Taffarel Denounces Emerson Leão After Anti-Foreign Coach Comments at CBF Forum

Overview

• The 1994 World Cup winner called Leão “arrogant” and “overbearing” and said he should not criticize Carlo Ancelotti, posting the rebuke on social media.
• Taffarel alleged Leão tried to undermine him at Atlético-MG and said he belittled staff and those below him during their time at the club.
• Leão told the 2nd Brazilian Football Coaches’ Forum at CBF headquarters that he does not like foreign coaches working in Brazil, speaking in front of Ancelotti.
• The reaction followed a podcast account reposting an interview from late April in which Leão disparaged the idea of a foreign Brazil coach; the repost surpassed 700,000 views, according to O Globo.
• Coverage notes similar complaints from former coach Oswaldo de Oliveira and recalls Leão’s 2009 on-air denial of persecuting Taffarel, with no new rebuttal from Leão reported in these articles.