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Corinthians ends 2020 at the top. After a difficult season, with eliminations in the cups and a bad first round for Brasileirão, Timão achieved three consecutive victories by making it 2-0 against Botafogo, this Sunday, in Engenhão, and ends the year with six games unbeaten.
In ninth position with 39 points, the team will continue in January in its search for opponents for a vacancy in the Libertadores 2021. Presented in October in a climate of distrust, Vagner Mancini has almost 60% of the points used in Timão.
– Many people give an opinion before things happen. Since my arrival we have seen a constant evolution of the team, and I am happy, football is very dynamic, it has to improve all the time. What was done against Botafogo can no longer be used for the game against Fluminense. The evolution of the team is notorious, the recovery of the players is what makes me most happy. I like the victories, I’m happy with them, I celebrate with them to strengthen the personal management of the dressing room, with all the employees – said the coach.
– The fans are satisfied because we managed to rescue the spirit of Corinthians, playing with soul, wanting to win the games, the fans like that. My contribution is the same as each one within Corinthians, I do not want to throw anything at my side, I am a cog that commands, decides, makes important decisions, but above all, everyone gets involved in your area and they also do everything everything possible for Corinthians to play well.
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One of the individual highlights of the team is Cazares. Author of the first goal of the game, the Ecuadorian was highly praised by the coach, with whom he had worked at Atlético-MG in 2019.
– He played another good game, he comes in a very good sequence, he already knew the potential of the player, it is once again the Cazares who decides, who sees, who has the last pass, who enters the area, finishes. Today he scored the goal, had another chance to score the second. We are facing great performances by Cazares, because he identified a lot with the group, with the club, it is important when we have a foreigner in the team and he feels comfortable. I see him happy, happy, playing with ease and he still has something to improve. With a longer sequence of games, you will surely perform better.
Vagner Mancini in Botafogo x Corinthians – Photo: Rodrigo Coca / Ag. Corinthians
Despite the reasons for celebration, the coach agreed that, like against São Paulo and Goiás, Timão took too long to kill the games.
– Do not doubt that today we are talking about a Corinthians that loses goals, that arrives with some ease, that has improved in the offensive aspect, but that has to kill the game before, I agree. But this is also the result of what happens in the game. When you have some options between shooting and passing the ball to your teammate, and we had the options against São Paulo, Goiás and today, you end up understanding that there was an evolution in the offensive system. We need, perhaps, to improve the last touch, the touch for the goal. This is the result of the adjustments, we will achieve them.
The next match will be against Fluminense, on January 13, for round 29, at Neo Química Arena. Timão, it is good to remember, had a game scheduled in round 28. The Derby, which used to be on January 6, will now be played on the 18th, due to the rival’s date conflict in the Libertadores.
