🚨 Renato Gaúcho resigns after Fluminense crash out of Copa Sul-Americana | OneFootball

Renato Gaúcho is no longer the coach of Fluminense!

In the press conference, at Maracanã, after the elimination to Lanús, in the quarterfinals of the Conmebol South American, the 63-year-old coach announced that he resigned.

"Before coming here (press conference), I just resigned to the president. So, from now on, another guy will come here, you will ask him the same questions, and I want to see the answers he will give. I want to see if he will put the team that the fans want or the team from his head. I always tried to do the best for the club, in all senses, in all competitions. Unfortunately, we are no longer in the South American, but we are doing very well in the Brazilian and in the Brazil Cup. If Fluminense was doing poorly in the Brazilian, I would not be leaving. As it is not bad, I will leave to rest my head and let some 'geniuses' on the internet continue talking about football, since they understand a lot".

Renato Gaúcho was insulted as stupid by the Fluminense fans in the last minutes of the draw with Lanús.

"Nowadays in football nothing surprises me anymore. On and off the field. Precisely because of social networks. Everyone is a coach, everyone grabs the social network, opines. Some people follow the person who doesn't understand anything. Not all, but many on social media don't understand anything about football. And then who pays the duck is the coach, who pays the duck is the player. What are we going to do?".

"I gave an interview about two months ago and I'm repeating: football is over, it's over because of social networks. Both for the player and for the coach. Nowadays it's a war of criticism. When you win there are some compliments, when you lose no one is good, everyone is bad".

In the early minutes of this Wednesday (24), Fluminense announced the departure of Renato Gaúcho.

Renato arrived at Fluminense on April 3, 2025, replacing Mano Menezes, and accumulated 21 victories, eight draws, and 11 losses in 40 games.

With Renato Gaúcho, the Tricolor das Laranjeiras reached the semifinals of the Club World Cup and secured a spot in the semis of the Brazil Cup, which will be played in December, against Vasco. In the Brasileirão, the team is in 8th place.

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