Claudio Caçapa will not have survived the heavy defeat suffered by RWDM against Antwerp during the 25th day of the Pro League.
Unable to win a match since December 16 and with a sad record of one point out of 21, the RWDM is in a deep crisis. Now fourteenth, the Brussels club will have to wake up to save itself in the first division.
For this, management decided to fire his coach Claudio Caçapa. Appointed at the head of the RWDM just four days before the first day of the championship, the Brazilian coach was part of the galaxy of John Textor, the owner of the club who had decided to trust him even though he had “only” known the position of assistant at Lyon and interim coach of Botafogo in Brazil for two matches. T2 Luiz dos Santos Valiñas is also thanked.
“We would like to thank Claudio and Anderson who have in recent weeks tried to find solutions to improve our results. We now have 5 games left to try to avoid playing play downs and we have decided that a change was now necessary in order to drive a new vision and new energy. Igor will act as interim manager while awaiting the T1 appointment. He has a great knowledge of our championship, the RWDM and has worked with our group of players since the start of the season “has explained Gauthier Ganayethe CEO of the club in the communiqué.
“Igor De Camargo takes on the role of T1 ad interim until the appointment of a new head coach, for whom interviews will take place in the coming days.”, said the club. To try to avoid playdown, RWDM will still have to face Genk, OHL, Kortrijk, Anderlecht and Cercle Bruges.