The coach of the Raposa quotes that the state tests were not sufficient in his preparation for the Brazilian and highlighted Cassio’s growth
Cruzeiro beat Missol 2-1 to his debut for the Brazilian championship, this Saturday (29), in Mineirão. In this way, the celestial team rejected part of the distrust in the performance they presented in the state. The performance of the first commitment to Serie A is happy with the coach Leonardo Jardim. Even so, the Portuguese commander understands that it is not yet enough, because the fox still needs corrections.
“Today we started the championship with the victory over Missol and today that it is in professional football, of high level, knows that the victories are difficult, they are expensive, nowadays the victories are expensive. Especially when a championship is started, there is adrenaline, nervousness, error. It was a victory with the best team.
“It is the process we started today that we must continue, that it will be high -level football, it will be of quality, attitude, it must be in this group spirit while we played. Today they played 15 players and the 15 players were important. I didn’t like the last ten minutes of the first half, because we lost the pressure and let the opponent check the game. I believe in progress,” added Jardim.
The Mineiro championship did not allow ideal preparation
In understanding the coach, by the way, Missol had more difficult tests at this start of the season, while playing in the Gaucho championship. Therefore, the evaluation is that it was better prepared.
“The rhythm they played with great teams is totally different from our rhythm,” said the Portuguese.
Even the commander cites that only clashes with Atletico was not an acceptable scenario for preparation for the Brazilian championship.
Cassio’s growth in Cruzeiro
In addition, Leonardo Jardim admitted that the beginning of Cassio’s season is short of what was expected. By the way, the coach believes that there has already been an improvement in his performance.
“I am not mimimi here in football. When I have to say, I say what the project is, what is the way I have to work, what I believe. As I said, I thought that Cassio did not go well and that it would be better with the stop, with the training models that we wanted to give him,” the coach confessed.
Cassio had consistent performances when requested and decisive in defending the reinals of the left back. From the garden point of view, the goalkeeper has not yet reached the peak and growth is the reflection of his effort in training.
“Little by little, it is evolving and is gaining that level. It does not mean that tomorrow it will not go wrong, but in terms of performance I see it increase because training is the basis of the high -competition footballer.” To be at the top he needs to train at the top. I am pleased that he is evolving and shows that he can still be a goalkeeper from the top of Brazilian football, “concluded the commander,” he said.
The mining team will return to the field next Tuesday (01/04), but this time it will be the debut in the South America Cup. At the time, Cruzeiro will face Unión Santa Fe for the first round of the group stage of the competition on April 15th Stadium in Argentina. The following commitment to the Brazilian championship will be against Internacional, next Sunday (06/04. The clash for the second round of the tournament will take place at 18:30 in Maracanã.
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Source: Terra
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