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These are football coincidences. When Junior Alonso passed Celta de Vigo quickly at the start of the 2018/2019 season, who was the coach of the Spanish team? Himself, Antonio Mohamed. Now both of them will have a reunion not athletic-MG.
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“I worked with him for a short time. But he’s a good coach. I haven’t talked to him yet, but I’m going to talk to him now”, said Alonso to the disembark at Belo Horizonte airport before introducing himself to the Rooster.
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or defender was officially ceded by Krasnodar to Galo, temporarily, due to the war Russia x Ukraine. At Atlético, Alonso became an idol, reference, and champion of almost everything. He had a sequel and a leading role. In Spain, the passage lasted just four months, also with Turco Mohamed, who stayed from July to November 2018.
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At Celta, Alonso made just nine appearances, and saw Turco Mohamed sacked when he lost to Real Madrid. The team had a great start in the League, reaching third place after the third round – fact highlighted in Mohamed’s portfolio that Galo had access.
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Junior Alonso in action for Celta, watched by Antonio Mohamed — Photo: Disclosure/La Liga
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The duo even beat Diego Godín and Diego Costa’s Atlético de Madrid by 2 to 0. A victory that can be considered the great chapter of both in the Celta.
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– The main thing we ask Junior is that he closes his place, that rival options are not generated. The other day, with Atlético, he played a good defensive game and was very important – said Mohamed, in 2018.
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When he was introduced to Celta de Vigo in August, with just a few days to go before his La Liga debut, Alonso spoke about Mohamed’s instructions on the field, already seeing that the defender would really be a left-back in a scheme with three central defenders.
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– First the mark, close the spaces, be solid behind so that our attackers have freedom and finish the plays. When possible to attack, but the first thing is to defend.
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However, it went downhill, with victories well absent from day to day. When there was a very normal defeat to Real Madrid, on November 11, 4-2, for the 12th round, Mohamed was fired. This caused astonishment in the Spanish press.
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At Celta de Vigo, Junior Alonso arrived on loan from Lille, who bought him from Cerro Porteño. He was used in almost all 11 matches as a left-back, but he was a reserve. He had a defender opportunity. When Mohamed left, the Paraguayan’s space, which was small, narrowed. Then came the loan proposal from Boca Juniors, and the end of his European experience.
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Until he got great leverage in his career playing for Atlético, who paid 3 million euros to Lille in 2020. At Galo, Alonso became sheriff, won the crowd, the Brazilian and the Copa do Brasil.
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I wanted to go back to Europe. But in one of those very tragic coincidences, he was sold for 8.5 million dollars to Krasnodar, weeks before the war broke out, his contract was suspended, and the future pointed Belo Horizonte in his path again.
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