Antonio Muhammed, also known as “El Turco”, became coach of Atlético-MG in January this year. His last coach was Monterrey, from Mexico, where he became Mexican champion in 2019.Accredited with good campaigns but without a big name, the mission of the Argentine coach who recently arrived in Belo Horizonte will not be easy, as he will have to overcome or at least equal the brilliant trajectory of his predecessor Kuka. Hello.
The Brazilian coach won the Brazilian Championship and the Brazilian Cup with Galactica and put on a real show on the field. The pressure was already great, as all the bookies had the Minas Gerais team as favorites to win the Copa do Brasil and Libertadores.
Anyone who uses the KTO Coupon to create an account on the website and check the odds will see Atlético among the favorites thanks to the quality of their team, the excellent form of striker Hulk and also the high expectations. But they were beaten.
A good start, then... The start of "El Turco" was encouraging for the Board and, of course, for the fans: they won the Brazilian Super Cup with Campeonato Mineiro and Galo.
It seemed like things were going well and the expectation was that Minas Gerais would compete for first place in Brazil alongside Palmeiras and Flamengo. But the results obtained in the recent Brazilian Championship were not good at all. After consecutive games (Coritiba, Bragantino, Goiás, Palmeiras, Santos and Ciara) they suffered a surprise defeat in the 10th round of the competition, 5-3 to Fluminense, at Maracano.
The Rio team managed to completely destabilize Halo's strong defensive system and came out with an impressive victory. The truth is that Atlético's team was more offensive, but wasted numerous goal opportunities.
Defeat to Flamengo Despite all the inconsistency shown by Galo this year, Minas Gerais, from Brazil, in the round of 16, managed a strong response and the team seemed to find its feet again and beat Flamengo 2-0 to advance. 4th place in the table with 21 points and seven points from leader Palmeiras.
In this sense, Atlético-MG returned to playing like last year and with this victory the pressure on the Argentine coach was reduced.
Antonio Muhammed was blamed for the team's poor performance and game system, which put cold water on the victory over one of its biggest rivals and gave "El Turco" more time. organize your ideas.
Then, after this victory, Flamengo was defeated again in Mineiro, now in the round of 16 of the Copa do Brasil.
The result was another 2-1 victory for Galo, but Flamengo survived for the match at Maracanã, on July 13th.
The first result against the red and black team clearly showed the support that the Argentine coach received from his players. The “El Turco” team praised, including Hulk, dedicated the victory to the coach, praised his character and personality and guaranteed the necessary support to the Argentine coach.
In the Copa Libertadores da América, Atlético Mineiro did very well. They finished the group stage as leaders with 11 points. The team recorded three wins, two draws and one defeat. On June 28th, they will face Emelec in the round of 16, at the George Cowell Stadium, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and the return game will be in Mineiro, on July 5th.
Can games against Flamengo be played all year round? The board, fans and cast are waiting. Muhammad must believe this, because otherwise his work may be short-lived.