Andrey Lopes sees “small evolution” in Palmeiras and praises the players union | palms

It was the third game of the interim Andrey Lopes in charge of the team: he lost against Fortaleza and won against Tigre, for the Libertadores. In his opinion, there has already been an evolution in Palmeiras in these parties, even if it is small.

– The team has evolved a bit, but very little. We have a lot to do. We continued with what was being done. But we still have our turn to play in two games, we have the last 16 of the Copa do Brasil and the Libertadores. We scored two good goals, against Tigre and today, with eight goals, without taking. This is an evolution. But you have to work and go step by step. We took that weight off the four bad results of the Brazilian. We played a good, consistent game and achieved a good victory, he analyzed.

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In Andrey’s opinion, the union of the athletes was the differential of Palmeiras to end the bad moment.

– Fundamental are these players who are here. They came together around one goal, which was to win today. They got together for that. We have our training needs, everything related to the game. We have to improve, but their union around winning today’s game gave us a very good result – he said.

At the press conference, Andrey also spoke about his career plans, evaluated Palmeiras’ performance and commented on other matters. Check it out below:

– What I like the most is seeing a balanced Palmeiras, who knows how to understand the game and knows how to play at speed. The players are top notch, I hope they have this balance of knowing the moments that the game presents. Today they had this, this factor is important. They did it today too, in the fourth against Tigre. This is essential.

– The option for Felipe is for his experience, his reading of the game. Luan played on the side he’s used to. There was no problem, Luan played a good game, they got along well, the two played a great game.

ABSENCES OF DANILO AND GABRIEL VERON

– Danilo and Veron are in the U-20 team because of the work they do here. I’m glad they’re there. But I’m sorry they’re not here, I’d like to have them, they started on Wednesday, they won’t come back on Thursday. I’m sorry they’re not here, but I’m happy to be there, it shows the power of the Palmeiras group.

WILL GABRIEL MENINO BE ON THE SIDE?

– They called him twice from the side, today he is like this, but he is versatile and intelligent. If he stays on the side, he fights for the position with Mayke and Marcos Rocha. If you have to go to the middle, there is no problem either.

EXCESS OF ATHLETE FINISHES

– It’s Brasileirão. Atlético-GO has not lost in four games here. Even with this difficulty, we do not score. We have managed to control this danger zone to some extent. There is no game in the Brazilian that does not suffer from the opponent’s actions. Atlético had the same score as us. It will always be difficult.

DO PALM TREES FIGHT FOR THE TITLE?

– Palmeiras always have to fight. The distance is great, but we have two games this turn. You always have to fight. Copa do Brasil and Libertadores are open, fans can be sure that they are always fighting.

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