Old row again: Crespo likes and reposts clip criticising Roger Machado | OneFootball

After members of his coaching staff, it was now coach Hernán Crespo himself who used his social media to take a jab at São Paulo’s board and his replacement, Roger Machado, a clear lingering effect of his surprising dismissal in early March.

On his Instagram profile, the coach shared a post made by a page dedicated to the Morumbi club, featuring a clip from a video by journalist Rogério Barolo, a São Paulo supporter who became well known for commenting on the Tricolor.

In the excerpt, Barolo criticizes the board for Crespo’s sudden dismissal and the choice of Roger. The video was recorded after São Paulo’s victory over O’Higgins on Tuesday the 14th at Morumbi in the Copa Sudamericana, and the journalist criticized the decision to field the starters for the match.

“They had to go with the starters because they fired the coach who told the truth, demanded more, and challenged the players. They brought in a weak one. Agents complained and today the player became a starter,” Barolo said.

The criticism seems to have pleased Crespo. But it is not unprecedented. Goalkeeping coach Gustavo Nepote has been taking a similar approach, sharing posts in which Roger is attacked and motivational messages with indirect digs at the Tricolor board.

The peak came when he shared videos of São Paulo fans insulting the current coach after the 1-0 loss to rivals Palmeiras at Morumbi itself at the end of last month in the Brazilian Championship.

Nepote has never hidden his anger at the board over the dismissal. Since it happened about two weeks ago, he has been speaking publicly about the matter, whether through his own posts or by posting screenshots of messages he received from the fans.

In fact, he was one of the last members of Crespo’s staff to leave Brazil. Since the dismissal, he made a point of meeting with players and club employees and posting photos on social media, seeming to try to deny reports that the Argentines did not have a good relationship with the group, a theory raised at the time of the dismissal.

“It’s a clear sign of disrespect toward Roger, who had nothing to do with his departure,” a source told the report regarding Crespo’s jab. “If it were the other way around, would he like it? Barolo got tired of recording videos criticizing him, so why didn’t he repost any of those?”

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