Odair celebrates victory in his 50th match for Fluminense: “Sovereign departure” | fluminense

– The game had two different moments, which was “11 against 11” and the one after the expulsion. Even in “11 against 11” and even leaving the scoreboard behind, the danger play may have been only the goal. Even in the first half, we had already had the penalty to tie, creating a situation even to open the scoring. And even with the adversity of not scoring 1 to 1 at the penalty spot, the team had maturity, calm and balance to continue playing and produce game situations.

– The team was mature, balanced and then, when it had the numerical superiority, it prevailed in all aspects on the pitch.. The team that has one less player, sometimes suffers less, sometimes suffers more. Today Atlético couldn’t play, they couldn’t create situations, because we continued or even improved the aspect of maintaining possession, with the patience to unbalance the opposing team from side to side, to find spaces inside and outside, because they lowered the lines, closed the center of the field.

– You had to be patient, not slow, but patience to unbalance this very closed, very compact blocking system and, therefore, also the player options that I made today so that we could, through passes, short movements, make this superiority in the marker. And so did the team. It was a sovereign game in all respects.

With the result, Fluminense reached 38 points from 24 games and jumped from eighth to fourth place. Tricolor, however, will need to support Grêmio and Inter this Sunday to close the round in the G-4, the direct qualifying zone for Libertadores. The next date is Sunday, well, in a classic with Vasco in São Januário.

– Happy for the group’s response, happy for the walk. Nothing has been won yet, half the competition, you have to keep fighting, working and advancing until the end, if you continue like this, with this position, the players with this commitment, the direction with this great job that you are doing, with It will surely reap good fruits. This is the way. Step by step from step by step.

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BEST DEPARTURE FROM MARCOS PAULO?

– Of course, when you score two goals in a match, such an important match, you end up attracting attention. But he had played great games before, today he played one more. And the good thing that it was a great victory for the group, for the team. As I always believe in the collective process, he once again made a difference so that he and other players could perform as they did today.

BEST POSITIONING FOR MARCOS PAULO

– Regarding the role and position of Marcos Paulo, he really has the possibility of playing in these roles (lateral of the field and as a false 9), perhaps with a little more difficulty to play from the center forward. It has the characteristic of going between the lines, looking for the space to receive that pass and making the play, the penultimate pass or even a submission. He’s not that guy who, when he’s playing 9, will fight for the aerial ball, first ball. It does not have this feature. So we try to get the most out of this game when playing indoors. Sometimes you need that move. But in these other moves, it’s easy and it will grow a lot.

“He is a young player with great potential. He has a very large growth margin. He will evolve a lot.”

CALEGARI RELEASE OF THE SUB-20 SELECTION CASE JULIÃO POSITIVE TEST FOR COVID-19

– It’s something we’ll talk about later. But if Calegari goes to the national team, we also have Daniel. We trust Daniel. He is more of a player of the base categories who, if given the opportunity, will show his talent, his quality, as they are showing. We have total confidence in the group, in the boys of the U23. And football is sometimes an opportunity. Maybe Daniel is missing an opportunity.

– Of course we would like to have Calegari, but it is not possible to stay as long as the players are called up, taking away this possibility of going to the Brazilian team. They also want to go to the National Team. It is also an individual game. But we will know how to manage this whole situation, so that Fluminense is the most important in the final aspect.

MARCOS PAULO, NENÊ AND GOOSE’S CHOICE TOGETHER AT A CERTAIN TIME

– The first move we needed was to attempt a tactic variation. With the opponent’s positioning going down the lines a lot, closing midfield, compacting those lines, they weren’t sprinters (which we needed). They were dribbling players, one-on-one confrontation or technical players, penultimate pass, definition pass, infiltration pass.

– I also put a center forward to have a finisher. It makes no sense to have this breadth and not have the definer. It is a boxing match. In order for you to produce and beat the opponent in that aspect of the organization he was in, you need to change and vary the movements. Breadth and definition will be done by crossing. The other will do a little infiltration. Another will try to pass from the inside in a table imbalance, infiltration.

