Luxembourg understands the burden on Palmeiras and admits: “The team can and must give more” | palms

Even with the tournament’s only undefeated campaign, Palmeiras has seven draws and only four wins in 11 games played thus far.

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– There is a strong demand from the fans, I think the team can and can win more, we are working on that. I think the question arises, do we have room to produce more than what we are producing – he evaluated.

Palmeiras has only one victory as the main one in Brasileirão, precisely when they did not play at Allianz Parque, against Santos. In the arena there were draws with Goiás, Internacional, Sport and now Flamengo.

Without the presence of fans in the stands, the alviverde team does not win in the arena on August 2.

– The advantage of playing at home without fans is complicated. The fans really need you to be able to cheer on the team, the player, various things, and the opponent comes here, closes it, it’s a cold game. Not only Palmeiras, it is a reality in Brazilian and world football. The pandemic has taken the fans out of the stadium and they have no human warmth – said Luxa.

Regarding the preparation of the match, Vanderlei Luxemburg regretted the mess of Flamengo, CBF and Justice. The Rio team delayed the start of the match by about 20 minutes.

– We got here, there is a game, there is not, then there is and there is, the opponent comes, does not come. Then we go out to the court and we stay inside waiting for the opponent to arrive, to enter, outside of normal time, everything affects the players. It’s a shame because it is a game of two great teams, two great teams, it is a shame that all this happened before the game.

See other excerpts from Vanderlei Luxembourg’s interview:

– We are working hard and looking to grow, look for something different. If you say the team is playing all it could play? No. It has room to grow, and that is what we are looking for, the room to grow. Of course, in a Brasileirão you play more for wins than draws, and we have drawn a lot and that makes the difference. In home matches, people favored us in a match against Flamengo by Covid and everything that was created before, but Flamengo has a great team, with high-level players, a base category that he likes. Palmeiras are very strong, we knew it would be a difficult game as it was for us and for them too.

– I think the result for me was just bad, his goal came long after our goal. We had to leave them a bit longer, they were going to be more exposed and we could have a better counterattack. But here comes the quality of the player, difficult ball for the defender, difficult for the goalkeeper, strong ball as it was kicked, suddenly scores against … Merit of Flamengo, I think we had some chances, their goalkeeper made two great defenses, Luiz’s header, then the kick, two wonderful saves, I think the game was presented and the result of a classic, normal draw.

-We do not want to lose it, we are working calmly, the insistence is complicated. We took it off and put it on, I thought it was going to stick, in Bolivia it went well, Grêmio didn’t, so I put the handbrake on him, because they hired him, a player who has talent to play, today he beat Grêmio, created situations, you have to have confidence, that’s why I speak, they are the players we have and we have to trust them, the support helps a lot. Rony played a good season at Atlético, and in Palmeiras the burden is different, and he is adapting, he will find his moment. We have to be calm and negotiate with him how long he will play, whether or not he will enter the games.