Mancini identifies problems at Corinthians, considers offensive changes and praises the GP | corinthians

In ninth position with 45 points, Timão is today six points behind Grêmio, currently in sixth place.

– I still believe (in the classification), I am optimistic on duty, today was an atypical match due to the things that happened the day before (the wrong cases of Covid-19), we lost important players, but I am not here to make excuses, I’m here to tell the truth We played low, we made mistakes, we had great volume, real opportunities to even draw and turn, there was a penalty, but if confidence is going down we have to recover this squad.

– I cannot accept technical and tactical poverty at times and that this team believes and does not advance (the chances). Charges will be made. Corinthians wasted a great opportunity to touch the forefront. Our 0-0 chances were real, we controlled the game and all of a sudden we scored two goals. How to regain (trust)? Be in control of the game, know when to attack and defend. That balance that we lacked cost us three points.

Mancini promises that the team will evolve in the days until the match against Ceará.

– Today Corinthians played more than Bahia and they leave here defeated, we cannot find this normal. So you have to make this type of collection, the adjustments are going to happen, obviously, so that in the match against Ceará we have a more qualified game content.

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The coach was asked about the team’s defensive performance. In the 4-0 losses to Palmeiras 2-0 to Red Bull Bragantino and in the 2-1 to Bahia, the team conceded two goals in the first 45 minutes. Before with defensive strength, today the team has been suffering a lot in games.

– Defensively the team has been suffering, which we cannot admit. We had a totally balanced team. He showed that until he had the two goals, it was the team that was in charge, that had the best actions, we scored a goal in a lateral foul and in a counterattack, in which we had two defenders and a defender and we got the goal. We will need adjustments. In the others, he had a different story, but in today’s game you cannot be superior to your opponent, who would play life and allow him to go ahead and expand the score.

– As much as we had volume in the second stage, he scored the goal, there was the scandalous penalty that the referee didn’t even want to look at. Let us remember that Corinthians has been injured in several plays, this does not remove our mistakes, they will be charged, but I have to say that there was a clear unmarked penalty in which the reaction could arrive – he said, complaining about Ernando’s assumption. penalty fee.

In addition to the goals conceded, Mancini admits that the team has been having offensive problems. He said he considered putting together a team without a forward, but embezzlement from the round prevented the switch.

– I also like that possibility. For today’s game, we had no way to do it due to the absence of several players and several athletes who could perform this role. It is obvious that you cannot have a team that plays only one way and maybe even today we would use a different team, but sadly, we had a lot of problems.

– From now on we have to see the best scenario, put together a safe team that can bring us more security on the pitch and that we don’t waste so many chances, as this is linked to the team’s imbalance. If you arrive several times before and cannot complete the play, it is clear that there is also an imbalance in the offensive part.

One player who was praised was the young Gabriel Pereira, the GP, who entered the second stage and built the play of Gabriel’s goal. The coach said he will investigate whether he can play the role of Cazares, who is injured.

– The athlete is used to playing on the sides of the field, he feels very good there, but it is obvious that I will get this information, even to know if he has already played inside or not at the base. I also think that today he started very well in the game, he ended up being decisive in some plays, he is more of an athlete than we, in this current context, are evaluating.

Corinthians returns to the field next Wednesday, against Ceará, at the Neo Química Arena.

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– I cannot be satisfied with any performance today, we have to be realistic, Corinthians played a game below what they can do, they did not lack dedication and fight, they looked for the result until the last second of the game, they were more focused on him second than in the first, it would be unfair to analyze the individual aspect. The team fought a lot, but it lacked refinement, making the best decisions and that impacted the result of the match.

• Replacement for Fábio Santos

– The departure of Fábio is due to the wear and tear of the last matches. We even had games behind Lucas Piton, who played this role. From the moment I saw that the team needed more energy, the input not only of Raúl, but of all the other players, was precisely to contribute a little more strength and speed, at a time when Corinthians were looking for reaction.

– We still have real possibilities, we only depend on us to try to get this place in the Libertadores. We’re not throwing in the towel at all. I think that, just as I believed in my arrival that we would react quickly, adjustments were made in the team, which began to play, and now we must make adjustments. We arrived at a time perhaps with a team worn down by the sequence of games, but that for God’s sake does not sound like an excuse, but we have to present a better football. It’s hard to think ahead when you’re fighting for something. All those involved in the matches are part of a cast that is being analyzed.

– For all this, you have to be calm, without wanting to take a step forward before normal, understand well why we are fighting, but you always have to improve, not only in squad, but in quality of play, tactical quality, this is the role of the coach and also of the player. So from now on we have, even thinking about the season, a better performance in the games to come.

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