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The coach Abel Ferreira did not hide a certain dejection after yesterday’s defeat (21), by 1 to 0, against Goiás, his first setback since he took charge of the alviverde. For the Portuguese, his players deserved to have left the field with a better result, due to the difficulties they managed to manage until the final minutes of the match. It should be remembered that, in addition to the 21 absences that Verdão could not count on, Abel lost Luiz Adriano, injured, and Mayke, sent off, still in the first stage.
“Today was a game with many incidents. Some controlled, others not. We have to get used to the fact that football has random factors. The truth is that we started very well. With 10 seconds we already had the opportunity to score, then unfortunately The injury of Luiz Adriano and the expulsion of Mayke. There are many setbacks, but the team knew how to readjust. We knew that with one less player we had to be extremely intelligent, “he said.
“In the second half, the rival did not create any opportunity beyond the goal he scored, from outside the area. It’s football, a goal at 40, 30 meters, a great goal. This team did not deserve to be penalized with this result , but it is football. I said that we would not always win, that one day it would have to happen. It was, but it was in a way that I have nothing to say to my players. We will suffer, but tomorrow is another day “, said the technical.
Abel also couldn’t hide a yellow smile when asked about an unusual challenge he had to face due to the high number of absences from Palmeiras: the use of athletes who did not have the opportunity to train with the squad in the days leading up to the games. , or because they could not, due to isolation due to covid-19, or because they never did, as was the case with Fabrício, who entered the field after Luiz Adriano’s injury without having trained once among the professionals.
“It is another novelty. We will have to play with players who have not trained with the team. I do not do magic. It is difficult to expect players to give their best without training with others. Today Gabriel Menino arrived, today Fabrício arrived without having I never trained with the team. But anyway, I always said and I will not run away. I am responsible, it is my fault for everything that happened today. The changes, good or bad, are my responsibility. But tomorrow is another day. It is the illusion of the players we have. Every day is a new day and we will always try to choose the most competitive team to face our rival, “he said.
The commitment of Wednesday (25) for the Libertadores, by the way, does not seem to have been part of Abel’s plans until this Saturday (21). The coach reaffirmed his method of planning match by match training sessions and said that Palmeiras will begin preparing today (22) for the first leg of the Libertadores round of 16.
“Our priority is always the next game, which until now was this one against Goiás. We tried to get as much information as possible, give an answer based on the players we had in hand, have a competitive team to win the game. tomorrow (22), we will think about the next rival, which is Delfín ”, he concluded.
Palmeiras will take the field against Delfín, from Ecuador, on Wednesday (25), at 7:15 pm (from Brasilia), in Manta, Ecuador. The second leg, at Allianz Parque, is scheduled for December 2.
