The race for the substitute bench Sylvinho, former Barça left-back, stalled after being released by Corinthians (the club where he trained as a player) at the beginning of February last year. He paid dearly for the institutional instability of “Timao,” which is far from having seen its best days. His own “Torcida” mistreated him and the doors were closed to him in a market like the Brazilian, a specialist in smashing up coaches.
After training as an assistant, he was looking for a new solo experience Roberto Manciniat Inter Milan and with title in the Brazilian national team and had a very short time at Olympique Lyon where things didn’t work out for him. The Albanian association appointed him coach, a position that is theoretically ridiculous in European football.
Sylvinho turned a deaf ear to friends who discouraged him from associating his name with Las Águilas. He redoubled his efforts and made a high-risk decision by accepting the position in January of this year… and in the end it paid off.
Albania will compete in the final stages of the European Cup for the second time in its history. They qualified a day earlier as top of a group in which they were not among the favorites and there were Lewandowski’s Poland and the Czech Republic.
Sylvinho’s image has been restored in his country and has gained international credibility At 49 years old, he is still a young, hard-working, persistent and extremely resilient coach.