Artur Jorge regrets the draw: “Perfectly avoidable”

In the press conference after Botafogo’s draw against Criciúma, this Friday (18), the coach cited the errors that culminated in the result

League leaders Botafogo drew 1-1 with Criciúma on Friday evening (18th), at the Maracanã, in the 30th round of the Brazilian championship. The result was not what the Juventus fans, who filled the stadium, expected. Coach Artur Jorge spoke about the environment found and was surgical when asked what was missing for the victory.

“We needed to win. Our main objective was to win the match and we didn’t succeed. Regarding this great crowd, which once again gave us its presence and was at our side during the whole 90 minutes, I don’t all that remains is to say, thank you very much because in this way we will be able to achieve our goals”, began the coach.

Botafogo’s next match will be against Peñarol, Wednesday (23), in the first match of the Copa Libertadores semi-final. When asked about the possible influence of the tie on the decision, the commander replied that it cannot and should not be.

“The result is negative for us because we wanted to win. It cannot and must not influence next Wednesday’s match. We will be prepared to be able to give the response we want, because there are two matches to play.” a semi-final of the Libertadores, a very high demand, and we will try to be prepared for what will be the challenge,” he said.

On the equalizer: ‘It was avoidable’

Criciúma’s equalizer came just three minutes after Botafogo’s, in the 49th minute of the second half. Regarding the goal conceded, Artur Jorge said it was perfectly avoidable and also cited the mistakes made, but underlined that the fight continues.

“Regarding the goal conceded, I have to say that it was a perfectly avoidable goal. We had an individual error, we had an error of judgement. And this is unacceptable for the team that is fighting for the three points and needs the three points.” To continue the championship we had to know better how to maintain that advantage, which was very important for us. It was avoidable, it was more our mistake than the opponent’s creation. But the fight continues and we must continue on our way”, said the coach.

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Source: Terra

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