Corinthians is eliminated, and Luxemburgo detonates the cast: “We don’t…”

Last Wednesday, the 16th, the São Paulo received the Corinthians in a match valid for the semifinals of the Brazil’s Cup. After losing the first match by 2-1, Tricolor went to get the result at Morumbi and, in the glow of Lucas Mourawon by the score of 2 to 0. With a place guaranteed in the final, the team met the Flamengo as an opponent in the fight for the title.

Shortly after the match, coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo gave a press conference and evaluated the mistakes made by Corinthians. Upon acknowledging that he assembled the team to defend itself and go on the counterattack, the commander criticized the squad. According to him, the players were unsuccessful in trying to endanger the rival in the field of attack.

“The strategy I created was knowing that São Paulo would come out on top. I made the team more of a scorer, but we couldn’t leave. The difference in the game was that São Paulo ran at 200 km per hour in the first half and we ran at 20. Their intensity made the difference. I intended to take the game to the final stage to expose São Paulo to our counterattacks, but we ended up losing by two goals, and that changed“.

“We are the ones exposed to the counterattack. The second half was completely different, we went further and got some situations, but playing only one half in a decision is too little. The game’s difference, for me, is not the lineup. São Paulo was superior in the attitude and intensity of the game“, assessed Luxemburgo during the press conference.

“You want to find someone to blame, but São Paulo was superior to us and deserved the result. If we had another lineup, and São Paulo played the same way, they could also win. We have the habit of forgetting the merit of the opponent, but that cannot be done with São Paulo today. made a great game“, fired the Corinthians coach.

HALF CHALLENGES AFTER CORINTHIANS DEFEAT!

Matías Rojas, from Corinthians, opened the game about the match against São Paulo in the semifinal of the Copa do Brasil. Although Timão had the advantage at Neo Química Arena (2-1), Tricolor knew how to react on the return and turned the aggregate score at Morumbi (2-0). The Paraguayan, who is a recent reinforcement at Alvinegro, declared that his team’s elimination was deserved.

“We have to take all the criticism in the best way, because we really don’t deserve it. [a vitória] and we ended up eliminated”spiked Rojas. “We are aware of the magnitude of this in such a large institution. When I arrived I said we have to get up. And lifting ourselves up is the key to success. Today we deserve the criticism because we were left out [da Copa do Brasil]”.