Odair approves the performance of Luiz Henrique in the vacancy opened by Evanilson: “We won another option” | fluminense

– We were putting it more in the field. I do not label. He can be a forward from the field, he can be a forward from within. Today we give him more of a center forward, with a very specific characteristic of movement, depth, but adding the imposition that he has as a pivot, to the header, he has a good shot. I think he had a great game in every way. He felt no discomfort in relation to the movements, the function. It was really good. We win another option in this role, which is so important to the team. We have Fred, we have Marcos Paulo who does it from the inside, we have Felipe to whom we are once again giving an opportunity. I think we won another option with Luiz, who showed skill.

+ Marcos Paulos celebrates the advantage of Fluminense and says: “They will have to go out more

Fluminense found it difficult to break the blockade of the well-armed Atlético-GO defense, led by Vagner Mancini. The goal came only in the second half, and against, scored by defender João Victor. Despite the circumstances, Odair called the result deserved.

– Fortunately we won. And we succeeded because we insisted on our construction, we exchanged some pieces to change the characteristics of the game, so that we created the volume, the opportunities -which were few for both sides-, but that we were creating until we reached our goal. The victory was deserved, a victory by only one goal, which shows how difficult the game was and the difficulties we will have there.

The second leg, which decides a place in the round of 16 of the Brazilian Cup, is on Thursday next week, in Goiânia. With the victory, Fluminense has the advantage of the tie. As there is no longer a qualifying goal as a tiebreaker, any victory for Atlético-GO by the slightest difference leads to the definition of penalties. Asked about the return match, he joked:

– Let me go home, Daddy, take a “poison”, rest my head (laughs). It will be an extremely difficult game. We still have an important match for the Brazilian Championship. We go day by day, game by game, to always deliver the best on the field to our fans.

That’s because before Fluminense go to Recife to face Sport, on Sunday, for the 11th day of Brasileirão. And due to the sequence of matches, Odair does not rule out making changes to the team:

– Now turn the key. I trust the group. The players have given a very good response, they have entered very well. We will make an evaluation for Sunday and we will put the team that is more prepared, stronger mentally, physically, technically, so that we can achieve a good victory also in the Brazilian. We will do this study and evaluation in all matches, as long as we do not have a distance to better recover the players.

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Victory dedicated to friend Eduardo Silva, Dudu, International’s physical trainer, who died this Wednesday after suffering a stroke, and with whom Odair worked together with the club in Rio Grande do Sul.
I want to express my deepest condolences to the family of Dudu, a physical trainer with whom I had the opportunity and the honor of having worked in Internacional, myself as a player, he at the beginning of his career. We lost it today, sadly. I was trying, fighting. We as friends have been sending prayers for the best to happen. I got the news when the game ended. I’m sad. He is a member of soccer. I would like to pay this tribute, dedicate the victory to Dudu. Strength and light to the family to move on. Feelings for Mano and Sidney, two co-workers with him for a long time, who are certainly quite sad today. This victory is in honor of everything he did in football.

More congratulations to Luiz Henrique
Luiz Henrique is a boy with excellent characteristics both in technique and physical. We go up to the professional in the integration that we have with the Sub-23 and the Sub-20. He excelled in training, gained body, showed quality, strength, climbed steps, showed personality.

Evanilson-like features?
He has physical abilities very close to Evanilson’s. He is a very powerful player, with good speed, with good imposition, also playing from the back, which the role requires to continue the game. He told me that he already played that role there too. There are players who have specific characteristics for certain functions, but there are players whose characteristics that have been proposed to the coach, within a team building, give rise to certain functions. It felt really good. He has other characteristics, a first ball, an important aerial ball dispute, he can do very well in this role. He is a born striker, who can play loose, open, he has shown this ability and we hope he continues, he is only at the beginning.

Slowness
Oscillations will occur at certain times, and I hope these movements will take time to occur to us. They are happening to all teams. We have wavered less until. We were a little slow in the actions in the 1st half and this is directly linked to the lack of opportunity to be able to recover the players, train them, face them with the mistakes and successes that we made in the matches, so that they progress … The players They are Surrendering in all forms, all forces, but there is no way. There will come a time when some players will feel the sequence a bit, the team as a whole will end up feeling it too. In the 2nd half we improved with the ball, to change the pass with a little more speed to unbalance the rival.

Praise to Atlético-GO and Vagner Mancini
I want to pay a compliment to Atlético-GO and to Vagner’s work. They came here from the game and drew a draw, when we were good until we were sent off, they gained confidence that after that game they beat Vasco and Bahia, they tied with Grêmio with more chances of winning, which shows that they are a good team , extremely competitive and has gained confidence. It was a very difficult match. Congratulations to Vagner and the opposing team for their work.

Five base boys at the end of the game.
A lot of people say that we don’t give grassroots boys a chance. We finished the game with three ahead, Calegari and André, five in total. Evanilson was here, he sold himself, he generated an economic part for the club, now he opens opportunities for others. There are other actors in this integration work with the U23 and the rank and file. Fluminense has always been a generator of players. We are providing opportunities and will continue. I have no problem with age. I give an opportunity to that player who is evolving day by day, in games, who is showing ability. You have to congratulate them and integrate all the work. This shows that the grassroots work is good and we are managing to provide opportunities.

Preparation for the game against sport
Fluminense needs to maintain a standard of technical performance, the construction of the game, even when working outside the home, must be organized within the game. And it seeks to recover as many players as possible. Talk to the scientific part of the club about the possibility of giving the opportunity to other players, due to the wear and tear of the sequence, to build the strongest team in every way against Sport, which had a week to work and recover the players , comes from a restart. with Jair. Extremely difficult match, but we want a good result. But for that, we need to rest, train positioning and make the best decisions to strengthen the team, physically and technically.