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

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

MARCIO MONTEIRO

@avantmtricolor

The weekend was marked by Bahia’s title in the Copa do Nordeste, after a 5-0 thrashing of Confiança, with the presence of two names strongly linked to São Paulo, midfielder Rodrigo Nestor, who came up through Cotia, and coach Rogério Ceni, who needs no introduction.

Nestor was one of the standouts of the title run, with goals and assists in the decisive stretch. The player still has a contract with Tricolor, is on loan to Bahia, but will inevitably be permanently acquired by the wealthy northeastern club that has become a SAF. The curiosity lies in the ‘mascot’ the player picked up in recent months.

A frog has been invading Rodrigo Nestor’s house and always settles near or inside the food bowls. And the Bahia player started making fun of the situation and posting photos of the little animal with various humorous captions, like the one below:

And of course, in the title celebration, there couldn’t be a celebration without the ‘lucky frog’, as the new champion for Bahia recorded on his social networks:

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CENI FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS

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

Ceni won four trophies managing Fortaleza between 2018 and 2020, three while leading Flamengo, including the 2020 Brasileirão, and now two more with Bahia. In addition to the Copa do Nordeste, he also won the state championship at the start of this year.

This title puts him in 4th place among Série A coaches with the most championships, behind only Dorival Jr. (13), Renato Gaúcho and Mano Menezes (11), and Abel Ferreira (10).

And also, exactly 25 years ago this Sunday, September 7th, the Legend arrived at São Paulo to begin defending the club’s colors, signed from Sinop, starting his journey as the club’s greatest idol at just 17 years old.

And it was on another September 7th, in 2011, that Ceni played his 1,000th game wearing the Tricolor jersey, in a 2-1 win over Atletico-MG. As a player, the former goalkeeper won more than 20 titles with Tricolor and scored over 100 goals.

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