Bahia wins, stays in Series A, and Ceni reveals: “I said that…”

Last Wednesday, the 6th, the Bahia won a great triumph over the Atlético-MG at the Brasileirão 2023. With the final score of 4-1, Tricolor shone and guaranteed its stay in next year’s Series A. After the struggle in the penultimate round, when the team was still in Z-4, the coach Rogerio Ceni he vented, with a relieved expression, at a press conference.

“It was 90 minutes that were worth a year”analyzed the commander. “I leave happy, it would be a huge burden to go to Series B. When they hired me, the commitment was to stay in Series A. It was with a lot of suffering. The right thing was not to go out in the game against the Atlético-MGwas the point of São Paulo and the three against the America-MG. Congratulations to the athletes for never giving up.”

Furthermore, Rogério revealed the feelings behind Bahia’s arduous battle against relegation. “I said it wouldn’t be easy, but I think it was possible to reach 43 points. In my opinion, the games with América-MG and São Paulo had to give us four points. But we couldn’t. I think 70, 80, 90% of people didn’t believe it anymore. I was downcast myself, the players even spoke to me. I am also a human being.”he admitted.

The coach took the opportunity to praise Tricolor’s firm performance against Galo: “It was a much more compact team, we knew we would suffer. Atlético-MG is a great team, which needed victory to go to Libertadores. We played a safe game, we conceded the equalizer due to the merits of the opponent. We created a lot of opportunities, just like it was against América, Athletico-PR and other games.”