Diniz rules out changing the São Paulo defense for the goals received: “Inventing a monster” | Saint Paul

Upset during the press conference with some questions, Diniz recalled São Paulo’s performance in the 4-1 victory over Flamengo on Sunday in Maracanã.

– You are justifying the result. The questions are always justifying the result. I have changed (defense). It’s a matter of team posture. The team as a system has to know how to be consistent as it was against Flamengo. He has all the conditions to play what he played against Flamengo. You don’t have to make a change by inventing monsters. Speculate, find monsters when they found Flamengo lost there. They are trying to find monsters here now – said Fernando Diniz.

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– Against Flamengo, a powerful attack, with level players, we defend ourselves well. The boys missed two penalties, but they got penalties and one more chance. We had many more opportunities. With the ball built we gave very few chances to play in the Maracana. Today it lacked more intensity, especially in the first part. Lanús had the only chance in the second half: the ball that led to the goal in the 50th minute. How will you question the defensive system in the second half? – completed the coach.

Diniz admitted a poor performance by São Paulo in the first half in Morumbi.

Tricolor went into halftime with a 2-1 partial loss.

– You can’t know why you left, but I agree that it was the first time I couldn’t have. Flamengo’s match ended on Sunday. We brought a bit of the Flamengo game today. It was good for Sunday, because today I had to do what I did in the second half, with the same aggressiveness and dedication. He probably would have won the game even with a difference – said Diniz.

The coach also said that there are inexplicable problems in a soccer game.

– You lost the games. If it was due to maturity, it is to speculate what is missing. There has to be a certain humility that there is something you cannot explain. Against Fortaleza, the defense was posted, with the ten players close to the ball and we took the goal. I did not know how to concentrate, it can be several things. Speculate to justify what happened. He couldn’t have taken the goal and he did.

The elimination in the South American is the third for São Paulo in 2020. The team lost in the quarterfinals of Paulistão, for Mirassol, and in the group stage of the Libertadores. Now, there are the Copa do Brasil and the Brasileirão.