Coach Petit asked for the dismissal of Boavista’s technical management, a source connected to the process told the Lusa agency on Monday, after the ‘panthers’ recorded eight games without a win and five consecutive defeats in the I Football League.
The contractual termination has yet to be formalized, but the management led by Vítor Murta will have accepted the former player’s request, completing his second spell in the role.
On Sunday, immediately after the defeat at Estrela da Amadora (3-1), in the 13th round, which resulted in the fifth consecutive defeat of the Porto team in the championship for the first time since 1959/60, Petit emphasized that he would evaluate his continuity at the club.
“I am responsible. I now have three hours to travel to Porto to think about my future and the future of Boavista,” he said at the post-challenge press conference.
Petit, 47 years old, leaves Boavista in 10th place, with 15 points, five above the relegation zone, at a time when the ‘chess players’ were going to lead the I League in the second, fourth and fifth rounds, before having ‘fallen ‘ ‘ to intermediate positions in the table.
With four wins, three draws and six defeats in a row in 13 matches, Bessa’s club has not triumphed in the competition since the defeat against the then red bottom Desportivo de Chaves (4-1) on September 18, in the fifth round . having also been eliminated in the fourth round of the Portuguese Cup and in the first phase of the League Cup.
Petit had returned to Boavista in November 2021 to replace João Pedro Sousa and remains the third coach with the most appearances (191) for the club where he made his debut as a footballer, leaving the field for the benches, behind Jaime Pacheco (359), who had led him to the unprecedented title of national champion, in 2000/01, and Manuel José (211).
In addition to improving the performance of the ‘drafts’ in the I League over the past two seasons, moving from 12th (38 points) to ninth place (44), they achieved an unprecedented participation in the ‘final four’ of the 2021/22 edition of the League Cup and increased the value of the assets of a club often hit by unpaid wages and barriers to the registration of new players.
Petit was attached until June 2024, but has completed his eighth coaching experience, having initially played for Bessa (2012 to 2015), Tondela (between 2015 and 2017), Moreirense (2017 and 2018), Paços de Ferreira (2017). and 2018). 2018), Maritime (2018/19) and BSAD (2019 to 2021).
As a midfielder, he stood out for Boavista, Benfica and German side Colónia, and represented the Portuguese team in the latter stages of the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and the 2004 and 2008 European Championships, scoring four goals in 57 international appearances.
Source: DN
