Sampaoli praises Atletico-Mg defense, but offensive charge

Sampaoli praises Atletico-Mg defense, but offensive charge


Even with a 0-0 draw against youth, Sampaoli highlights the defensive evolution of Atletico-Mg and strengthens the need for a more surprising attack. Check!




On Tuesday night (30), Atletico-Mg received young people in the MRV Arena for the 26th round of the Brazilian championship. Despite the 0-0 draw, there was a positive side for the Minas Gerais Club: it is the third game without a goal, building a sequence, in a certain sense, positive.

During the press conference, Sampaoli spoke of how the clash against Jaconer It has been the best game since he came to the command of Rooster For the second time in his coaching career.

“It was a game that the team dominated from start to finish, I think it was the best game since I arrived here, in the domain against a rival. He lost the blunt who with the density of the players that the rival cost a little, but in the same way we had many possibilities.

He also questioned what is missing to improve the evolution of the Minas Gerais club, since Athletic He is managing to create a sequence without admitting goals, the Argentine coach did not hesitate to respond to that lack of frank.

“Blunt, in essence. We have improved the defensive frankness, but we still do not find the people they mark. We are going well on the set ball, we improve the defensive and the offensive, but on the door we have to appear in the last third, otherwise it will be complicated as today: total domain and total pressure, but without pressure with a change.”

Sampaoli praises the recent performances of Bernard of Atletico-Mg and cites rotativesAmong the athletes

The Argentine coach also spoke of the rotation of the cast, giving the players who had not guaranteed so many minutes players Rooster Lately, like midfielder Bernard.

“Bernard is a player who, for us, marks the difference, because the team attack moves through him. For me, today it is a 10 shirt that the team did not have. As for Dudu, we must recover it from other times and we are working hard with him, today, in the minutes that has entered, had a lot of audacity, which I had not seen in previous games.

Sampaoli also spoke of Gustavo Scarpa’s performance – the real athletic shirt of the current cast – in this game against young people and the most lost athlete.

“Scarpa is a very intelligent player. What happens is that in the first half there were some combinations with Bernard on the right who were very interesting. In the second half, he was responsible for the construction when he acted with Natanael, so that he would pass the tip, while Dudu was open. He has what, for me, is an extreme inverted, who always had many objectives. Objectives.”

The next clash of Atletico-Mg takes place this Saturday (4), against Fluminense, in the emblematic maracanã, from 18:30 (from Brasilia). The game is valid for the 27th Brazilirão round.

Source: Terra

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