– And these players, Marcos Paulo, Nenê and Ganso, give this characteristic. I made that first move, I gave the team time to meet, if they understood, and I would make a second player move “one on one”, if we hadn’t turned the game around, because then we would have to add the dribble player, to break the brand and the imbalance. We have already managed to mark with this feature.

OPTION FOR MIGUEL, LITTLE USE AND MUCH REQUESTED BY THE TWIST

– Miguel is a young player. Within his role, we have other players who are acting: Ganso, Nenê, Marcos Paulo. It has good dribbling characteristics, it is smart, it has quality. He is a great player, he is a young man with exceptional potential, who little by little will make his way, as is happening and like other players, such as Luiz Henrique, Martinelli, André, Daniel, Luan. I’m sure there will be an opportunity for Miguel too. Of course, in this role there are more players and players acting, so it turns out that we cannot provide many opportunities.

Sorry not to use CAIO PAULISTA

– I already said that there are many players in this role. Caio scored a very important goal in the victory against Inter and today I did not put Caio. And I leave here with a broken heart for not putting Caio in the game. Before finishing I said: “Caio, I wanted an opportunity for Miguel, to put him in the game a bit to show him that he is part of the group, that it is important, that it is a process to go through.” But I’m sure that Caio left very upset and quite well, because he had done well, he had been decisive. It was decisive against Atlético-MG, Internacional. To give Miguel a little chance, as I have done with all the boys on the base. And so I think the process is.

RECOGNITION OF PERSONS RESPONSIBLE AND CRITICAL ON SOCIAL NETWORKS

– Enjoy and thank the Fluminense fans. The majority always gave a lot of strength to this group, they always were at all times. There are always situations, mainly “on” Twitter, living in another world, with which I do not agree, I do not agree, but they continue to bother me in every way. The Fluminense fan has always believed in the process and supported the team.

– Until three days ago, there was even a banner for … What is Brazilian soccer, right ?! Unfortunately we suffer from this type of situation, but it is part of it and I, as a professional, have to be prepared for it, go ahead and give an answer every three days. Here we have to calmly evaluate victory and defeat so as not to lose our balance. I have always known what my processes are, what my job is and I will keep going. To continue with my convictions about football, the methodology, the tactical variations, to advance in this very difficult market that is the coach market. Satisfying everyone does not go, the process of criticism and doubts is part of it. Keep going strong and strong.

MORE ABOUT CRITICS BETWEEN FLUMINENSE’S GOOD CAMPAIGN IN BRASILEIRÃO

– Everything can be done on the social network, right? People are hiding behind a computer. And sometimes he claims to be a Fluminense fan, but he certainly isn’t, because he just gets in the way. It is only upsetting the environment to say something negative. Then when defeat happens, everything becomes more powerful, which should not happen. That kind of situation shouldn’t even have a voice. And to emphasize the true fan. It is not that the fan does not have the right to charge, to criticize, on the contrary. I mean a very specific part, not the fan. I mean a specific part of the Internet, a bad process. Bad not just for football, but for people. People fight, compete, accuse each other … They are in a fight, destroying people’s reputations. And this is no different. There is a group that just does this and says they are a huge fan of Fluminense. I don’t know if you don’t realize that it only hurts.

– When they do not have the victory, they grow, they keep their nails this big … They do not value what is happening, of a club that has been in financial difficulties for years, that president Mário Bittencourt took over in seven months to pay 10 salaries. … With difficulty paying salaries, looking for money, maintaining structure, improving structure … It is a process. There is no magic, not even in life and especially in football. And above all without money. It is a slow, difficult process, because there will be oscillations, defeats. That is where you have to have strength, conviction. These things hinder the Fluminense a lot. It is not little, it is a lot. I am a boy who does not live in the social network, to get to the “section” of Tik Tok it took me three months and my daughters to talk … I did not even know what Tik Tok was.