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The main highlight of Palmeiras’ loss to Delfín, 5-0, on Wednesday night, by Libertadores, was Gabriel Veron, who scored two goals and had a great performance in Verdão’s qualification for the quarterfinals of the tournament.
At 18, he is considered the biggest revelation of the club’s base in recent years and has been gaining more and more space with coach Abel Ferreira.
After the game, the coach even praised the boy and said that he sees him with the same value as Neymar, sold by Santos to Barcelona in 2013 for 57 million euros (R $ 182 million at that time) – today it is in French Paris Saint -Germain.
– I’ll tell a story. Luis Campos is the director of Lille (from France) and he was my coach when I was Verón’s age. I went to talk to him about coming to Palmeiras. The first player he spoke of was Veron. Meet all the young people with potential. You know it has a lot of quality. I always tell Veron to remember what got him to this level. It is impossible for Palmeiras to sell this player for less than what Neymar sold to Barcelona – he said.
Palmeiras coach Abel Ferreira against Delfín – Photo: Marcelo Zambrana / Estadão
Abel Ferreira also explained some decisions he made in the Palmeiras squad for the game against Delfín, such as the absences of Zé Rafael and Rony, who started among the reserves.
– For me, all decisions are made in what is best for the team, no one is above the team. We seek in each game, with the Health and Performance Center, to understand who are the players who can give the maximum performance from the beginning and thus we choose the best for each game, with this performance from the beginning. Ron has been fantastic, Zé Rafael too. Emerson Santos did not play and had been fantastic – he explained.
The goals of Palmeiras 5 x 0 Delfín, for the last 16 of the Libertadores
In the Libertadores quarterfinals, Palmeiras will face Libertad, from Paraguay, who qualified by eliminating Jorge Wilstermann, from Bolivia.
Check other topics discussed by Abel Ferreira at the press conference:
– Collective work of everyone, from the board of directors, key players, technical teams, all those who work in the TC and give all the conditions. We often like to individualize, but I like it. We win and we lose. Each one contributed their best effort so that the players could perform at their best. It is the result of the work of many people.
Patrick de Paula injury
– Today we lost a player who was Patrick, he is already coming in a sequence of great intensity and performance. Through our post-game analysis, we have meetings that allow us to choose who is in better condition. There was no one to shoot Patrick, he was already up, we couldn’t get him out in time.
– I don’t think much about others, what happened. I try to convey this to the cast. The important game is always the next one, be it Libertadores, we will play wherever, if it is in the Brasileirão or in the Cup, the objective is the same. I don’t think about the future, tomorrow you can fire me. I don’t live with it. I know the potential of my team. I control my work, the team. Tomorrow is built in the present. They have shown in each game that they want to achieve the objectives.
– We have 24 hours to recover. We will see how tomorrow and then they will recover. My role as a coach and my staff is to find solutions. I would like to have everyone available, but it is not possible. Let’s see how we are going to build. But whoever plays will do everything possible to help the team, he has had an extraordinary performance. Wish I had more ruffles and socks, but we don’t have them. Let’s look for solutions. The players have good ideas, resources, I also like to listen to them. We will be competitive, no matter who plays.
– It is the coach’s job to be like a teacher. And the ultimate function is teaching while playing. If they understand the game, they can play in any position or system. My side or my wingman must know the role of the teammate. When they know the game, they can play in any position. The Palmeiras base also thinks about it, empowers the players, teaches them to play in different positions. For me, players have to go through all positions, to feel what their teammates feel. It is a training process that allows a lot of sensitivity to the players. Palmeiras does that, luckily for me. But I need to remember again, young people are as important as Weverton, Luan, Gómez … This mixture of irreverent youth and field experience, which also demands the most of them, is leading us. The groundwork is very well done. They have an irreverence that gives soul to the team, but I can’t help talking about the more experienced ones that are important for development. They are open-minded and thirsty to win.
