After the defeat suffered in Carioca, Botafogo coach Tiago Nunes admits that his squad is psychologically shaken
The defeat suffered by Botafogo last Sunday, the 18th, was a cause for warning for the coach Tiago Nunes, who admitted that the loss of the Brasileirão title last year still reflects on his players’ minds. According to the commander himself, his athletes even ask not to enter the field.
“Professor Luis Castro, who was very successful here, took almost a year to take Botafogo to a competitive level that lasted between 5 and 6 months. During this year, Botafogo fluctuated until fitting the team at the beginning of the Brazilian Championship. Then the emotional difficulty, yes. We couldn’t repeat it. We have an emotional memory of last year. When you suffer a setback like this, everything comes back to the surface. Even though we have changes in the squad, the starting team is reminiscent of last year. We will evolve through the sequence of positive results and also the arrival of players to fill out the group and not just the starter. Because many players are asking to have a streak outside the team, to stop carrying such a strong emotional burden. You have to have more players of a compatible level to keep Botafogo competing at a high level”, said the commander.
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After that, Tiago also talked about how his athletes’ mental health contributed to the defeat against Vasco. According to him, the opponent’s draw was the turning point for the players to lose the confidence to act as they were doing previously, when the team was still better in the confrontation.
“After Vasco’s draw, we feel a lot emotionally. We succumb emotionally. We felt in the locker room that the players felt that moment. I had high expectations. And you suffer a setback within 50 seconds and greatly dismantle the team. We delivered the second and third goals. We conceded avoidable goals. The fourth was a consequence. What worries me most is the issue of reaction, the team felt the blow in a controlled game”, he added.
The result also caused Fogão to leave the classification zone for the next phase of the Campeonato Carioca, being overtaken exactly by Cruzmaltino. The next challenge in search of recovery will be against the Auroraaway from home, in the first game of the preliminary round of the Libertadores.
Source: sportbuzz
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