Duilio justifies choosing Luxembourg; look

Duilio Montero, Corinthians’ president, justified the selection of Vanderlei Luxemburgo as the team’s new coach.

What happened

Duilio praised Luxa and said he is a great coach and has the character the club was looking for. “Vanderlei Luxemburgo has had a triumphant career in football, a top-class coach, a winner, who knows Corinthians. He has the character we were looking for the moment he passes Corinthians.”

He also praised the new coach’s background. “We needed a man with this history and all these titles won in football.”

The president also denied that he had decided to appoint Luxa after external pressure. “I preside over Corinthians. As the old saying goes, ‘Corinthians are not a team with an audience.’ It’s a crowd that has a team”. Of course I will always listen to our fans. I represent, there are almost 40 million Corinthians fans. But the final decision is always mine.”

Duilio’s remarks were delivered to Corinthians Television.

Premiere today

Vanderlei Luxemburgo made his Corinthians debut tonightagainst independent Dale the valleyfor the Copa Libertadores, in New Quimeca region.

It will be the ninth Libertadores de Luxa, the first for Corinthians. This is the coach’s third stint at Timão – after 1998 and 2001.

Welfare He actually led the first training session yesterday and marked the team with Maycon among the starters.