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Interim coach Flávio Tenius summed up the cause of Botafogo’s elimination from the Brazil Cup: strategy and posture were lacking for the team to face a playoff game. After the 0-0 with Cuiabá, in Mato Grosso, this Tuesday, Tenius said that the poor performance in the first leg, in Rio de Janeiro, was decisive.
– We had difficulties because we faced 10 players in the defense field. We tried, we had opportunities. The question was not that game, it was the first. We didn’t have the stance to play a knockout, the importance of winning a home game. We even had more opportunities than today, he told Botafogo TV.
– For the Botafoguense in general, it is a result that nobody expected. It is very painful to be eliminated from the Brazil Cup. We saw a very good title shot, but we didn’t get it. Everyone is very sad, but life goes on. There is already a game during the weekend – he added.
– Photo: Vitor Silva / Botafogo
Leading the team in the last two games, with two draws, the goalkeeping technician still does not know if he will continue as interim manager until the weekend. The club is looking for a new coach and negotiates with César Farías, from the Bolivian national team. Bota agreed with the professional, but the negotiation with the federation is not easy.
– I don’t know if I’ll continue to lead the team. They asked to help in these two games, I don’t know if the new coach will arrive soon – he said.
While chasing a coach and trying to manage the internal crisis, Botafogo is also preparing for the next round of the Brasileirão. On Sunday, at 6.15 pm, Alvinegro’s team will face Bahia, away from home, for the 20th match.
Did the change of technician prevent you?
– No change of coach is beneficial. You go in one direction and then you need to find another way to play. We try, but there is no time to adapt. It was much more in conversation than in training. Mainly, he lacked posture. We did not understand the competition. We failed in the first game and left it to reverse at the opponent’s home. And the ball didn’t go in.
– Sadness is generalized. I don’t have to say anything about the players, they did the best they could. The ball did not go in. Let’s think about what happened, rest, and you won’t regret it because we already have a game on the weekend. We need to win. We have to assimilate this defeat, which was very painful. From tomorrow we will see. I don’t know if the coach will arrive. Let’s go back to the field, let’s go to work. We have no other choice.
