Luxemburgo denies “fear” at Corinthians and sends a strong message

Vanderlei Luxemburgo wants the word “fear” away from Corinthians during the month of May. The sequence of the alvinegra team will not be easy. It started last Thursday, the 11th, with a 3-0 defeat against Botafogo, but it won’t end just in this game. On Sunday, the 14th, the São Paulo will be your rival in Neo Química Arena, and then opponents like Atlético-MG, Flamengo, Argentinos Juniors and Fluminense will appear along Timão’s path.

The fans are very concerned, given the demonstrations on social networks after the defeat against Botafogo. However, behind the scenes at Corinthians, Vanderlei Luxemburgo does not want the word “fear” to be used. On the contrary, the coach sees in this complicated sequence of games the opportunity to recover a team that currently lacks confidence.

“Dude, that’s all a football player has to want. When he goes to report with Pelé or Zito, that’s all he wants. The sequence is good because it has a heavy sequence, but it’s Corinthians, with a chance to win and find themselves. If you’re afraid of that streak, you don’t have to play for Corinthians. Think at a high level. Let’s go upstairs, it’s a game for us“, he stated.

And the defeat to Botafogo? Vanderlei Luxemburgo saw positive points at Corinthians!

Even with the defeat to Botafogo, Vanderlei Luxemburgo was satisfied with some factors that the match showed him. For example, the arrivals of Wesley and Barletta were celebrated by the Corinthians coach. In addition, with the adverse score of 3 to 0, ‘Luxa’ countered the criticism of the team’s performance and did not see a massacre of rivals.

“The reality that is shown now is that there were three games, but we won only one point. The reality is that we cannot hire until July, this group is our group. We have to do an internal analysis to know how to get out of here. There are positive and negative things, we lost the game of three, but positive things happened. Wesley arrived, Barletta arrived… Good things happened, Pedro in the last game, Felipe is arriving. We keep making things happen, but defeat is complicated. I’m upset, the players have to be upset, but thinking about the next game“, he explained before questioning that:

“How many saves did Cássio make in the game? It’s not a defense issue. I have to analyze the goal as it came out, see the solidity of the defense and see what happened. How many times did he intervene. We need to analyze what happened to take the goal. How was the first goal? From the sidelines, we were solid. We took a goal from a dead ball. That’s what I want to analyze calmly, positioning. If it was a defensive deficiency, the goalkeeper would have made several saves. It wasn’t attack against defense“, he completed.

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