Botafogo coach Bruno Lage was sincere in the face of the team’s fall in the 2023 Copa Sudamericana; Glorioso was eliminated by Defensa y Justicia in the quarterfinals
Bruno Lagecoach of Botafogoopened the game about the elimination in the Copa Sudamericana for the Defense and Justice. The Argentine team maintained the tie with Glorioso at Nilton Santos (1 to 1) and won at home, in the return, by 2 to 1. The Portuguese commander took the scolding for the fall of Alvinegro in the tournament.
“I am responsible. I made all the decisions and I don’t regret any of them. I ask the fans to continue supporting. I’ve been working hard, in a humble way. There are people of character here. Regardless of things that may happen along the way, fans need to continue supporting the team, which is going through a beautiful moment.”declared Lage in the post-match press conference.
“My requirement is to have a great team record. Our work is demanding. This is the club I joined. My demand is that they continue doing what they did here and increase and supporters show up at that time and support the team if they feel motivated”. In addition, the coach explained what was missing in the game played in Argentina.
“We missed scoring a goal. We had several opportunities to score goals, twice with Mateo… In both games we had more opportunities and unfortunately we conceded three goals, but we shouldn’t have conceded. We conceded three crosses and conceded goals. We were sad because we left this competition and we were the best team in the set”he stated.
We couldn’t score goals. In the first game we had the opportunity to score three times, so the opponent won and now is the right time for everyone to take a step forward, me as a coach and them. There is a very strong character among my players, I know he will be one step ahead of them. Our fans have to make a very strong wave of fans for us to be back on the field in 70 hours”.
Source: sportbuzz
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