The equalizing goal came after they lost possession inside the penalty area.
RB Bragantino was eliminated by Água Santa, in Vila Belmiro, midway through the semi-final of the Paulistan. The regular time tie prevailed and Nettuno won on penalties. At the top of the scoreboard and close to the state final again after 33 years, a mistake by Cleiton generated the opposing goal and cost Massa Bruta dearly. As for the failure, Pedro Caixinha, coach of the Paulista team from Bragança, defended his athlete.
– As for our players, I will always protect them. Mistake is part of life. When he enters a football field, the mistake can happen more often than others, but we have to support it. What we cannot fail to have is competitive spirit, fighting, winning secondary balls, being a united team, being a pressing team. This is what we cannot help but do. Now, stop supporting players because they make mistakes? Not that. If we want them to take risks, we have to take them. It was a bad choice, it cost us a draw, but we will support him without a doubt – said the coach.
After the frustrating loss, Bragantino has two eliminations in just five days. With only the Copa Sudamericana and Brasileirão in the season, Caixinha started talking about preparing the squad.
– If we get to the final, we’ll have four days off. Since we’re not, tomorrow we’ll train in the afternoon. Tomorrow we will start preparing the whole program for what are the only two races we have left. We have to pay very special and deep attention to how we are going to deal with this – said the Portuguese commander.
Projecting the continuity of the season, the coach does not believe that the team has had a great year so far, especially against the Brasileirão’s Série A sides and has turned on the alarm signal for the changes that must occur to obtain more stability in the domestic competition .
– We can’t think of facing a Brasileirão with this regularity, these ups and downs and having this competitive inconstancy which, in my opinion, is linked to these irregularities and these results. Paulistão was not good. In the quarter-finals we played the better game, but today, here, the performance was much lower than expected – concluded Pedro Caixinha.
The next match for RB Bragantino will be for the Copa Sudamericana. The confrontation has not yet defined date, place and opponent, but these questions will conclude with the CONMEBOL draw, which will take place on 27 March.
Source: Terra
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