Flamengo fire coach after 2 heavy losses in Brazil league

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SAO PAULO - Flamengo fired coach Domenec Torrent on Monday after the Copa Libertadores and Brazil champion suffered two embarrassing defeats in the last two weeks.

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SAO PAULO – Flamengo fired coach Domenec Torrent on Monday after the Copa Libertadores and Brazil champion suffered two embarrassing defeats in the last two weeks.

The Rio de Janeiro-based club announced the decision on social media 101 days after it signed the 58-year-old Spaniard.

Torrent was one of Pep Guardiola’s assistants at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City for almost 10 years, and came to Brazil from his first job as a head coach at New York City FC, which he led to the Major League Soccer semifinals last year.

Coach Dominic Torrent of Brazil's Flamengo gives instructions to his players during a Copa Libertadores soccer match against Ecuador's Barcelona in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. (Rodrigo Buendia/POOL via AP)
Coach Dominic Torrent of Brazil's Flamengo gives instructions to his players during a Copa Libertadores soccer match against Ecuador's Barcelona in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. (Rodrigo Buendia/POOL via AP)

Torrent was contracted to the end of 2021. In 26 matches with Flamengo, he had 15 wins, five draws and six defeats.

Flamengo was yet to name a successor.

The team was third in the Brazilian championship after 20 matches. Two weeks ago, Flamengo lost 4-1 at home to Sao Paulo, and lost 4-0 at Atlético Mineiro on Sunday.

Flamengo will face Argentina’s Racing in the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores. In September, the team lost 5-0 at Ecuador’s Independiente del Valle in the group stage.

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