Bahia decides to take a place in the penalties, and Ceni says: “We’re tired…”

Rogerio Cenitechnician at Bahiaopened the game after winning the place in Brazil's Cup. Tricolor de Aço ended up drawing with Caxias in regular time 2-2 and, with a minimal advantage, triumphed on penalties (6-5). In the commander's view, Salvador's team dominated the second round clash.

“Apart from that own goal, they only had one scoring opportunity the entire game. We controlled the game well, we scored goals. If you analyze each goal, they are beautiful goals, built with touch of the ball, as is characteristic of our team. But we had some good counterattacks to score the third goal.”determined Ceni.

“And in a Brazilian Cup game, it is necessary to have a two-goal lead to kill the game. They had the merit of defending the whole game and finding the chance to score at the end.”. The coach also highlighted the physical exhaustion of his team and how the score does not illustrate the performance presented by each team last Tuesday, the 12th.

“But I highlight the positive side much more. The midfield did very well, I think we got a little tired at the end (…). I think it was a good game. The score does not reflect what the game was like. And the final suffering happens because we didn’t have the calm to finish the game before Caxias’ second goal.”he completed.