Ancelotti Out: Brazil Manager Departs After Short Stint

The movements in the Brazilian Serie A continue to leave big surprises for 2026, one of them the departure of Davide Ancelotti of the Botafogoafter being on the bench for five months and due to alleged problems with the team’s management Rio de Janeiro.

What happened between Ancelotti and Botafogo?

The departure of the Italian is undoubtedly one of the least expected, since the Botafogo team not only scored as one of the most consistent, but had also gone 10 games without losing, in addition to ensuring its place in the Group Stage of the Copa Libertadores.

According to local media, the strategist would have decided to present his resignation from the team after several problems with people within the club, this resulting in his style of work on and off the field of play, in addition to a problem with one of the club’s physical trainers, Luca Guerra.

According to the media, Ancelotti ‘threatened’ not to continue with the project if the club fired Guerra, however, the team ignored the strategist’s requests and confirmed the dismissal of the physical trainer, thus causing the departure of the current coach’s son from the club. Brazil national team.

The Botafogo team announced the departure of the strategist and his coaching staff through their social networks, causing the confusion of a large part of their followers, since the results in the last semester had been entirely positive for both parties.

With Davide Ancelotti and the physical trainer, Luca Guerra, the attendees also leave Luis Tevenet and Andrew Manganwho after the meeting with the club decided to follow the Italian and not continue with the project.

Bad management

Once again the Botafogo team is in the eye of the hurricane, as the confusion of its followers turned into annoyance, after John Textor (club owner) once again presented management problems, once again losing a coaching staff at the start of the year.

What happened with Ancelotti will remain in the ‘would have been’, since his good direction from the bench made fans dream of a great year. During his time as coach of Estrela Solitária, he achieved 15 wins, 11 draws and 7 losses in 33 games.