Rogério Ceni regrets the result, but highlights the team’s evolution: ‘They played very well today’

Only one point was scored by Bahia this Sunday afternoon (24) against Athletico-PR. And it could have been worse if Biel hadn’t equalized in the final minutes of the clash in the 35th round of the Brazilian Championship. Booed by the fans after the final whistle, the Squadron extended their streak without winning to seven games. In a press conference after the match, coach Rogério Ceni lamented the end of another match without being able to overcome his opponents.

“I never feel comfortable, no one can feel comfortable when, despite playing well, you don’t win. I think you played very well today, just like you did against Palmeiras. If you’re not getting results, something is wrong with you, then it’s not comfortable”, he began.

“We had all the chances, again, just like against Palmeiras. We dominated another game. I think the team produced in these two games to get six points. Unfortunately, they lost against Palmeiras and drew today. What we have to do is keep trying to play, create more, dominate the game, have two, three times more chances. The minimum number of opportunities for you to try to beat Cuiabá, which I think is what’s left for us to try to stay in the fight and have the upper hand. objective that we have”, added the tricolor technician.

In the 16th minute of the second half, Nikão opened the scoring for Furacão after Tricolor pressure in the opening minutes. In response, Ceni removed right-back Gilberto and introduced striker Biel, who would later score the equalizer. In addition to this change, the Squadron commander explained the reason for the doubling of center forwards with the addition of Everaldo alongside Luciano Rodríguez.

“Regarding Gilberto’s departure, we kept Ademir with Biel open, two attackers and three midfield men. We preferred to defend with three men, the way we build in a defensive position, since Atlético no longer attacked as much . He practically defended himself the entire game in the second half. So, we needed to take that risk. It was enough to score an equalizer, but it wasn’t enough to turn it around, but it’s a risk we had to take to try to turn it around”, explained.

“We really wanted to go wide and we couldn’t do it, Lucho is not a tall player. We thought we needed to have two men in the box to try to win the game”, said coach Rogério Ceni about Everaldo’s entry.

With the result, Tricolor reached 47 points and continues in the same position in the Brasileirão table. Occupying eighth place, the Bahian club could see the difference between Cruzeiro increase. The miners still play on Wednesday (27) against Grêmio. Still in crisis, Bahia will only return to the field next Saturday (30), against Cuiabá at Arena Pantanal. The ball drops at 7:30 pm.