Fernando Diniz defends Tiago Volpi in São Paulo and talks about the “massacre” of Gabriel Sara | Saint Paul

Uncomfortable with asking a question, he praised Gabriel Sara (author of two goals in the classic) and harshly criticized the way in which Brazilian soccer “massacred” people. The 21-year-old was being criticized and the coach kept him on the team.

– Like Gabriel Sara. They all wanted to slaughter the boy as if he were a small, smaller player, and the coach an idiot putting into play. It is nothing of the sort.

– It’s not because he scored both goals. It’s because it’s good, if it weren’t, I wouldn’t be playing and goes through this transition process. So we’re going to kill a lot of kids, who could be gamers, because he has to put up with grinder people. Does not stop. He always wants blood. Today they must be talking about Tiago Volpi. That failed, but it’s not okay to talk about the defense that made Luciano’s kick (against) super difficult. He did a miracle. He will talk about failure, as they should have said about the failure of Cássio (Corinthians) against São Paulo. Always the negative – he added, critically.

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Diniz returned to praise Gabriel Sara at another point in the interview, again in a tone of rapture:

– I’m talking about Gabriel Sara again. I’m not protecting anyone, I’m protecting my family. As if there was an idiot here to put the player to protect. It’s stupid. Nobody evaluates the tactical part, what moves, how he pushes the line back, scores and presses the ball. They see how easy it is: a pass, a shot, a failed domain. That way, young players will be detonated. But even here we are very insistent, to give him more time and confidence to try to continue his life as a professional player for São Paulo – said Diniz.

Asked specifically about Marinho’s goal, Santos’s second, on Tiago Volpi’s failure, Fernando Diniz said:

– It was the alternative I had to do. People must be questioning Volpi, but we certainly have one of the best goalkeepers in Brazil. It has saved us a lot. It could have been unhappy. I haven’t checked the lens yet. I have full confidence in him, when the acute moments come he will protect us as best he does.

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With the result in San-São, Tricolor passed to 18 points in the table of Brasileirão. The next match will be against River Plate, on Thursday, at 7pm, in Morumbi, for the resumption of the Libertadores.