The coach doesn’t want his words from the last round to resonate, because the team, which beat Vitória 3-1, is still fighting on multiple fronts
Despite being satisfied with Cruzeiro’s behavior in the 3-1 win over Vitória and praising the support of the fans, coach Leonardo Jardim wanted to comment on his statements after the match against Palmeiras and said that, although many analyzed that he wanted to leave Cruzeiro and Brazil due to the problems he saw in national football, he commented:
“I have to defend the interests of the company. We know that we have arrived distracted and someone has to attract attention – and I did it with dedication. It makes me sad when some people use this, between the lines, to say negative things about Brazil,” he said, adding:
“I have said hundreds of times that Brazilian football It’s fascinating and when I draw attention to the points we need to improve, some people don’t understand. What I want is to enhance Brazilian football more and more: Brazilian players in the Libertadores finals, in big clubs around the world. And everyone has things that can be improved. My father is 88 years old and says he learns something new every day. I also want to see football get better and better.”
And as for the exit at the end of the season, Jardim went off on a tangent, saying that now is not the time to weigh in on this as Cruzeiro have so many fronts in the final stretch of the season.
“Football belongs to God and it is not important to think individually about the future of a coach or a player. Especially when in front of us there is a place in the Libertadores, seven games left. Copa do Brasil. So, what matters is to get as far as possible. The rest It’s secondary.
Jardim analyzes Cruzeiro’s triumph
Regarding Saturday’s victory, he said that he liked seeing the goals scored by the team in the first half, but that the most important thing was the organization presented in the second half.
“In the first 45 minutes we scored goals. But we gave a lot of transition to the opponent, they created some situations. Cássio did very well. In the second half we controlled the game well according to our model. A ‘more Cruzeiro’ game, where we managed to nullify the opponent and Cássio didn’t need to work. We were closer to improving the result.”
The fact of winning despite the absences made Leonardo Jardim underline that he has a great team and that it was not surprising that the reserves performed well.
“Our group is not only made up of 11 players and with this end of the year the tiredness increases. Little by little we try to balance the team. I am happy for João, who overcame a serious injury and played his first 90 minutes. Wallace had little time on the pitch, as did Sinister. Little by little we are refreshing the group that played the most. And whoever came in brought quality”, commented the coach.
Well done, Blue China!
And Jardim, on several occasions, made a point of praising the support of the fans:
“We must praise our fans. We managed to have more than 1 million fans at the games. They fill the stadium and it is essential to thank the team for their support until the end of the home games.”
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