The Botafogo commander credited the triumph to the Alvinegro fans
Commander of Botafogo, Bruno Lage exalted his players after the victory over Internacional, for the Brazilian championship. The coach congratulated the team on another historic moment that is being played out in the competition in search of the title.
– It’s a historic moment. These players made history today by breaking the scoring record in the first round. The players fully corresponded to what Botafogo stands for. And also the fans, who once again filled the stadium. Today I had breakfast with a group of fans. I saw a man bigger than all the others and he told me that he hadn’t seen Botafogo play for a long time and that regardless of what happened, he wanted to see Botafogo play well and with an identity. I was feeling very energetic beyond the work week. I conveyed that confidence to the players. This is what fans want to see. Look at the team and see that there is a team that represents their colours.
Recently in Alvinegro, Bruno Lage sees his team with great confidence, especially after being questioned due to the last two draws against Cruzeiro and Guarani-PAR, where the team failed to score and equalized twice.
– Maybe today people will better understand all the work we’re doing in six, seven games. It hasn’t been a month since I’ve been in charge of the team. We succeeded perfectly. We are continuing the work that has been done. We have added points. We went from one knockout and used 25, 26 players total. It was a game with a number of opportunities. In the match against Cruzeiro, people criticized him. That day I didn’t feel the team with energy. Today we make up. We scored three goals. Internacional played a great game two, three days ago. The coach is always meant to be judged by what he decides. What makes me happy right now is that the first round is over and I see and feel enormous trust from the people who work with me, I feel the trust of the players and only a great team can do what they did today during the 90 minutes.
With the win, Botafogo reached 47 points and managed to pull off the best campaign in the history of the first round of the Brasileirão. The team also opened 16 points ahead of Flamengo, Fluminense, Palmeiras and RB Bragantino.
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BUTTON PROJECT
– When I arrived, I understood from John’s words what the Botafogo project was. Then in the conversations I have with André (Mazzuco), Adriano, Alessandro… The Botafogo project is very simple. We had Rafael, who unfortunately couldn’t join the team this season. Di Plácido has replaced him and we have JP. On the left we have Marçal. We have Hugo, who arrived from the base, who was perhaps one of the best in the first half. The job was to create, in a short time, a team that could be competitive with players of this maturity. In that conversation with the fans, many said they didn’t know Tiquinho could be like this. We have very experienced players, but we are also preparing for the future. This walk will be very long. We will not put enormous pressure on Hugo, Diego, Mateo or Janderson. Let’s put them in a favorable context so they can continue to evolve in training and competition. So that they have influence in the game, like they have today. The confidence these guys have, the tremendous work they do and the belief they have in playing what they just played. At this moment we have reached the record. We have 47 points. Have you ever seen a champion with 47 points? So we have a long road ahead of us.
SYNTHETIC LAWN
– A good synthetic is better than a bad lawn. I was curious to understand. It’s a different synthetic. When I first entered the day of the presentation, normally synthetics have more rubber, but this one was designed differently. And what’s great to see is that the home team play fantastic football. The three games played at home were quality.
GAME OPTIONS
– We started the match well. Lucas Fernandes had three good chances to score, it was he who had Botafogo’s top three placements. Then comes the goal from Internacional. We’ve had 10 minutes where the team wants to fix the issue quickly. Then the team had two more chances with Eduardo. Luis made a good start on Wednesday and we thought he would be the right man to keep the pace going. Internacional have lowered the lines, so we had to keep a man with characteristics to push the defensive line even further to give space to Eduardo.
DIEGO COSTA AND TIQUINHO SOARES
– It’s one day at a time. Let’s see how it fits. I just know that we have a great player. I already knew him, but this team is full of great players. And shoot who? Edward? There are no owners. Luis came in, made the cross and scored.
DIEGO COSTA
– I didn’t talk to him, but I put a lot of pressure on him to come. The important thing was that we were all comfortable with Diego’s arrival. He is a man of unity and comes to help. Come with great spirit to join this team.
Source: Terra
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