Mano Menezes detonates Inter’s stumble in Libertadores: “Disappointing”

Mano Menezes didn’t like the draw International at liberators. The team received the National last Wednesday night, the 3rd, and did not do well against Uruguayan rivals. Even with Beira-Rio full, Colorado let the victory slip away at the end of the second half and left the field with only a 2-2 draw. In a press conference, the coach of Inter showed great dissatisfaction.

quite disappointing“, began Mano Menezes when talking about the result of the match between Internacional and Nacional.

Internacional’s coach highlighted the difficulties that Colorado went through during the match and also the opportunity it had to come out with the victory. The team was winning until the second half added time, but did not sustain the result and left with a 2-2 score by Beira-Rio. The goal at the end of the game left Mano Menezes uncomfortable.

“We took the lead twice, he scored in the 40th minute and it would be extremely positive. It gets that taste of having missed an important victory. (…) We have to finish well organized. Finish knowing how to behave. With a goal at 40, stop the game, don’t let the opponent gain pace. Knowing how to end difficult games like this is also a necessity and we need to improve this“, he stated.

According to Internacional’s coach, the setback only came because his team didn’t know how to take advantage of the good moments they had during the 90 minutes: “We can direct by the fact that we didn’t take advantage of our very good moment in the first half to transform our advantage into a bigger one. It was, in my opinion, where we let slip our victory at home“.

With the result, Internacional ranked second in group B and two points behind Nacional. Colorado’s strategy, for the first three matches, was to win two at home and score away, but the plan just wasn’t fulfilled due to last Wednesday’s tie, 3rd. your planning did not go as you thought.

“It was not what we planned because we know that the local factor in Libertadores influences a lot. Our goal was to win both at home and at least score away, as we did. We did not achieve what was our idea. We have to be mature. We have to work on the second part, supposedly more difficult, and reverse what we missed at home.”completed.

With this irregular scenario of Internacional in Libertadores, the team will be able to prepare for 21 days until the next commitment in the continental tournament. Inter will only return to the field for the competition on May 25, against Metropolitanos. Colorado’s expectation is to leave with an important victory for its sequence in the championship.