In a press conference, coach Dorival Júnior avoided regretting Sao Paulo’s 2-1 defeat against Fortaleza this Wednesday, in Morumbi, in the Brazilian championship. The coach saw a good performance from the reserve team and preferred to turn the key to the Copa do Brasil final, against Flamengo.
The commander justified the choice to preserve the main protagonists of the squad before the big decision. He declared that the risk of losing tonight was calculated by the technical staff.
“The risk is imminent, but it is calculated. We cannot adopt a different strategy from that developed at other moments of the season. We had to make a choice and I think it was correct, we reached the final and we almost reached the final” . South American Championship,” assessed Dorival.
“It’s a match, anything can happen, especially with a qualified team like Flamengo. We have to be very careful. That’s why we are working to correct some errors that occurred during the matches. The fans who see the team give themselves away on Sunday”, He added.
Despite the result, the coach praised Sao Paulo’s performance and said that the team deserved better luck. The defeat increases the Tricolor’s drought in the Brasileirão, which has now reached eight games without a win in the tournament and finds itself ever closer to the relegation zone. The gap from the Z4 is only four points.
“The so-called reserve team had an excellent first half. We deserved more luck. We tried, we kicked balls to the post, it stopped for the goalkeeper, who played a great game. But I see that San Paolo is playing football of quality. We are in a sequence of eight games without winning, I know, but from Monday we will turn the key to the Brazilian championship. We want to recover those points that we lost”, he commented.
The second match of the Copa do Brasil final, between Sao Paulo and Flamengo, is scheduled for this Sunday, at 4pm (Brasilia time), at the Morumbi. After beating Rubro-Negro 1-0 in the first match, a simple draw was enough for the Maracanã to win the unprecedented title.
Source: Terra
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