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Technician Corinthians, Vagner Mancini made a long analysis of the 1-0 victory over São Caetano, this Sunday, for the fourth round of the Paulista Championship. Amid praise and concern, he admitted: the team needs to play better to be state champion.
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– After two weeks, Corinthians is finding its way. It is very little for our ambitions. To be champion of São Paulo, Corinthians has to play more, create more, get ahead, it cannot give opponents so much opportunity, but given the difficulties encountered in recent weeks, we are trying to resurface. It was not an easy day. We had the tranquility to absorb everything that happened and move on – said the coach.
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Mancino also spoke about the specific cases of Jô and Otero. The duo been to a resort last Monday and posted on social media records without masks and close to unprotected people, even in the face of a Covid-19 outbreak at Corinthians. Currently, there are 11 players on leave or returning after having the disease.
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During the week, the Corinthian board did not comment publicly on the case. But, according to Mancini, there was “a lot of talk and a lot of recovery” in the athletes. Both were regulars against São Caetano.
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– Have no doubt that everything that happens today, even outside the club, is talked about internally. We are too severe in some things, even more so in terms of discipline. It is obvious that, internally, the matter was dealt with. We do not have to externalize, but internally there was a lot of conversation and a lot of charging on top of that – said the coach.
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Vagner Mancini in São Caetano x Corinthians – Photo: Rodrigo Coca / Corinthians Agency
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Corinthians now turns its eyes to the Copa do Brasil. Next Wednesday, Timão will face Salgueiro, in Pernambuco, for the first phase of the tournament, in a single game.
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– Today’s game (Sunday) was a preview of what we will find in Salgueiro. I already had the opportunity to play in the stadium, against Salgueiro, a few years ago. The stadium is narrow, the field is not as we are used to, so I expect difficulties. Salgueiro always forms good teams, is the current champion of Pernambucano, so we have to respect it. And above all, to bring there the concentration of a team that goes to compete, that knows the risk of the Copa do Brasil. The only advantage we have is the tie – said Mancini.
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– We have to take a long trip, let’s play on a different field than we are used to, skimpy stadium, bus trip … But Corinthians manages to overcome these moments, Corinthians’ story speaks very strongly in those moments, that’s what that I’m trying to mobilize all the athletes, so that we can go there to play a great game, seek victory. Even so that we do not suffer, but knowing that it is a scenario that can be of a team that can fight the whole game for the result. But I am very excited and confident that, on Wednesday, we will get a place in a big game. It is a lot of what was seen in the game against São Caetano, I think it was a preview of what we will find there – he completed.
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See other points from Vagner Mancini’s press conference:
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Difficulties against São Caetano
– Every game shows you something, even when you win. It is not because he won that we will not see anything. I even think it’s important to talk about the game. The game was extremely difficult, because we found a willing team on the other side. Corinthians had to compete a lot in the match, and they did it very well. I think it lacked a little bit of construction, of a technical part, but it is also the result of what we have experienced in the last two weeks. I couldn’t demand more from the athletes, they worked hard. It was important for us to win the match, because winning makes your day to day easier in terms of adjustments. It is not because we won that we will not make adjustments, everything is noted and seen.
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– In terms of concern, I am sure that, in the face of everything that has been seen in the last games, Bruno playing left-back, João Victor playing right-back, Otero as second man (midfielder) … It is obvious that the team had modifications that, in a way, ended up weighing. Today we find the field different from the fields we are used to playing, I do not like this type of crutch, but I think it is important to say that the field has escaped much from what Corinthians has been playing in the last 40 games. We had not yet played on a soft, heavy field, where the ball is slow to run, where the bounce is different. It ends up generating a different adaptation.
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– On the other hand, Corinthians played against Palmeiras and Ponte Preta under a lot of water and knew how to do well. Today he played with a heavy field, he took a little while in the first half, but he also did well and ended up winning. At this point, it is much more important to win and make adjustments than if you had a negative result.
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It takes time to move the team
– From the moment I saw the atmosphere, the stage of the game, I knew it would be important for us to have a quick adaptation to the pitch. It was a very heavy field. Whoever will enter during the game feels too much, because they are not used to it. No team that plays Serie A do Brasileiro is used to playing on such a different field. It is normal for there to be a readjustment within the match itself. Even from the experience we have, the player who comes from the bench takes a little while to understand the game. The team took 15 to 20 minutes in the first half to understand what the game was. After he understood, São Caetano never arrived. As much as it was not a showy game, we may have been owed in the technical part, there was a will, dedication, we showed competitiveness. So the exchanges were made at crucial moments.
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What did you see positive and negative?
– Do not doubt that I saw a lot of good things at the beginning of the Paulista Championship, I saw boys who entered in an interesting way. Today I saw the entry of good values, Vitinho, Gabriel Pereira, even the maintenance of Rodrigo, who has given us a different face. I saw a team that fought, fought, was competitive. This will be important on Wednesday, in front of Salgueiro. I saw a team that came from a straight without winning and, suddenly, had a turnaround, today we are six games without defeat. A team that stopped taking silly goals … There’s a lot going on, it’s like having to make adjustments weekly. In all matches, we have a range of positive and negative things as well. We try to strengthen the positive and quickly correct the negative.
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