Abel praises the group and avoids prioritizing Inter: “What if I can win it all? Now is the time” | International

More than at ease in the club where he is an idol, Abelão showed his usual style, with a touch of irreverence, during the press conference. He immediately praised the work of his predecessor, Eduardo Coudet.

– The Inter team, I can’t say anything. He is doing very well in all three competitions. The work was very good. It is very important and challenging. He usually changes coaches because he is wrong. I will choose a team first. Curse! My responsibility is greater. It is a very well formed team and very good at everything. I hope to continue with this – said the technician.

Abel assumes Inter in the leadership of Brasileirão and qualified for the quarterfinals of the Copa do Brasil and the eighth finals of the Libertadores. And the coach avoids listing a priority for the season, even with a tight schedule, especially after the coronavirus pandemic.

– So if I can win it all, have you thought about it? I already have a very strong relationship with the fans. What I managed to win, what comes to us will be very good. Is the time. This club is very, very big. We had some bruising issues. There were three crusaders. It’s a lot. A tight schedule. I don’t want conflicts. It’s a good number of players. We don’t prioritize anything. Inter have not won the Copa do Brasil and Brasileirão in a long time. And they won the Libertadores in 2006 and 2010 – says the coach.

Abel disembarked in Porto Alegre late in the morning and was received by a score of fans at the Salgado Filho airport, shouting “Abel dear.” The coach won from one of them a cap with the inscription “2006”, in reference to the great achievements of the club.

The coach has also screened his debut this Wednesday, against América-MG, also depending on the publication of his name in the CBF Daily Newsletter (BID). Abel once again praised Coudet’s work and said that he should repeat the base of the lineup, but without Heitor and Rodrigo Moledo.

– We speak. We had a meeting. And then we will go back to the analysts to talk about America. See the virtues and, like the whole team, what has not been done well. But the work is not discussed. The quality is very high. I’ll try to put it, I’m not talking about tactics, about strategy, because it has very good characteristics. I’ve already run into issues on computers that don’t have features like these and will use them a lot. But my language, positioning of one or the other. Nothing changes. I don’t think the team will even change – he says.

Presented, Abel already commands this afternoon’s training at the Parque Gigante CT. In addition to him, technical assistant Leomir de Souza and performance analyst Alex da Costa arrive.

The technician is waiting for his name to be published in the CBF (IDB) Daily Informative Bulletin to find out if he will be able to rejoin the América-MG in Beira-Rio this Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. of the Brazil Cup. .

> More excerpts from Abel Braga’s interview:

Last week, Guardiola said he is a coach. He recovers, talks, but does not train. I will dare to shape what has worked. Of course, with my language, my way of having a strategy. But it is a team dedicated to the fight. Don’t have any doubts about it. So much so that he fights for everything.

The player must read and understand where he wants to go, he must understand the game. The changes are constant, positioning and posture. Some teams play with a low line. You need to adapt. There is no time to train and you need to be in conversation. You show yourself in conversation. It is so. You go to the court, it shows, but you can’t repeat it because the player needs to be on guard for tomorrow to be very strong in the 90 minutes.

Returns to Inter after six years

Soccer has changed a lot, but what soccer gave me the most was the satisfaction of the titles. See how I use the verb. What gave me the most football were friends. And on the list are Porto Alegre and Inter. There were many passages and joys. Different football in all aspects. An abnormal year. I never thought about happening and we don’t know when it will end. We are not aware of how we get it. There is little care. It is a more competitive football, with much more intensity, but it is still a game where you have to make decisions and think about the game.

My last works, Cruzeiro, a club I went to at a time that maybe I didn’t even accept. But a request from the players, who called me, they took it as it was. We were 10 games without losing, but after leaving Libertadores and Copa do Brasil, when he looked at Brasileirão, they had few points. Vasco, I stayed two months. There was a pending issue during my hire. In February, it did not happen. The parade arrived on March 13 and I took advantage of it, spoke with the president and left. There is nothing different. Abel is Abel.

It is a different game. A championship within a championship. Now I’m not worried about Grêmio. I am worried about the United States. We hope to do well. Lisca does an exceptional job. I cannot change the focus on what is to come. Until I get there, I know what a Gre-Nal represents. In the country, there is no classic with so much rivalry, of this magnitude. But the time that passes, now a time without winning. I’ll only think when the time comes.

Leaving Flamengo in 2019

The only thing I didn’t like when I left Flamengo was that there was no truth. They could look for a coach, but they didn’t tell me. I found it scruffy and put it down. I was champion of the Florida Cup, Rio champion, first in the Libertadores group. Then came Rafinha, Mari, Felipe Luis and Gerson. Is it offensive to say that Beira-Rio is the most beautiful in Brazil? I’ll keep talking and that’s it! I am transparent and I will not stop talking because I will dislike you.