Abel Ferreira values ​​the vacancy in the final and asks the Palmeiras squad for a “sacrifice” on New Year’s Eve | palms

After the match, coach Abel Ferreira appreciated the commitment of the players in Verdão and said that the team deserved to win.

– The result of a lot of work, many people, players, many departments, which gave us fantastic logistics. Players feel this responsibility to win. Of course, we gave our fans this joy, but we haven’t won anything yet, I don’t have much to celebrate, nor am I going to be very sad, they won’t see me celebrate much. The way forward is to move forward, value work above all else – he said.

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Due to the busy schedule, the Palmeiras players are still training this Thursday and will have free time on Friday, January 1. Abel Ferreira asks the team to “sacrifice” on New Year’s Eve, since on the 5th Verdão faces River, in Argentina, in the first leg of the Libertadores semifinals.

– We face challenges in life, and in life we ​​have to make decisions. The soccer professionals who play at Palmeiras have to have that too, have a different salary than other people. We have to thank God every day for this profession and know that we have to make sacrifices. You could stay until two, three, four, but tell the family that you have a goal, that it is historic. We have to make sacrifices, because we are professionals. Our instruction, our speech, we will do our best to fight as hard as we can for this goal. – said.

See Abel Ferreira’s other responses at the press conference below:

– It is the first time in my career that I take a calendar like this and I learn from the people who have been here the longest. When I arrived, we played eight games in the month. In December, we did nine. In January, we will do ten. It is not when I win that I complain or when I lose that I complain. We have a short team, today I wanted to have Wesley and Veron to help us, since those who came helped, like Mayke. Felipe, anyway … But, in the last game, it was necessary to use the smell of sweat.

– This tie, we just had to lose, we faced a team that was playing the game of its life, with a fantastic campaign. Playing against Internacional is the same, against Corinthians it is the same. We had full responsibility. By playing with the responsibility of winning … Therefore, that extra pressure must be appreciated, and we were able, as a great team that we are, to assume that responsibility.

Victoria with “sweat perfume”

– I can’t tell the players that we came here to reach the final and build the team with more restrained players. Sometimes it is necessary, it is my job to choose. I wanted to tell the players that we wanted to resolve the game in 90 minutes, so as not to miss the penalties. Scarpa did not compete for a long time, today Patrick helped us wonderfully. In my opinion, we had an incredible defense today, which helped with all the coverage. They were both perfectly flawless, controlling our opponent’s transitions. Luiz Adriano himself, Rony … But today, whoever entered, entered to continue helping the team. Nobody is above the team. Sometimes we can use a good perfume, other times we need to use the perfume of sweat.

– We play with an opponent who has always been in the final, who has played together for a long time. A team that has many fewer games than us. Now let’s take a deep breath, get the players back, give them a break for the New Years with the families. I already told you that we have to make a sacrifice. Let’s get ready. This is not the time to talk about this game, but we have to give everything to produce our dream, to give the maximum of each one of us to be prepared to play this game.

Physical situation of the team

– Do not make excuses. We have a short squad, one day less than the rival. We have excuses everywhere, but it is a challenge for us. We walk with 20 kg on our back, in relation to our opponent, and we will run with the same goal, which is to win. It is a game of many emotions.

– The best way to control our anxiety is to be sure of what each one has to do on the field, to focus on what they have to do. There is no use thinking about the future, at the end of the game. This makes us more anxious. Today, with all the humility that we must have, we were only winners. We won fairly.

About saving in Brazilian

– How long has Luiz Adriano not played? How long had Patrick not been playing? How long had Alan been playing? We wanted them to come in and have the same dynamic. By believing in them, we were able to have the team at least 10% cooler. We had 20 kg on our back, so we only had 15 kg. We are in all competitions. This Cup final has a round trip. To be very honest, I thought it was just one game, but here you like two games (laughs). Let’s play, no excuses. We will play two games.