Felipão praises Cruzeiro’s power of reaction, values ​​the point, but questions the refereeing in Mineirão | cruise

The coach remains undefeated, now with three wins and two draws on Cruzeiro’s second pass. In the game on Monday night, when the team ran into difficulties against Bugre, the coach said that, due to the circumstances of the game (which had Fox with one less for 39 minutes, due to the expulsion of Pottker), the point should be valued, even at home.

– What I want to praise is that, with 10 players, we started to play well, even better than with 11. We had the supremacy of the game when we tied, we had the manhood and the desire to get the tie, which we knew would be important. for us.

“In the end the victory we wanted did not come, but this draw, under these circumstances, was good”

Asked about what most caught his attention in Mineirão, he said that it was precisely the dedication of the Cruzeiro players, who did not give up in the face of difficulties. Felipão admitted that Cruzeiro had difficulty canceling Guaraní’s attack, which surprised him by using Bruno Sávio as a “false nine”, moving sideways. The technician highlighted the work carried out by Felipe Conceição in Bugre.

– The fighting spirit, the will, the determination (draws attention). They did not give up. We had problems with the movement of the center of the field and the Guaraní attack, because they used a player in the position of nine (Bruno Sávio), who was not nine, who came out and joined on the right. Then with a little correction from Jadsom, who moved to the left, he improved a bit, but they did have the game and created opportunities. Good job from the Guarani, who have a good team, well developed in the middle and in attack, and they played a spectacular game.

In Felipão’s opinion, however, Cruzeiro also performed well, mainly because he managed to chase the scoreboard. In his opinion, the team might even have won the turn at the end.

“But I think that Cruzeiro played a very good game, they went to get a draw on three occasions, and the last one with ten, even having one or another opportunity to, who knows, turn around.”

The execution of the arbitration was highly questioned by Cruzeiro, mainly due to the expulsion of William Pottker, who received a yellow card at 8 in the second half and another at 11, for allegedly hitting Bidu with his right arm, which in reality did not happen. But Pathrice Wallace Corrêa Maia sent the forward to the locker room earlier.

Before Felipão granted an interview, the president of Cruzeiro, Sérgio Santos Rodrigues, addressed the microphones to question the arbitration and request sanction by the CBF. The coach also considered the punishment unfair and questioned the fact that the fourth official and the assistant, who were close to the play, did not help the referee.

“If there was a VAR, I am sure that this expulsion would not have occurred”

– We know and we saw that, when he dominates the ball, he dominates turning to attack, and he cannot turn with his arms close to his body. But it is a situation that some referees understand one way, some understand another. It does not work, it will always be like that. There will be interpretations, but what exists is also the fourth official to help, the flag to help. One looks at the other and does not know what to say, that is the situation.

Other responses from Felipão

– We scored three goals, something that we did not have, but due to the merits, also, of the Guaraní, who worked the ball very well. Some players stood out today, in general. We imagine a team a little different from them, but they had a qualification in the exit of the ball, mainly with the center forward who did not play on the inside, so he made things difficult for us and we did not get the goals, which is not normal for us to take . Let’s fix it, let’s talk to the players, let’s watch the game again, to see if we make fewer mistakes.

House put in order

– We are not thinking about qualifying, we are thinking of getting out of the difficulty first, and getting out of this difficulty costs a little more, because we are down there nine or ten times, between 16, 17 … so you have to know the time to get things done. I’m trying to show you that this is our way. First, get out of where we are, calmly, with discipline, with will. We end the game with six or seven boys. This is how it is little by little, doing what Cruzeiro is doing. Cruzeiro had a debt of so many millions, but it has already dropped 30% or 40%, it is already negotiating, it is beginning to put the house in order, and I am happy to participate in this project. Hopefully we will achieve it this year and the years to come, within what we have planned.

– Let’s see if we can, then, work mainly in the defensive sector, to correct these defects, and the middle sector, so that it has a little more technical ingenuity to put the attackers in better scoring conditions. We are going to work on that these days. The physical part is very good, we already set up a system to work next week, but in the technical part we will give more emphasis to the midfield.