Mano Menezes left behind some ghosts that haunted Internacional’s season and even praised Luiz Adriano
The ghosts are gone Inter. Mano Menezes finally reached a series of nine games of invincibility and confirmed a place in the round of 16 of liberators. In addition, he scared off any kind of fear over his team’s offensive performance and took the opportunity to defend Luiz Adriano. The striker, by the way, scored twice in the 3-1 victory against Independent Medellin.
In a press conference, last Wednesday night, the 28th, at the Beira-Rio stadium, Mano Menezes opened the game about his striker. The player had a complicated start to 2023, but sought to resume and, even in a bad phase, managed to contribute to the team’s evolution. After the troubled moment, the ball came back in and he already has five goals and four assists in 2023. The Colorado coach is happy with that.
“Luiz Adriano grew up. We talked back there. Luiz will grow up, gain physical strength, he is not a boy. On top of the difficulty, it lags a bit. When he doesn’t win, everything is questioned. We who cannot lose conviction. We’ve been seeing this Luiz Adriano for a while now. Not with so many goals, but with participation for the team“, he stated.
In addition to Luiz Adriano’s growth, Mano Menezes saw the Internacional team experience one of its best phases in the 2023 season. There are already nine games without losing, with the right to seven wins and only two draws. The Colorado coach did not hide his satisfaction with his team’s evolution and sought explanations for this new moment Inter is going through this year.
We didn’t do anything technically special for the players, today the performance was better. We are doing better preparation every day. The athlete, being better prepared, improves decision-making and technical gestures“, followed before completing that:
“It was important to get out early. Very beautiful goal. The goals were beautiful. This game was very important to crown our resumption. Out of nine games, seven wins and two draws. In a decisive game inside our house, we couldn’t miss it. The team is better prepared“, he concluded. Inter is now preparing to face Cruzeiro on Saturday, 1, at 21h (Brasília time), for the Brasileirão, and Beira-Rio will be the stage of the confrontation.
Source: sportbuzz
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