After 'Caboclo storm', opposition drops Pinotti, eyes ex-chief's son | OneFootball

The coalition formed by the main political groups opposing Harry Massis at São Paulo met last Wednesday (20) and reached some conclusions.

After feeling betrayed by Vinícius Pinotti for his decision to announce Rogério Caboclo’s name as a pre-candidate for the year-end elections last weekend—something that was not well received either internally or externally—the group decided to remove the former football director from the decision-making process.

Once an aspiring presidential candidate himself, Pinotti will now be limited to offering opinions and campaign funding. The former executive reportedly admitted he messed up, since Caboclo himself, the former CBF president, would have no interest in running in the December election, according to AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR.

A committee made up of representatives from all opposition tickets was created. This group will be responsible, so to speak, for communicating the decisions made. And the first task has already been completed: the announcement of the new hopeful in the presidential race.

Obviously, it is still far from a final decision, but the current name in the spotlight is Marcelinho Portugal Gouvêa, son of the historic president from 2002 to 2006 and the man in charge during the club’s back-to-back-to-back Copa Libertadores and Club World Cup titles.

A name well regarded by the fans and with a certain amount of influence among groups of independent advisers, especially the heavyweights, he has been orbiting the opposition since 2013, when he broke with Juvenal Juvêncio, an old ally of his father’s. He usually appears in interviews discussing the club’s political and financial situation.

Marcelinho’s name, put forward by the so-called “root opposition,” made up of those who have been against the administration since Julio Casares, still depends on approval from some recent allies, including associates of Olten Ayres de Abreu, the suspended president of the Deliberative Council.

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