Ney Franco shows surprise with Cruzeiro’s defensive mistakes and highlights: ‘We have to play much more than we are playing’

Ney Franco was surprised by the way cruise was defeated 3 to 1 to CSA, this Saturday, in king By, in Macei. In a post-match interview, the coach claimed that he even emphasized, in the pre-match conference, the quality of the defense to protect plays from above, both on corner kicks and side fouls. It happens that the praise builds the victory over the Fox precisely by exploiting this deficiency of the celestial defense.

At 11 ‘into the opening stage, Cleberson was released after Leo was startled by a deflection by Pimpo at the near post. The defender CSA s had the job of putting the ball in. The cruzeiro defender failed again in positioning in the 28th minute, when Alan Costa took advantage of a cross from the right. In the final stage, it was Cac who did not pay attention to the movement of Pedro Lucas, responsible for the third goal in the 28th minute.

“These two set goals have changed the situation a lot. Now it’s up to us to take something positive to reinforce and it shows that we have to make adjustments to set pieces to improve in the next game. When the game is balanced, the details of dead ball can be resolved ”, projected the coach, who was looking for his second victory this Saturday at the command of Cruzeiro.

Offensively, Cruzeiro did not behave as expected either. He went up in a different scheme than previous games, without a reference striker (Marcelo Moreno He was suspended for the third yellow card), the team closed the game with left-back Matheus Pereira as the great striker and author of the only heavenly goal.

During the interview, Ney Franco was aware of the need for Cruzeiro to evolve as a team. In position 15 of Srie B of the Brazilian Championship, and a position may also fall in the event of a Botafogo-SP victory over Brasil de Pelotas, this Monday, the celestial team lives in a complicated situation in the fight for access to Srie A.

“It is up to us to enter the field and win our games. The fans generated great expectations for the optimism we have, for the club’s jersey, for the tradition in national competitions, but we will have to play much more than we are playing. Players know it. We are in an extremely difficult competition, “he added.