Nestor celebrates with ‘lucky frog’ as Ceni wins again for Bahia | OneFootball

Raised in Cotia, Rodrigo Nestor lives a saga with an invasive frog in his house, which ended up bringing luck (Photo: Reproduction/Instagram)

MARCIO MONTEIRO

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The weekend was marked by Bahia's Northeast Cup title, after a 5-0 thrashing over Confiança, with the presence of two figures closely identified with São Paulo,midfielder Rodrigo Nestor, raised in Cotia, and coach Rogério Ceni, who needs no introduction.

Nestor was one of the highlights of the title, with goals and assists in the decisive stretch. The playerstill has a contract with Tricolor, is on loan to Bahia, but will inevitably be acquired permanently by the wealthy northeastern club that turned into SAF. The curiosity comes from the 'mascot' the player acquired in recent months.

A frog has been invading Rodrigo Nestor's house and is always lodged near or inside the food bowls. And the Bahia player started to make fun of the situation and post pictures of the small animal with various humorous captions, like the one below:

And, of course, in the title celebration, the celebration with the 'lucky frog' could not be missed, as recorded by the new champion for the Bahians on his social networks:

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CENI FOREVER IN THE HEART

The ninth title in Rogério Ceni's career as a coach also filled many São Paulo fans with pride, who remembered the winning stigma of the great Tricolor idol.

Ceni won four cups leading Fortaleza between 2018 and 2020, three leading Flamengo, including the Brasileirão-20, and now two more for Bahia. In addition to the Northeast Cup, he was state champion earlier this year.

The title places him 4th among the Serie A coaches who have won the most championships, behind only Dorival Jr. (13), Renato Gaúcho and Mano Menezes (11) and Abel Ferreira (10).

And also,exactly 25 years ago on this Sunday, September 7, the Myth arrived at São Paulo to start defending the club's colors, hired from Sinop, starting at 17 his journey as the greatest idol in the club's history.

And it wason another September 7, already in 2011, that Ceni played his thousandth game wearing the tricolor mantle, in a 2-1 victory over Atletico-MG. As a player, the former goalkeeper won more than 20 titles for Tricolor, and scored over 100 goals.

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