Reinforcement of Verdão for 2022, the athlete has not yet packed with the Palmeirense shirt – he was a starter this Sunday. In a press conference at the Major Levy Sobrinho stadium, in Limeira, the coach asked the fans for patience.
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– I have patience, as we had with Zé Rafael, Luan and many others, who we sometimes tend to criticize. He’s a quality player and I trust him, and we’re talking directly about Navarro. Be patient, football is not done in two days. Believe it, it has a lot of potential, so you know we have a proposal to sell it if we want to. It’s a sign that he has quality. The center forward shirt palm trees it weighs a lot, but let’s make it lighter, let’s help you, like all the players who are here.
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Abel Ferreira in Inter de Limeira x Palmeiras — Photo: Diogo Reis/AGIF
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Close to the decision of the Recopa Sul-Americana, Abel Ferreira decided to climb the palm trees this Sunday with only one holder since the beginning: Zé Rafael. The Portuguese spoke about the energy management of the cast and about the Brazilian calendar.
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– There is no other way to be competitive without rotating the team. That’s what I learned in Brazilian football. From Paulista, I think we are the only team that is always playing every two days, or three days. Congratulations to my players, we know we can do better, but the conditions today were very difficult.
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– We had a game three days ago, and there is no other way. Brazilian football has the particularity of having many games in a row. We already had physical injuries from Scarpa and Luan, as a result of this intensity. The team that wants to play at the limit with this density will have injuries, it’s normal. We started almost from day one doing energy management to play at full strength. We looked at the ones that were available, today we decided on Deyverson as a more fixed striker and Navarro a little out of his natural position, but to give minutes and experience, because we believe in him – declared the Portuguese.
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Best moments: Inter de Limeira 0 x 0 Palmeiras, for the Paulista Championship
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Owner of the best overall campaign of the group stagepost from Paulistão, Palmeiras leads Group C with 17 points, followed by Mirassol (16 points), Ituano (14 points) and Botafogo (13 points).
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Check out other excerpts from Abel Ferreira’s press conference:
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Few scoring chances
– The heat, playing at four in the afternoon, with 35º, is tough. Playing with a foot-high turf is hard, slows the game down, requires extra effort, the ball needs to be played faster, the foot almost sinks under the grass. With more calm, more fluidity, with the heat, the field, we don’t have the calm to make the best decisions. It wasn’t a game of great opportunities, the opponent had one and we had two. We have 27 athletes and so far only one has not been used, Vinicius, all the others have played more than one game. That’s the way, this is our squad, we believe in it, and I know the effort they’ve made under these conditions. We really wanted to win, and today it was not possible.
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Zé Rafael
– He is our robocop. Player that every coach likes, he will enter everything he has. We had patience for Zé to grow. He’s a 25, 26-year-old player, and we have to have the same patience with who he’s coming up with now. The Atuesta, the Navarro. The same patience we had with Zé, and he was able to withstand criticism and believe what the coach told him. What I expect from our fans is to support our players, our squad. I usually always support my players. Personally, I can talk about what I didn’t like, but it’s our players. On our part, they need support, because they are ours. I say that to our fans. For me, they are the best, I count on them and Zé is proof of that. Proof of resilience, of work, against praise and criticism he knows what to do. Today he is an example for others, he has a positive influence on young people. It’s only by playing and participating that we can evolve, whether it’s Giovani, Bicalho, Renan. All together we are here to help grow as players and men.
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Young
– He has already appeared, he was Libertadores champion with us. So I’ve said it several times, all in God’s timing. A player we believe in, with a lot of potential. Now, when opportunities come, it’s all about taking advantage of them, being prepared to play. When he has to play in the under-20, he will. He’s part of our cast, but he’s not new, like Vanderlan, you already know, it’s nothing new. Today they are at this level because of their work in training and in the profession. The arrival time is not the same for everyone, some have competitive maturity earlier. The important thing is that the club believes in all of them.
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Lack in the middle?
“No, we’ve said what we need to say for a long time. Today was very hot, grass very high and the team in a slow game. It’s hard to put speed on high grass. Today in offensive terms we had two or three opportunities. The positive is that when you can’t win, you don’t lose. We took a point, we wanted more, but unfortunately the team couldn’t produce. Defensive aspects remain, we concede very little to our opponent. Stay for that. We will continue to work, improving the process. Even for their age, they are players from 18 to 23, 24 years old. It’s a team that I said a while ago, a team with a present and a future.
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Reinforcements for Wednesday?
– Let’s see, as a rule I don’t use players who come back from injury after a long time as a starter. We have 27 players and we believe in them. As it was in the last game without the two defenders who play the most, Luan and Gómez. We looked at the ones who were in better shape, Kuscevic and Murilo, they played without any problems. If I have to play Renan, I would also join, he has already played in decisive games. They know we believe them, let’s see who’s ready for Wednesday. As soon as we do, analyze the post-game, do the analysis in 24 hours and choose who will be prepared to do the energy management and play at full strength.
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About another Portuguese in Brazil:
– He is more of a coach, Portuguese coaches are qualified, but this is the globalization of football. We have Brazilians with a lot of competence, I’ve already faced them, there’s a national coach, Tite, who is very good and shows his work with numbers. I know Vítor, I learned to admire him for his work in Porto, then he followed his career across borders. But it goes to a rival, this question has to be addressed to the president, but I know him, he is a good coach. Fruit of globalization. In Portugal there are foreigners, in England there are more foreigners than English and it is the cream of football, in players and coaches. I’m happy for globalization. Most of the players are Brazilian and it is important, the quality is here. The upgrades we have to make, life is like that. I look at it naturally. In Portugal there have already been more than seven Brazilians, here in Brazil I think we are seven. There’s me, Paulo Bento, Paulo Sousa, Sá Pinto, Vítor, Jesualdo, in short, Jorge Jesus. So seven in history, by the number of clubs I don’t even think it’s much. Fruit of globalization and it’s good. Import or export, Brazilian football is the second largest exporter of merchandise in quotes, players. It is good for Brazilian football, for globalization, for confronting ideas, for Portuguese, Brazilian and Argentinean coaches and in my opinion it is good for Brazilian football.
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eight finals by palm trees
– There are many finals in a row. If you asked me if I expected to play eight finals in one year, I would say no. I never thought about it, but I work for it, I know how much it costs to reach the finals, how much it costs to win them and how much it costs to lose them. I have a maxim in life: everything comes to teach us. Be positive or negative. Right now, we are experiencing a crisis of social values, where we see, for example, the war in Russia, violence in Brazilian football. I can’t have this job and not do his job. Whoever is responsible has to stand up and take responsibility for society. I am very concerned about what is happening in Europe and what is happening in Brazilian football. The competent authorities, whoever organizes the competition, legal system, political system, whatever, need to take a step forward and show that whoever breaks the laws needs a punishment. I see football as a spectacle, as entertainment, where we can go with the rival next door, if I win zoo with him, if he wins, he makes fun of me, but with respect. And when the limit of respect is crossed, we see things that are not pleasant for anyone. We can’t look to the side, whoever is responsible needs to take a step forward. It is a reflection that we all have to do. Today in our society, in Brazil and in Europe, it is peace. A value that is missing, we need tranquility. When I die, I won’t even choose the suit, we’re all going to the same place. And we don’t even have the right to choose clothes. That people think well, because it worries me. The crisis of values in society, and me personally in football.
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