Jardim and Pedro Emanuel meet again after five years, now in Brazil
Leonardo Jardim and Pedro Emanuel meet again on Thursday (29/10) at 20h at the Nilton Santos in the Flamengo v Vasco match, after just over five years without facing each other. In their five previous meetings Jardim did not lose, including the 2021 AFC Champions League semi-final.

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Vasco e Flamengo se enfrentam nesta quinta-feira (29/10), às 20h, no Nilton Santos, e colocam frente a frente dois técnicos portugueses com história: Leonardo Jardim e Pedro Emanuel nunca se cruzaram no futebol brasileiro e não se viam havia pouco mais de cinco anos.
O país ainda tem quatro lusitanos na Série A — Abel Ferreira (Palmeiras), Artur Jorge (Cruzeiro), Jardim (Flamengo) e Pedro Emanuel (Vasco) —, embora o auge daquela onda tenha passado.
Nos cinco duelos anteriores, quatro em Portugal e um na Arábia Saudita, Jardim não perdeu e levou o mais importante: a semifinal da Liga dos Campeões da Ásia de 2021, quando o Al-Hilal dele bateu o Al-Nassr de Pedro Emanuel por 2 a 1, com gols de Marega e Salem Al Dawsari, e depois venceu o Pohang Steelers na final.
O primeiro encontro foi em 2011/12: Pedro Emanuel no Académica e Jardim no Braga empataram por 0 a 0 e, meses depois, o Braga venceu por 2 a 1. Em 2013/14, o Sporting de Jardim goleou o Arouca por 5 a 1 e voltou a ganhar por 2 a 1 no returno.
As trajetórias diferem. Jardim, 52 anos, é dos raros técnicos que não jogaram profissionalmente e começou em clubes pequenos, como Camacha e Chaves, até chegar ao Beira-Mar. Pedro Emanuel, 51, foi zagueiro de destaque no Porto, onde ganhou a Champions de 2003/04 e o Intercontinental de 2004, e antes havia sido campeão português pelo Boavista em 2001. Como treinador, passou por Académica, Arouca, Estoril e uma longa lista de clubes no Chipre, na Espanha, nos Emirados e na Arábia Saudita até o Vasco.
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