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Between December 30 and January 30, Palmeiras will have played ten games, a figure that Abel Ferreira risks considering unprecedented in football. Even with the marathon in the period, the coach believes that he will reach the final of the Copa Libertadores with the ‘entire’ squad, after forgiving most of the players in the last two rounds of the Brazilian – today (26), against Vasco, 12 players were not even related.
“It must be the first time in history that a team has ten games a month. Challenge to those who like football [a pesquisar]but I am convinced that we are one of the only [equipes] have ten games in the month. It is tough, heavy and as coaches we have to think about the present and the future, globally. Power management and game at full power. In each game those who were at the maximum played ”, he explained.
“It is humanly impossible, today we had players only one day apart and they did the job well in the first half. We did not score more goals, but the process is there. The management was done and it was thought to be able to reach the tenth game, and now I can recover the athletes for three days to have everyone available for the grand final. We managed to arrive, with God’s grace and with our work, with the entire team for this final, “he added.
Weverton, Marcos Rocha, Gustavo Gómez, Luan, Viña, Danilo, Gabriel Menino, Zé Rafael, Raphael Veiga, Rony, Willian and Luiz Adriano were saved against Vasco. In addition, Gómez, Felipe Melo, Patrick de Paula and Gabriel Veron recovered from injuries and won minutes in this sequence from the Brazilian.
With a highly modified team and the entire reserve bank made up of athletes from the base categories, Abel liked the performance against Vasco, especially in the first half, when the team was not feeling so tired. Players such as Mayke, Alan Empereur, Gustavo Scarpa, Breno Lopes and Gabriel Silva were the starters, despite the fact that there was only one day between the loss to Ceará, in Castelão, and the duel in Allianz Parque.
“What I like as a coach is to see a team that had never played together, we never saw Felipe Melo, Scarpa and Lucas Lima in the middle, Renan on the left side, Gabriel Silva in front, who has a lot of quality., But with a long way to go, Esteves as a forward – and the team creating. How can this team be built and has this quality. Goals are lacking, the best teams fail. The most important thing is to see the identity. We, in difficult physical conditions, he had the team with good ball circulation. [Temos de] Valuing what has been done before, the commitment of the players, the kids who entered ”, he praised.
“Now it seems easy, whoever plays below [no sub-20] you will reach the top and you will need to compete. The boy who does not compete is out. Vanderlan entered to compete, Renan, who had not played in a long time, entered to compete. I’m going to talk about both of them, but they deserve it, because we cannot think that with children we will achieve everything. You have to compete ”, he concluded.
Verdão begins to prepare exclusively for the final of the Copa Libertadores. The team travels tomorrow (27) to Rio de Janeiro (RJ) and will face Santos in Maracana, on Saturday (30). The departure is scheduled for 5pm.
