Odair recognizes Santos below expectations in a draw with Bahia

Last Wednesday, the 17th, the saints in Odair Hellmann tied with the bahia at Brazil Cup 2023. Playing at home, Peixe was unable to get out of the 0-0 lead and, consequently, did not add a minimum advantage for the return match in the round of 16, which will be at Arena Fonte Nova, scheduled for the next 31st.

“O bahia played with the lowest lines, they didn’t even press”analyzed Odair after the game. “It took us a while to adapt to this, it made the booking process difficult. In the first half, we allowed a counterattack. Through organization and effort, we managed not to let their strategy be completed. We stopped the counterattack, but we lacked the final part, we lacked being more incisive. Create more associations”.

The commander of saints he still completed, recognizing the performance below expectations by his cast: “At all times, I looked for the opportunity to have breadth with the wingers to play with a line of five up front and create these associations on the wing. We had some situations, we had the goal, but we were not able to have that final imposition”.

However, the coach took the opportunity to criticize the refereeing of the match, mainly in relation to the annulled attempt by David Washington. “We were told, in a meeting with the referees, that the overlapping line was from the attack. Today, the line was overlapping. And there? It was a legitimate Santos goal, that’s my opinion. The game didn’t go, the referees felt an injury and the game was stopped for how long?”questioned Odair.

“I’m not transferring the responsibility to him, but it gets in the way. In my view, the goal was legitimate. I’m basing myself on what they told me in the meeting with the arbitration. On our part, there was a lack of overlap in the final part, but the goal was legitimate”. Santos returns to the field for the classic against palm treesvalid by Brasileirãothis Saturday, 20.

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