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Florida Cup: U.S. trip may improve players' chances at Atletico - Giacomini

The assistant manager sees the tournament as an opportunity for his players to show they can be valuable to new boss Roger Machado

ORLANDO, FL — More than a mere assistant manager, Diogo Giacomini has become something of a go-to man at Atletico-MG. Proof of that is the fact that, not long ago, he took over as a caretaker manager for Marcelo Oliveira, dismissed just before the second leg of the Brazilian Cup finals last year.

And, again, he has another great task at hand: to lead a young Galo group of players at the 2017 Florida Cup, with the first challenge against Bayer Leverkusen just around the corner this Wednesday at 7 p.