Alexander Matos: “Vasco positively surprised me with a lot of things” | Vasco

Alexander Matos’ schedule was full this Tuesday. After arriving in Rio de Janeiro early in the morning, the Football Director met with CEO Lucio Barbosa at the SAF office, in Barra da Tijuca, and in the afternoon he also visited C.T. Moaser Barbosa.

Accompanied by Lucio, he visited the training center facilities to learn about the center’s structure Vasco. Matos met with the staff and continued to discover what his work at the club would be like. He said he was positively surprised by what he saw.

– With a lot of humility, and a lot of work, with others. The willing people I have met and meet here. I think Vasco positively surprised me in many ways. In your idea of ​​planning, with your ideas of improving structure, the same structure that you have today has given me joy in realizing that there is too much that we understand to be correct for things to go well. “It is a huge challenge as big as Vasco, but I face it with great pride and honour,” the director told VascoTV.

It was announced on Monday that Matos had terminated his contract with Atletico PR and arrived in Rio on Tuesday morning. The 47-year-old manager also has experience with clubs such as Cruzeiro, Palmeiras and Atletico MG. His most notable achievements include winning the Brazilian Championship four times (2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018), in addition to leading the Paraná team to the Libertadores final last year.

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