Tite, Flamengo coach Felipe Duest/Pera Photo Press/Estadão Conteúdo
Published 04/18/2024 00:56
Flamengo and São Paulo made the grand final of the 2023 Copa do Brasil, with the São Paulo team lifting the trophy inside Morumbi. Tite made a point of commenting on the greatness of the national classic, but highlighted that Rubro-Negro’s performance was worth a victory with an elastic score.
“They repeated the final of the Copa do Brasil, a traditional duel. We also lost to São Paulo in the last game of the Brazilian Championship (2023). The duel has the greatness of the two teams, two teams that perform well. But the feeling is that we could have transformed our football with the third goal. Not much happened due to the good performance of the opposing goalkeeper”, said the coach.
The red-black team performed with volume of play being highlighted, as well as exchanging quick passes at the edge of the area to create danger. With a controlled game, Ferreira took a discount in the final stretch and left the Cariocas in danger. Tite analyzed the goal conceded and considered it a physical problem at that time.
“And then football is a little game of chess, because when Allan has a cramp, he can’t do the recovery. He asks to leave, but the rules of the game don’t allow this stoppage. And it was precisely in Alisson’s sector that he did the play. Difficult. It’s tough. But, based on the performance, the result should have been more elastic.”
Check out other responses at the press conference:
Gerson’s return
“You (press) have the starter and the non-starter. They are all high-level athletes. Fortunately, Gerson is healthy and returning to his best condition. He wasn’t in the physical condition to play an entire game. Little by little, he’s regaining his fitness. Just like not I was in a position to play Arrascaeta today.”
Classic with Palmeiras
Response from assistant Matheus Bachi: “Palmeiras is a very strong team, with a consistent team and squad in recent seasons. It’s no surprise that they are the two-time Brazilian champion. We already analyze the opponent. We have an idea of what they can face , we will go deeper over the next few days. It is a great classic of Brazilian football, which is worth the same three points as it was today, so every round we play, we have to look for the three points, we have to give value. for every match we’re going to play and we’re kind of prepared for it to be Palmeiras, São Paulo, Botafogo.”
Players spared thinking about the next clashes?
Tite: “The question is correct, the question is coherent, but it’s not about saving. Otherwise I give the connotation that I saved. It wouldn’t work.”
Matheus Bachi: “First is to prepare for the game on the synthetic, then prepare the game for the altitude. First we have to recover, see on Friday how the athletes are for Sunday and then see afterwards.”
Is there priority in the season?
“We will fight for all the titles, you can be sure. It’s also not part of me to be a liar, not speak what I believe and not speak my truth. I know the fans want it, but it’s almost humanly impossible to win all the titles. Now we have two important games, you can’t have Arrascaeta in both. What are you going to do?
