Rony breaks silence on ‘failure’ in defensive system

Last Wednesday, the 26th, the palm trees ranked in Brazil’s Cup before the tombense, with a victory in the first leg and a draw in the second leg. Despite the victory, a statistic came back to ‘haunt’ Verdão: of their last eight clashes, the squad conceded a goal in seven. The only exception was in the final of the Paulistanwith a 4-0 defeat of holy water at Allianz Parque.

Rony, however, stressed that the number does not represent a major concern. “We try to work and correct the mistakes we made in the game. I had little training time for the last few games, I didn’t play, but I believe the teacher talked to the team”he told Amazon Prime Video.

“It is logical that this ends up being a lesson for us to work harder and improve. The teacher will pull our ear, but it serves as a lesson so that we, up front, do not make that mistake”. The coach Abel Ferreiraon the other hand, was more assertive in his positioning during the press conference that took place after Alviverde’s game against Tombense.

“Let’s break things down. Who was Paulistão’s best attack? And the best defense? O palm trees. It’s over, it’s closedshot the Portuguese. “We started to follow, we went to play liberators and we prioritized another game (the final against Água Santa). Only those who don’t want to can’t see it, and I’m not going to teach those who don’t want to see it”.

The commander added: “Yes, we will continue to concede goals. Yes, the players know what we have to do. I get paid for that, to work on what we have to improve. But it’s not just the goals conceded: today, we conceded one, but what worried me the most was that we had six or seven opportunities and at least half we had to convert. Out of every two, we need to do one: 50%”.

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