Internacional failed to qualify for the Copa do Brasil despite winning the match 3-1 in regular time; Mano Menezes left angry
Mano Menezes spared no criticism for the International after elimination for America-MG at Brazil’s Cup. The two teams faced each other last Wednesday night, the 31st, at Beira-Rio, and Colorado even won 3-1 in regular time, but disappointed on penalties and fell in one of the main competitions of the season. In a press conference, the coach of Inter classified the result as “absurd”.
You can’t be as fragile in decisive games as we were there. Then comes the consequence. If you talk about Inter’s performance in 180 minutes against América-MG, it’s very absurd not to reach the quarterfinals“, he stated.
Mano Menezes’ outburst continued throughout the press conference. He took responsibility for the elimination to América-MG and highlighted that Internacional’s players will need to take their share of the blame. According to the coach, Colorado could have beaten its rivals even by the score of 4 to 0, but did not know how to take advantage of the chances it had.
“It’s our responsibility and we can’t run away. We have to assume. It’s very hard to come here for the third time to explain an elimination on penalties. The team had a difficult mission, to reverse a 0-2. We proposed a game, we made it 3-0, which gave us the ranking“, he explained. Mano Menezes continued his analysis of the match, praised it, but again said that his squad did not have the competence to enshrine the result in the Copa do Brasil.
“The team was safe and did what was planned within the limits we had. We didn’t have six starters and almost didn’t give America-MG a chance. In my opinion, when it was 3-0, we had the chance to make it 4-0 and we didn’t. We conceded a goal, went to penalties and weren’t competent“, analyzed. Finally, Mano Menezes still sent a message to Internacional and also to the fans. The coach guaranteed that a new beginning will emerge in Beira-Rio.
It doesn’t change anything. The fan’s indignation and ours add up. It’s hard always having to give an explanation for a goal that hasn’t been achieved. We’ll have to start all over again“, finished.
The second half still reserved great emotions for the fans. América came back with more gas and started to put pressure on Inter, managing to reach the goal in the 31st minute. After playing on the right, Juninho received a sugary cross and tested hard for the back of the net. With equality, the classification was defined in penalties. So America won 5-4.
Source: sportbuzz
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