“We improved, but not enough,” says Mano Menezes after the loss to Atlético-PR | bay

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Mano created the initial team with news. Back after playing for Basel in Switzerland, Eric Ramires played on the right of the midfield, while Edson improvised on the right, since the coach did not have Nino Paraíba, suspended, and João Pedro, recovering from an operation. . Defensively, the team performed well most of the time. However, the attack produced little, which made it clear that the technician has not yet found his balance.

Despite the poor result, Mano Menezes saw positive points. For the coach, the team showed evolution with respect to the defeats against Atlético-GO and Corinthians, in the last days.

– The team has evolved remarkably in the fundamentals of the game. He takes the ball there, he knows how he wants to build, even if the opponent imposes difficulties. We have an outlet that allows quality construction. He has been defending better, because we are looking for that consistency, although I think that the goal we get is not a goal to carry. The team today faced a team with high creative power. Whoever saw Athletico-PR against Colo Colo, saw a team involved. Today we close the corridors, well positioned, we take up the ball a lot, which gives the starting point for a quick counterattack, which we have to work better. Organize ideas, work so that the team seizes opportunities. We improved, but not enough, because we lack crucial moments: the goal we scored, then we had the maximum penalty, which is an important moment to draw and have confidence to look for the return.

As Mano recalled, Bahía had the opportunity to tie the game with Clayson, who was responsible for executing a penalty suffered by Rossi. However, Santos defended the collection and ensured the victory of Atlético-PR. The play raises the tone of the criticism directed at the tricolor player, who does not have a good season with the Bahia shirt.

This Saturday’s defeat saw Bahia reach nine straight games without winning in Serie A. With nine points, the Bahia team can finish the round in the competition’s flashlight. Mano believes that, in addition to technical and tactical issues, it is necessary to work on the confidence of the group, shaken by the series of poor results.

– The team has been fighting a lot, he pressed. Details are missing. As a series of games go by as Bahia is without a win, it is obvious that it is missing. There is no point in wanting to build things that are not solidified as a whole. The result that everyone wants. And sometimes we even want without deserving so much, because football is not a game of justice, it is a game of competition. But the things that we are starting to build and I feel that the players, with each game, show an improvement in this understanding of what it will take to sustain the resumption of what we can do.

To evolve and recover within Serie A, Mano points out that Bahia only has one path.

Work is not very fun. But the only way we have is to work and work. Players are doing this. I am sure that in a short time we will combine results with good performance – said the coach.

Bahia will play again on Wednesday at 9.30pm (from Brasilia). The rival will be Botafogo, in Engenhão, in a match postponed for the 1st round of Serie A.

See other statements by Mano Menezes:

Are you worried about being far from the top?

– It worries more that it stays in the background. The striker is the goal, but the moment has priorities. We cannot allow this pressure to increase. We have to look for this resumption. So our competition will tell you the speed at which we can aim the most in the championship.

Clayson replaced by Elber

– Elber felt discomfort in the adductor. I couldn’t go back. We had already lost Gilberto to a calf injury and we couldn’t risk further aggravating Elber’s situation. We will evaluate this tomorrow. It was a clinical problem, not a technical one.

– The wardrobe of a team is very revealing, so we evaluate it as a feeling, as a behavior, to generate confidence or not. The result is, yes, an important part of that. But players also know how to evaluate issues that escape this result, such as performance, such as the security they have in the way they play. The team solidifies this idea and will create an identity, which will make it react in the championship.

– We will not analyze the nine [jogos], because everything is work. We will discuss all three with me. We had a bad game against Atlético-GO and we played two much better games against Corinthians and Athletico. If the team begins to show this improvement, it is noticeable to those who understand the fundamentals of the game as a whole. This improvement is what will give the possibility of improvement.

– Soccer cannot be separated, just think about the defensive or offensive part. Soccer is very connected. Against Corinthians we created a lot of scoring chances. Today we knew that we would create less, because the opponent does not allow it. Here is the merit of a team that manages to build a high line, which presses within its field, with light players. You will not create that often. We have many times reached the last part of the field in the condition of creating. Sometimes we make mistakes, for one reason or another, but I think we can fix it by working a little more. And the team knowing how to behave in the game. I can idealize a game, I like to attack more or less. But the team on the field has to perform to do both well.