Rafael Paiva recognizes the bad moment: ‘Vasco didn’t play well’

Cruz-Maltino is easily defeated by Fortaleza, in a match this Saturday (09), at the Castelão stadium and the coach admits a wavering phase

Vasco went to the Castelão stadium this Saturday (09) to face Fortaleza, in the 33rd round of the Brazilian championship. However, in a lackadaisical performance, he was easily defeated by his opponent and saw the fight for the Libertadores become more complicated.

Cruz-Maltino, in fact, leaves Cruz-Maltino in ninth place with 43 points, but could lose a position if Atlético were to beat Flamengo, in the match scheduled for Wednesday (13th). In the press conference, Rafael Paiva commented on Vasco’s fluctuations.

“I think we fluctuated with all the players. I think Vasco didn’t play good games. In these last two games we fluctuated a bit. These are two teams fighting for the title. I don’t know. I think it’s a sorry, but it’s difficult to play at this level, sometimes we even managed to do some things in our game plan on the right flank, but Fortaleza neutralized well,” said the Vasco coach.

São Januário’s team commander was also asked about a possible change in the team’s scheme and whether now would be the ideal time to rotate and make changes.

Vasco returns to the field on the 21st

“As for the structure, I think that yes, it can change. It’s important to think about it now. We also talked about it in the locker room: it’s time to change something to try to get it. We’re trying to maintain the structure and change some players, the trio changes central, looking for something that will take us to where we are today, on the front page of the championship for many rounds. We deserve to be there, but now we have five very important matches and we cannot miss out on South American competition”, summed up Paiva.

Vasco returns to the field on November 21st to face Internacional, in a match scheduled at the São Januário stadium, at 8pm (Brasilia time).

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Source: Terra

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