Abel Ferreira reunites with Club World Cup debut coach | OneFootball

Palmeiras and Botafogo will face each other next Wednesday (18th) at Allianz Parque, for the seventh round of the Brazilian Championship. The match will mark the reunion of Abel Ferreira with Martín Anselmi, a coach he recently faced in the Club World Cup and who almost worked at Verdão before the Portuguese arrived in Brazil.

He almost worked at Verdão

In 2020, Anselmi was the right-hand man of Miguel Ángel Ramírez at Independiente del Valle, in Ecuador, and closely followed the Spanish coach’s negotiations with Palmeiras, who were looking for a new coach after the departure of Vanderlei Luxemburgo.

Ramírez was a highly regarded name on the South American scene after leading the modest Ecuadorian team to the 2019 Copa Sudamericana title, with modern, attacking football and a focus on developing youth players. The style pleased the board of Verdão, who were precisely looking for a bolder profile.

The talks between Palmeiras and Ramírez were concrete. There were meetings, exchanges of information, and even internal expectations that the deal would go through. Anselmi, as assistant, would be part of the coaching staff coming to Brazil.

However, the agreement ended up not materializing. The coach chose not to move forward with the negotiations and Verdão returned to the market in search of another name.

Palmeiras vs Porto

Abel Ferreira and Anselmi faced each other in the opening match of the Club World Cup held in 2025 in the United States. On that occasion, the Argentine was the coach of Porto, from Portugal, and the match ended in a 0-0 draw.

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