Abel Ferreira dedicates the victory of Palmeiras to Wesley and Felipe Melo and says: “We saw a game idea” | palms

This Wednesday, Verdão did not have eight players for medical reasons and also due to the calls for the South American Qualifiers. But the importance of the group and the collective game was highlighted by the Portuguese coach at a press conference at Allianz Parque.

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– We lost eight players. Some of them were injured, right … I want you to know that this victory was to dedicate to Wesley and Felipe Melo, because unfortunately we will not have them until the end of the season, it will be difficult to have them back. I asked for that extra effort to win for them – said Abel Ferreira.

Without the defense considering a starter, Palmeiras entered the field with Renan and Emerson Santos on defense, and with Gustavo Scarpa on the side. The Portuguese coach praised the team game and the understanding of the squad in relation to the work of the coaching staff.

– Even when we go through difficulties, we will overcome them. Even when we lose, and we will lose, we will not make excuses. We will try to look inside and find solutions so that the team is always competitive in each game. That is what we saw today. Team that depends on the collective game, regardless of who plays. We saw a game idea.

– When I make mistakes I will be the first to assume, when it is not good to take responsibility. We arrived without time to train. I see the willingness and open mind of the players to learn and that is what I hope, all together, to be a competitive team. In every training and game to win.

Palmeiras 3-0 gives Verdão the advantage of losing by two goals difference to Ceará next Wednesday to advance to the semifinals of the Copa do Brasil. Next Saturday, the rival will be Fluminense, at Allianz Parque, for the Brazilian Championship.

See other excerpts from Abel Ferreira’s press conference:

About the game:
– We played a team six games without losing, a confident and organized team, we studied Guto and we knew it would be difficult. We create a dynamic team with quick recovery to find space inside the opponent and through the corridors. That was our intention, to be intense, to try to score goals quickly. Fortunately this happened at the end of the first stage, we continued on the same play and scored three goals very quickly. Then we try to control the game because we know that the games are causing wear and tear. It was important not to concede goals, to continue without conceding goals, we achieved that goal. We are in the first part, nothing is guaranteed. Anything can happen in football, you have to be alert and continue with the seriousness that we show today.

Gustavo Scarpa:
– I had already seen Scarpa play alongside Vanderlei. But I don’t like to make changes between players when they don’t want to. I did a simple exercise and he made himself available to help the team in a position that is not the original one. What I want to say here is that if Tite listens to me, and it’s good that he does, he’s very good in that position. He was a fan of Roberto Carlos, because of the way he crossed and hit the ball. It seemed to have eyes. We have Matías Viña who is top to defend, a maximum intensity, and we have someone who can give us an extra in the offensive aspect. It has a crossover accuracy well above average. It was someone who sacrificed himself to play in a position that was not his. We had talked about thinking about a possible situation for another left back, but with this will that he showed, to attack and defend, I will ask him if he wants to continue on the left because he has a future here and who knows in Europe.

Emerson Santos and Renan in defense:
– I have to give credit to whoever was with us since we arrived, which was Renan and Emerson, it was an extraordinary training performance. I tell the players that the rules are clear, they only play 11 and five enter. They are clear to me and to them. Everyone gives their best, nothing is missing within the club, we have structure, I feel the obligation to play to win. I passed on this message, nothing is missing in the CT, everyone tries to do their best so that the players do not miss anything, we have to have this obligation from the first to the last minute. I don’t know if we will always win, we always have to fight to win. This message that I have to convey to the players. It was in this context that we believed in Renan and Emerson. Coaches must give confidence to players and players must show confidence to coaches.

Patrick de Paula:
– Patrick is looking to get in shape. Many times we have to be patient with our children, we want perfect children, who behave well, but sometimes obstacles appear that we have to help. He is a boy that we know of the quality that he has and he strives to recover his best form. Neither Abel, nor Neymar, nor Messi nor Cristiano can always be in the best shape. May our colleagues, parents, players help. When I criticize Palmeiras I am not criticizing my team, the criticism is usually fair and true and we have to. In others, we have to support and help each other to be better.

About reinforcements:
– Let’s look inside. We have a squad with experienced people, very comfortable, with many willing players. Renan, Emerson, Danilo … We saw Lucas Lima, who hadn’t played with me and he played brilliantly. Willian, who gave a phenomenal answer, but unfortunately missed. He had some trouble helping the team. Who comes, comes to balance. We have good players and it will be difficult to replace the players who are. Now we just want to balance position 11. At 9 today we have Gabriel Silva, who did very well. We needed an alternative for Matías Viña. There are 19 games in a row, we have a very competitive internal solution and Breno comes from this perspective. We lost Wesley sadly and we need a player to accelerate from the outside. Breno enters into that context.