Vítor Pereira’s Corinthians conceded the third consecutive draw in the Brasileirão and now has the company of Palmeiras and Atlético Mineiro at the top of the standings (all with 15 points).
After ties with Internacional Porto Alegre (2-2) and São Paulo (1-1), Timão also drew with América (1-1). “It was a tough sequence of games, an accumulation of difficult and complicated games. This championship is not easy, the teams and players have quality. We got a team that demanded a stronger dynamic, open spaces, and we couldn’t find it. I have no problem saying that the game on our part was not successful», acknowledged Vítor Pereira.
The coach also acknowledged that he learned important lessons from this game against América, especially because the opponent presented himself in a very different way than usual. “The appointment was very individualized. And we without dynamics of positional exchanges, of perceiving spaces. We have difficulties to respond against teams that play like that. We have to be prepared because there are many teams in Brazil with that defensive dynamic. We have to find ways to counter this type of adversary. We defend more in the zone, not so individual, but I will have to recreate the team for these types of games. In Portugal this doesn’t exist, I don’t remember one that marks individually. It is one more challenge of this championship.”
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