Vagner Mancini highlights midfield strategy and projects America’s sequence of games

Vagner Mancini highlights midfield strategy and projects America’s sequence of games


Commander alviverde also analyzed how America’s victory over the Corinthians was




América defeated Corinthians with a score of 1 to 0, on the night of this Wednesday (5/7), at the Arena Independência, in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Copa do Brasil. At the end of the match, the coach of the Alviverde team, Vagner Mancini, held a press conference and answered some questions from the journalists.

Right at the beginning of the press conference, the coach was questioned on the matter that América won and without conceding a goal from the opponent. Mancini was also questioned about an analysis of the match, which ended with the victory of the red and white.

– As for today’s match, I think the first half was a bit more balanced, we scored the goal. In the second phase, I think Corinthians had more volume than us and closed a little more than America. But it is the Copa do Brasil, they are decisive matches. The group stage, the four matches proved it, matches in which no one opened up much ahead, also due to the balance between the teams. And we are happy that we won.

Coach Alviverde was also asked about the starting lineup that faced the San Paolo team, especially from a tactical point of view. Vagner Mancini explained the reasons that led him to start with a more ‘populated’ midfield with four players and two forwards.

– The reading was based on what we had seen of the Corinthians. In the last few Corinthians games, Luxemburgo had held Fagner a little longer and released the [Matheus] Bidu. Bidu didn’t play today, Fábio Santos played, but there was also a balance between the two. Precisely for this reason we wanted one of the athletes to float between Fagner and Gil, so as to have a square in midfield, with two defensive midfielders and two midfielders.

Finally, Vagner Mancini was asked about the projection for the next matches, in view of the direct clash against Coritiba, over the weekend, for the Brazilian championship and also the start of the fight for the vacant place in the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana . , against by Colo-Colo (CHI) next week.

– In Saturday’s match against Coritiba, it is essential to have the strongest team at the moment, because we have to add points in the Brazilian championship. For the Colo-Colo match, and I’ve already said it before, our idea is to put in an alternative team, but not a weaker team than the one currently playing. I think it’s important to mix some pieces, also to have enough tactical coherence, that we are an organized, balanced team there in the Colo-Colo match, but for Saturday’s match the idea is to enter with what we have strongest today.

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Source: Terra

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