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Who is Abel Ferreira, the coach who will run for Palmeiras this season? The 41-year-old Portuguese has a disciplinary profile, he likes to arm defense teams and play on the counter. In the Champions League preliminary match, when they eliminated Jorge Jesus’ Benfica, Greece’s PAOK, now their former club, won 2-1 with just 27.6% possession, eight submissions (half of Team Lisbon) and two on the doorstep.
The team led by Abel did not reach the group stage because in the next qualifying round they lost to Krasnodar by the same score (42.4% possession). The average of the Greek team in the five commitments that they played between the Champions League and the Europa League was 47.3%, with 63 presentations, 20 in goal and five in the networks. In these engagements, PAOK suffered 51 finals against their goal, 19 certain and six became opponents.
Statistics TruMedia / ESPN show 49.9% ball possession at home and 43.6% away, in these last matches, when the Greece team made, on average, 23.4 crosses per game. The blog spoke with journalists and a tactical analyst from Portugal and Greece to learn more about the profile of the new Palmeirense coach. Before PAOK, he had a good time in Braga, a kind of “fourth force” in Portuguese football, behind the current champions, Porto, and the most important teams in the capital, Benfica and Sporting.
“He is an apprentice to Jorge Jesús and was a player of the former Flamengo coach. He says he tactically learned a lot from him. His style of football is vertical and with tactical rigor. He also usually defends 4-4-2, but he has little experience. in great professional teams. It was two or three years in Braga and recently in PAOK. In Braga he broke many club records, more points, victories ”, summarizes Pedro Bouças, from Channel 11 in Portugal.
“Abel is an intelligent, good type of strategy and who knows how to read the game, he likes to play with two forwards and he gives a lot of importance to those who play in the middle, where they prefer to have someone to make (the team) play. they appear at the forefront to unbalance ”, adds Paulo Alexandre Santos, a Portuguese radio journalist (Comercial, M80, Smooth FM and Cidade) of the Media Capital group and co-author of the podcast Bola ao Lado.
Abel Ferreira leads the PAOK training in October 2020: variation and tactical rigor
Image: Playback / Twitter
The journalist Gonçalo Lopes, who writes for the web Plataformamedia.com, sees the new Palmeirense as a coach who likes possession of the ball, with total control of the game: “It is not too risky, it starts by giving priority to the defensive process” He always looks for that defensive stability, so he can have an interesting three-ball outing in the middle and then a blocking attack that seeks to suffocate his opponents. “
And in Greece, what is the image that Abel Ferreira left behind? “He is a coach who doesn’t stick to a tactical plan. During his time at PAOK, he played 4-3-2-1, 4-4-2 and 3-4-1-2. He tries to make the most of his side. Their teams begin their training both for them and for the centrals. Here they began with problems in defense and at the end of last season they went from 4-2-3-1 to 3-4-1-2 “, reports The Greek journalist Antonis Tsakaleas, from www.repress.gr and the website paok24.com.
“I really liked the choice (of Palmeiras). After Jesus, he is undoubtedly one of the best Portuguese. In group management he is strict and takes out those who do not behave as he wants. Complying with the rules, he is not friend of the players, although a bad relationship is not created. It is disciplinary, but fair. ” Bouças adds. “He seems to me to be a very pedagogical coach with the players. The problem is only the difference between Brazilian and European football. It depends on adaptation,” Santos warns.
“PAOK were more solid, but had trouble beating teams playing defense. They won matches against Besiktas and Benfica on the counter attack, but couldn’t beat strong defensive teams like Volos and AEK. Problems scoring goals. I think he will try to make a solid defense and will work to find the way for the team to have scoring chances, ”predicts Tsakaleas.
“He is very cautious, cold and calculating. In the style of Mourinho. It is not good to expect spectacular football, like JJ’s, but much more pragmatic. It will depend a lot on the team you will have. In Braga’s first year and now at PAOK “He played like this, balanced, always behind, and then looking for a well thought out and suffocating counterattack. cleaned Jorge Jesús in the Champions League ”, highlights Gonçalo Lopes.
The Portuguese journalist recalls that in Braga’s second year Abel lost his balance in midfield, but he was almost always able to easily change his strategy in the middle of the game, for various systems. “As he did not have such a good midfield for all three, he played more in depth. His preferred option is to start playing back and then midfield to advance the ball. Abel’s favorite model is a 4-4-2, moldable during the game. game. Since a midfielder is always further back, not a 4-1-3-2, because he likes the midfielder to go up a bit more to support the central pitcher who leads the game. “
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