Two months after leaving Botafogo, Luís Castro still has a lively relationship with the club and the victorious team he has assembled. The coach, who accepted a proposal from Al Nassr, from Saudi Arabia, declared that Glorioso will be Brazilian champion. And he jokingly asked for a medal at the end of the year, sharing the credit with the other colleagues who did the job.
“A medal for Caçapa, a medal for Luís Castro and three medals for Bruno (Lage), I think that’s fine (laughs). I don’t know if it will happen. The medals in our lives are much more than what we feel and for the recognition of medal itself. Botafogo being champion as I hope it will be this year, this title it can get has a lot, a lot, a lot from last season. It was decisive for what is happening this year, “he said , in an interview to ‘Canal Goat’.
According to Castro, the change of attitude within the club was as important as the structural evolution and the arrival of reinforcements.
“The most important thing is the winning spirit, not the miserable spirit that I found when I arrived, that we were the poor ones, that when I lost a game it felt like I lost ten… this mentality is installed in Botafogo. Yes a very strong group was formed, which protected itself, and we had to shield ourselves,” he underlined.
Castro is against a Botafogo motto
Still on the subject, the former Alvinegro coach says he has always rejected irreverent slogans, such as “there are things that only happen with Botafogo”, precisely because of the defeatist tone. But which, moreover, were directly linked to the precarious situation he found in March 2022. At the end of his answer, he categorically declared that the club will be champions of Brazil.
“People weren’t getting paid for a long time, they didn’t have the necessary conditions, and changing that mindset was a huge job. Putting together a team was easier than making people understand that they had to think differently to infect those who worked on the field day to day. “Ah, but everything happens at Botafogo”, and I said: “Enough! They can good things happen too”. Today it is a highly prestigious club in front of everyone, with more prestige, it will be champion of Brazil, it will be a great celebration, everyone deserves it”. he assures.
Botafogo lead Brasileirão today with an 11-point lead over Palmeiras. Scenario, by the way, very similar to the week of his departure. Proof that the work of the successive technical commissions has been maintained at an excellent level.
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