‘I’ve never seen anything like this’ – Boss pushes Marcelo back to bench after Brazil legend refuses his pre-sub tactics
REAL MADRID and Brazil legend Marcelo was stopped from coming on by his OWN MANAGER after appearing to argue with the coach’s tactics.
The five-time Champions League winner, 36, left the Bernabeu in 2022 after 15 hugely successful years in the Spanish capital.
He joined Olympiacos for one season, before returning to his home country last year when he signed for boyhood club Fluminense.
Marcelo has played 68 games for the Brazilian side – who sit 12th in the top flight.
But he was denied another appearance on Saturday after an incredible touchline spat with manager Mano Menezes.
The left-back was stripped and ready to come on in the 90th minute with Fluminense holding onto a 2-1 lead over Gremio.
Marcelo was preparing to enter the fray as part of a double substitution which also included the introduction of Marquinhos – the winger on loan from Arsenal.
But as Menezes gave Marcelo instructions on the sideline, the ex-Real Madrid man seemed to disagree with what he was being told.
This led to the manager becoming furious, before he pushed Marcelo and told him to sit down again.
Marcelo walked to the bench and pulled his bib back on.
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And he ended up watching his team concede a stoppage-time equaliser as Fluminense drew 2-2 with Gremio.
Reacting to Marcelo’s altercation with Menezes, journalist Tancredi Palmeri said: “I have never seen anything similar in elite football.”
While one fan replied: “Respect to the coach for not backing down!”
Another added: “This is so disrespectful.”
And a third said: “As it should be, he’s not bigger than the coach or the club.”
