Paulo Sousa defended Gabigol’s lackluster performance during Flamengo’s victory in their Libertadores debut; check out what the coach said
gabigol was one of the main topics at the premiere of the Flamengo at Liberators. the team of Paulo Sousa beat Peruvian rivals 2-0, but the team’s top scorer was subject to much criticism after the confrontation. With just one goal in the last four games, he had one more lackluster performance and it was up to the red-black coach to defend the athlete.
During the press conference, held last Tuesday, 5th, shortly after Flamengo’s victory over Sporting Cristal, Paulo Sousa made it clear that there are points for improvement in the team as a whole. The Portuguese made a point of defending Gabigol in relation to the criticism he has been suffering and highlighted that rivals did not give space to the striker.
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“I think that in all the games with Fluminense we had good opportunities and we had more clear opportunities than Fluminense to win. You don’t have to get to Gabi alone. And his every move requires some depth that our last opponent in Carioca tried not to give us, but he still scored a goal. In a quick attack”. started.
The great feature that Gabi has, which is getting out of the defensive line and looking for the right timing to look for players and attack the line. That ends up not happening. When our defensive block went down, we were able to have some opportunities with him”followed.
Paulo Sousa continued talking a little more about Gabigol’s playing characteristics and tried to better explain why the striker did not do well against Sporting Cristal. According to the coach, Flamengo’s number 9 needs depth and the Peruvians took advantage of that to take away the star’s main weapon.
“Whenever we play vertical with him, it’s something that has to be improved between the midfielders and him. Timing the game and then attacking the depth. That is, taking players out of the marking to attack depth. The opponents were completely different from today. They closed depth, and then it took away a lot of Gabi’s ability, who needed depth“, finished.
Flamengo will play Libertadores again next Tuesday, 12th, at 9:30 pm (Brasília time), to face Talleres. The confrontation against the Argentine rivals will take place at the Maracanã stadium and will celebrate the debut of Paulo Sousa in a Libertadores game at Maracanã. But before that, on the 9th, at 19h, the team faces Atlético-GO, away from home, for the Brasileirão.
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