Vojvoda did not hide his frustration with the fall in the Libertadores of America and sent a message to the players of Leão de Pici; see details
Vojvoda did not hide the sadness with the elimination of the Strength at America’s Liberators. Last Thursday, the 16th, Leão de Pici visited the Cerro Porteño and left with a 2-1 defeat. Tricolor needed to win by at least one goal difference to take the dispute to penalties, but failed to reach its goal and fell even before the group stage.
After the game ended, in a press conference, Vojvoda opened the game in relation to Fortaleza’s defeat in Libertadores. The coach showed great disappointment with the result against Cerro Porteño, as he wanted Leão de Pici to continue in the main club competition in South America. Even so, he recognized the difficulties that rivals proposed during the 180 minutes.
Right now I’m upset, I’m in pain, because I wanted to continue and we did a good job to continue in the Copa Libertadores. The opponent demanded it from us, but we also lived up to it. Fortaleza has to keep growing, working”, said the coach.
In addition, Vojvoda showed some annoyance with the chances missed by his squad during the two games against Cerro Porteño: “The truth is that when we have chances to score, we have to convert them. We made mistakes at key moments. The opponent converted. Their goalkeeper had a good performance both in Castelão and tonight. But the team responded, in relation to goal situations, to created chances. We have to improve, be together and believe in our squad“.
But the coach of Fortaleza also highlighted a positive point in relation to Fortaleza during the elimination in the Copa Libertadores of America. According to Vojvoda, his squad created a series of opportunities and that made the coach satisfied, as he faced an undefeated team in the 2023 season.
“I think the behavior was good. We created the chances and the two players we wanted to have the chances, had the chances. In my mind, Lucero and Galhardo have to have chances to score. Then there are football things (wasting chances). It is true that many times there were mismatches in defense when a team proposes the game. We had some mismatches in midfield.”, he concluded.
Source: sportbuzz
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