:strip_icc()/s01.video.glbimg.com/x720/8872148.jpg)
[ad_1]
Sport beat Fluminense 1-0 on Sunday night, in the Ilha do Retiro, and jumped to the tenth position in the Brasileirão. In the field, Rubro-negro ended up pressing until the end, but held on to the result. Coach Jair Ventura acknowledged the team’s drop in performance during the game, but highlighted the achievement of three points and the performance of the defense.
– If I speak only about the second half, we forget about the first. We did not maintain the same performance. But we must remember that it was the first game that we did not concede goals, we had an excellent game against Coritiba and we ended up losing.
“Now, the glass was half empty and half full, in a situation where we needed to win. We are in the first part of the table and we have jumped five positions with this victory.”
Sport x Fluminense Jair Ventura – Photo: Marlon Costa / Pernambuco Press
The coach considered the situation of the match for Fluminense, who left behind on the scoreboard 12 minutes into the first half. Faced with this scenario, he praised the performance of Sport’s defensive sector. After all, this was the first of six games with coach Jair Ventura in which Rubro-negro left the field without leaking.
“We have to correct the situation in the second half, but we have our rival, who scored an early goal, who wanted to find the result and ended up shooting more. Not conceding goals is a good situation, but you have to find that balance to have a performance repeated in both halves that we know we couldn’t maintain throughout the game.
Rubro-negro will play again at 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, when they host Corinthians, at Ilha do Retiro, for the 12th round of the Brazilian Championship.
