Thiago Carpini praises Vitória’s match at Fonte Nova: ‘It’s starting to return to that aggressive team path’

Fonte Nova was painted red and black this Saturday (25), with Colo-Colo’s 4-1 defeat to Vitória, leader of the Bahia Championship. At the home of their biggest rival without his presence, Leão da Barra looked more than comfortable, and scored through the feet of Gustavo Mosquito, Janderson, Wellington Rato and Fabri.>

In their first game at Fonte in five years, since the Ba-Vis at the tricolor home have a single fan base, the Vitória fans were present, and did not sit down at practically any time. It doesn’t matter if you have a seat at the Fountain – the energy from the stone stands was with the red-and-black nation, and didn’t let anyone stop singing. The disappointment was only in the public, which with almost 27 thousand paying guests did not come close to filling the arena. >

But the presence of each one was felt by Thiago Carpini, coach of the visiting team, who commented on the fans and their importance in the post-game press conference. “Once again, like last year, the presence of the fans was fantastic. We cannot get lost along the way. The fans help us in this reconstruction. The game was difficult. When you score a quick goal and fit situations and volume. We could have done the goal before. A team that put us in some difficult moments. What pleased me was our individual and collective behavior”, he commented. >

“Physical part improving. We start to return to that path of an aggressive team, interesting post-loss, that competes and seeks offense, victory. This evolution was fundamental. Many mistakes still, it’s part of it. Little training time, no we can exaggerate the load”, he assessed.>

A name mentioned a lot at the press conference was Carlos Eduardo, who missed a penalty in his quest to make his debut in the net this season. After the wasted shot, the player provided the assist that resulted in Fabri’s goal, and received the celebration of the entire team together with the coach’s words of support.>

“It wasn’t my decision (Carlos Eduardo to take the penalty). It was a noble decision by Osvaldo himself, a reference within Vitória. Such is the affection for Carlinhos. Even with the changes this year, everyone is rooting for him to score the goal. The weight he carries. He really wants to score this first goal to eliminate the bad situation with the ball in the net. His behavior helps us a lot”, he commented. >

“It was Osvaldo’s attitude. After missing the penalty, he gives an assist to Fabrício, and the players hug Carlinhos. We were exaggerated with Mosquito after CRB, and look at the game Mosquito played today. People criticize him because he didn’t score a goal, in a month no one will be useful. We need to be calm”, he said.>

When asked about the team’s main difficulties, the point raised by Carpini was clear: the calendar leaves little time available for training. “I feel extremely uncomfortable. Sometimes I even go too far with the athletes, but they know that I want the same thing as them, to win, to help them be better. We need to train, but we can’t, unfortunately”, he complained. >

“I play with CRB, we wore the guys out again today. I won’t criticize the calendar any further. What’s annoying is not being able to prepare the team, everything has to be in the video conversation. We have the credit to ask the fans for patience. We have good prospects for this year. We can’t concede goals, we need to adjust. It’s not the athletes’ fault, it’s the lack of training, it’s mine, which is bigger than theirs”, he admitted.>

Vitória’s next game is next Wednesday (29), at Barradão, against Jacobina, before Bavi on February 1st.>

“Decision-making power is effectiveness, it’s fundamental. It’s what defines victory or not. I’m not going to talk about a classic because we have a game on Wednesday, a difficult opponent. Classic only on the weekend. Effectiveness has to be there at all times “.>

“A line of five, three defenders, more or less offensive, we played fantastic games. The moment is 2025, but we played games last year in this formation, and when the result happens the third defender is not criticized. That doesn’t mean we won’t attack the opponent Against CRB we had a lot of opportunities, we had alternatives. I really believe, I don’t get attached to the system. We need to be creative in relation to strategies for the opponent and that’s how it will be. In that game we had a lot of things. useful, even with the different formation. We made adjustments throughout the week to play a better game today.”>

“There are processes for this transition. He trained with the team. He is far below the physical and technical capacity he can perform. He needs to feel comfortable to start participating and performing thinking about the season, not thinking about the next game. For him, the pre- The season started later. It’s not even a week yet, with the ball we only have one day. I would like to have it as soon as possible, we all need to see what we can deliver together, but we need to be patient to not compromise. recovery and go back to square one.”>

“I believe in Janderson a lot. We have to be careful, patient. He’s had all our love to improve our behavior, decision-making, understanding of the game, he’s been understanding, evolving. It was important in the final stretch. During the holidays, in December, I woke up a day and I called Janderson to think and do different things because it could be the year of his life. I gave Alerrandro an example. He has a lot of tools to continue to evolve. have the same importance. Regarding this reinforcement, how many teams have 9 in Brazil and how much do they cost? We have about 30 in the database. We need to be the most. As cautious as possible, the onus is on the club. We need to be responsible, find opportunities in the market and be assertive. We went to the limit with some, but if we go over the limit it might not be the best for us. But Janderson will be very important and it will be. continue evolving. He already has three goals.”>

“From today to four there’s a game, from today to eight it’s a long time. We want Matheusinho to be in good condition and use him to get the best out of him. From the front he’s much more effective, difficult to mark. I’m using Rato in a function to see what he can deliver. He’s played like this with me. Trying to create alternatives thinking about the season, about Matheus’ return, I don’t know yet, I need to have all the athletes in good condition.”>

“A player with a lot of strength. A good result from Vitória’s analysis department, which underwent reformulation. When they presented this athlete to us, I remembered him from Brasil de Pelotas, at Grêmio. Player has the tools, physical strength, plays open, closed, can make a false 9. He has adapted well to Vitória, he still suffers physically because of the schedule. We need to give him more information on his behavior without the ball, he works differently outside.

“Important for adapting to the pitch, a quick game. We think (of Bavi). Of course we have an eye on the classic, a different game, but thinking more about our load. Players with a sequence of games. We may have the need We have a qualified cast so that everyone is ready.”>