Decisive in defending the penalty, Weverton spared no words in praising Abel Ferreira and opened the game about his speech in the dressing room
Weverton was one of the main names in Palm trees in the epic 4-3 victory over Botafogo, in the important match of the 31st round of the Brazilian Championship. After the victory at Nilton Santos, the goalkeeper highlighted the coach Abel Ferreira.
Despite Verdão’s apathetic first half, Weverton saved a penalty taken by Tiquinho Soares, in the second stage, and prevented Glorioso from taking a 4-1 lead. After that, Palmeiras found three goals to confirm the turnaround away from home.
Sometimes we get tired of talking about Abel, but we’ll have to talk again”, said the goalkeeper.
“We arrived at half-time dejected, because it’s not normal to concede three in the first half. He said: ‘You won’t do any worse than that. We lost the first, we will win the second’”, completed.
The black and white team opened a good lead with goals from Edward, Tche Tche It is Junior Santos, still in the first stage. At the beginning of the second half, Endrick decreased, and Verdão took off after the expulsion of Adryelson, at 21 minutes. The number 9 himself, in addition to Flaco López It is Murilocompleted the turnaround of Abel’s team.
With the result, Palmeiras reached 56 points and closed the gap to Botafogo, leader of the Brasileirão. Now, the distance between first and second on the leaderboard is just three points. The black and white team, however, has one game less.
It was about entering the game to regain confidence and achieve this historic turnaround”, Weverton said.
“Botafogo is sad about the defeat, but whoever is here saw a great game. Running points gives that excitement too, let’s continue our journey game by game, now it’s time to rest and at the weekend there’s Athletico, let’s look for victory. I wanted to give credit to the team and our teacher, who made a difference in the locker room”, he added.
Source: sportbuzz
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