Botafogo took advantage of the numerical advantage since the beginning of this Saturday’s duel (9) and in Castelão, for the 19th round of Brasileirão. Coach Davide Ancelotti analyzed the confrontation away from home and praised the team’s posture to control the actions.
– A very conditioned game by the red card early. In the first stage, we managed to score a set of a set ball, which is also important, but we didn’t play well, we greatly diminished the rhythm, and Fortaleza began to believe. We had to increase the pace, in the second stage we started better and managed to close the result. Then we played well, the players who entered also wanted to demonstrate, and kept a good pace. Happy for the result, but also because we do not take goals, it is important to maintain our defensive solidity – he said at a news conference.
One of the highlights of the match was left-back Marçal. Improvised on the right side of the defender, shirt 21 had impeccable performance in marking and collaborated with two goals. The exhibition of the experienced defender earned praise.
– Marçal was the best today in the field. It deserves because it is a professional who is an example for the companions. I thought that playing on the right for him may be less complicated than for David, because he has more experience. David has played the last game with Barboza as a left center, wanted to continue him in this position, ”said Davide.
With the result, Alvinegro jumped to 29 points in the table, now in fifth place. The next challenge will be on Thursday (14), against LDU, for the round of 16 of Libertadores.
See other answers by Davide Ancelotti
Use in attack
– It’s all. We have to try to create quality opportunities, kick less from afar because it is harder to score and try to spend more with the ball inside the area, because we score in the area. The set ball too, three goals in the same game helped. Because when we have problems with effectiveness, the set ball helps to score goals.
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– Matches in the Northeast play two games in the Northeast. Against Sport was very complicated. The lawn was very complicated, just like today. The fans sing all the time. Today it is difficult to evaluate the game because it was very conditioned by the card (red). Clearly has the difference in climate, there is a lot of heat and moisture. Adaptation was an important word for us today. We had to adapt quickly today because the trip is something we have to consider. In Europe, the speed of the game is very high. Here, there are other features, with more technical players.
