Diniz’s assistant analyzes Fluminense’s performance and explains why Calegari took the penalty

Diniz’s assistant analyzes Fluminense’s performance and explains why Calegari took the penalty


The professional attends the press conference, as Fernando Diniz was expelled and could not attend due to the Ferj regulation

After Fluminense’s 1-0 defeat against Botafogo, Fernando Diniz was unable to attend the press conference due to Ferj regulations. In his place, assistant Eduardo talked about the team’s performance and answered the main question of the fans. The reason why Calegari took the penalty, saved by Lucas Perri, and not the official scouts like Paulo Henrique Ganso and Jhon Arias.




– After all the training sessions, the players take penalties every day and Calegari is one of them. We have a lead hitter, but the pitch decision hasn’t hit. Another player is also a possibility. It was a circumstantial decision-he explained to him.

– It’s hard to pinpoint an explanation. We will have to discuss this with a clear head after analyzing the result. After that we will have greater clarity of the scenario, decisive for the result – she added.

Furthermore, the professional spoke about the progress of the arbitration and the controversial move involving Giovanni and Lucas Perri in the final stretch of the match. For Eduardo, the match was truncated, but Tricolore created chances and will have to analyze internally the reason for not having won the three points.

– I’ll probably be repetitive in answering. In this part I can skip and stick to the more tactical issues of the game. If the penalty were decisive for the result, perhaps winning the match, the match could be designed in a more favorable way for us. I think we need to broaden the conversation and understand everything that’s happened in the game. It was a very balanced match. If you notice the amount of fouls by the opposing team, it was a much higher than average amount. Even if we missed the penalty, we created some chances. Including another situation that could be verified in the VAR, given that the arbitration on the pitch did not perceive another penalty situation in our favor, this could have another result for the classic – he underlined.

With the setback, Fluminense lost their chance to take the lead in the competition and overtake Flamengo. The team continues with 10 points and faces Volta Redonda, at 21:10, in Raulino de Oliveira.

Source: Terra

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