez, a former Peruvian player, who revealed an anecdote with the former coach of the Argentine team when they both met at Coronel Bolognesi.
It was in 2004 when the native of Casilda took his first steps as a coach and took the reins of the then Peruvian First Division team. In his first year at the head of the institution, in which he finished in the eighth position of the Clausura, it was when he coincided with Loverita, forward of the Red Devils and with great experience in Inca football. It was there where the altercation between the two occurred.
“In one match we won 4-0 and I scored three goals and gave up the pass for the fourth. He summoned me to his apartment and took a video of that game where he saw all the wrong passes I gave. I told him why not put the goals I made and he clarified: "For me you have played very badly." I went over to hit him, but Sebastián Beccacece, current Racing coach, was his assistant and he grabbed me ”Ramírez recalled in an interview with the media Trome.
With information from Télam.