Sonnen gets the better of Wand in a football challenge led by Joel Santana; watch

Wanderlei and Sonnen in the coaches' challenge under the guidance of Joel Santana. Photo: YouTube/Reproduction

One of the most anticipated moments of any season of The Ultimate Fighter, the challenge from the TUF Brasil coaches had an unfavorable outcome for Wanderlei Silva. Shown on last Sunday's program (04), the race won by Chael Sonnen he combined elements of speed and explosion with ball control and finishing on goal. All of this under the command and instructions of coach Joel Santana, famous both for his tactical clipboard and his peculiar English.

Joel has already started the challenge with good humor, using one of his main catchphrases to describe the route to be followed by the fighters. “Next, he runs to move with the ball. From the left, from the right and from behind (from the left, right and behind)”, said Joel, who continued giving instructions mixing Portuguese and English.

After good-humored instructions from Joel Santana, the fighters started and continued side by side until it was time to control the ball. That's when Wanderlei Silva It started to get complicated in the test. On TUF Brasil 1, when he shared technical functions with Vitor belfort and took part in a penalty shootout challenge, the Curitiba native had already revealed that he was not very familiar with the ball and this statement was confirmed during the ball handling section. Even though he was also experiencing clear difficulties, Sonnen took the lead just before scoring the first of the three goals needed to come away with the victory.

Sonnen's superiority remained until the end of the challenge and the North American came out on top, winning by three goals to two and earning R$75 (R$50 for himself and R$25 divided between the rest of your team). Wanderlei's defeat prompted a jab from Joel Santana. “The challenge was very good. You coaches They did the circuit well, but Wanderlei was a little slower in handling the ball. We can't lose to the Americans, man! Americans don't play football. American plays basketball. The ball is with us”, said “Papai Joel”.

Check out the video below with some excerpts from the TUF Brasil 3 coaches' challenge:

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