The Técnico do Verdão, on the other hand, revealed what the team was missing to put in a perfect performance against Atlético-MG
Palmeiras drew 0-0 with Atlético-MG, this Wednesday (9), and guaranteed qualification for the quarter-finals of the Libertadores. Obviously, the result was much celebrated by all the Palmeirians, in particular by Abel Ferreira, who praised the team’s performance and also joked about the risk of going into crisis after a hypothetical elimination. For him, only the goal was missing to be a perfect presentation.
In a press conference after the duel for the continental competition, the Portuguese coach said that Verdão didn’t deserve to leave the field without winning. In addition, Abele believes that the classification has begun to be conquered against Fluminense.
– That match began to be won against Fluminense, there is no other way than to rotate the team. Against Fluminense I didn’t find a decent result. Today the result didn’t seem right to me, but football is efficiency, we created and we had to have. We knew it was going to be difficult. I congratulate Atlético-MG, Felipão. But once again our team has shown that when we are united and we have bounced back, we are extremely competitive. Luckily we made it through this round, otherwise we would be in crisis. The only team not in crisis is Botafogo. We have a lot of ambition in this competition and we will do everything to progress to the next round.
Although he praised the team’s performance and valued the collective when it is complete, Abel Ferreira stressed that the only negative aspect of Palmeiras’ performance was the lack of at least one ball in the net.
– The team did very well despite the balance of the game. We had several opportunities and our opponent had one. We could have reached half-time with the tie resolved. What I liked most is that we had courage, we never gave up playing. Palmeiras lacked one thing, which is to score a goal or two,” he said.
Palmeiras now face Deportivo Pereira-COL, in the quarterfinals of the Libertadores. The dates and times of the matches have not yet been defined by Conmebol, but the certainty is that the second duel will be at the Allianz Parque, given that Verdão have the best overall season in the competition. Meanwhile, Alviverde continues in the dispute of the Brasileirão, in which he faces, this Monday (14th), Cruzeiro, at 19h, in Allianz, for the 19th round.
Source: Terra
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