Vanderlei Luxemburgo has the difficult task of putting Corinthians on their feet after a lousy start to the season. Timão fired Fernando Lázaro after a weak start at the Brasileirão, but just a few days later they also sacked Cuca, his replacement, after his involvement in a 1987 rape case came to light.
The 70-year-old coach has a long history in the world of soccer, especially in Brazil, where he managed several of the most popular clubs in the country. In addition, in the curriculum of Luxemburgo has also a step in nothing less than Real Madrid.
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Vanderlei Luxemburgo’s stage at Real Madrid
The Brazilian took charge of the Spanish giant at the end of 2004 with a team full of stars: Ronaldo, Zinédine Zidane, Roberto Carlos, David Beckham and Luís Figo, among others. However, he was unable to reap titles and left the post in December 2005.
Although his time at the Santiago Bernabéu had some good moments such as the 4-2 win over Barcelona in El Clásico, Luxemburgo had friction with some players.
Zidane, for example, criticized him for having replaced him in a Champions League game against Juventus: “Sir, you don’t work in European football. Otherwise, he would not have taken Ronaldo and me off the field because he would know that the rivals are afraid of us. With these changes, they lost the respect they had,” he said, according to UOL.
Roberto Carlos also questioned him years later for forbidding the team to drink wine and beer in the concentration. Sergio Ramos, on the other hand, is still grateful to him for having given him the confidence to move from the right back to the defensive back.
Either way, Luxemburgo is one of the few who can boast of having managed one of the biggest clubs on the planet. Now, he has the task of recovering a Brazilian great.
