Fernando Diniz criticizes Fluminense’s performance in defeat to Coritiba

Fluminense and Coritiba played last night (24), being the last match of the 16th round of Serie A of the Brazilian Championship. And the technician Tricolor, Fernando Diniz spared no criticism of his team’s performance in the defeat suffered. He stated after the match that his team did not play well in the first half, offering counterattacks that resulted in the two goals that defined the match.

Compliments to Coritiba

Fernando Diniz also highly praised the attitude of the team from Paraná during the match and highlighted the good moment experienced by Coritiba in the competition, noting that there were two wins at home and a draw away against Cruzeiro.

Even being in the relegation zone, the club occupies the eighteenth position, the team from Paraná has been showing improvement after the dismissal of former coach Antônio Carlos Zago.

Fluminense lacked patience

Still at the press conference, the coach of the Rio de Janeiro team and the Brazilian national team said that the team lacked patience and intelligence, when it was already known that Coritiba would play closed and exploiting counterattacks to the fullest.

In the second half, according to Diniz, Fluminense didn’t reduce the score and didn’t even tie because they lacked precision in the shots to Coritiba’s goal. According to him, there was no shortage of chances to score the necessary goals to leave with a positive result.

_{Robson, author of the winning goal for Coritiba against Fluminense (Photo: reproduction/Twitter/@Brasileirao/ Robson Mafra from Agif/Gazeta Press)}

difficult phase away from home

Diniz also spoke about Fluminense’s lack of away wins. He stated that this is part of a long championship, as is the Brazilian Serie A, but this does not represent an urgent concern for him. The coach said that the team needs to increase the score away from home and that it will resolve this in training as soon as possible.

The tricolor, after the defeat, has 25 points and is outside the G6in seventh place on the table, with the same score as São Paulo and three points behind fourth-placed Palmeiras.

next game

The Fluminense takes the field on Saturday (29) against Santos in Maracanã, in a match valid for round 17 of the Brazilian championship.

Coritiba faces the leader Botafogo in the stadium at the Nilton Santos stadium in Rio de Janeiro, on Sunday (30).

Featured photo: Fernando Diniz. Playback/Twitter/@Brasileirao