Abel Ferreira praises Palmeiras after victory and criticizes: “You normalize”

O Palm trees won again for the Libertadores this Wednesday, 15th, and secured the first position in their group for the remainder of the competition. After the confrontation against Del Vallethe coach Abel Ferreira praised the team’s recovery after the defeat in the last match, and criticized the normalization of young people playing in the team.

“We are back to our normal. Palmeiras will lose many times, know that. When we lose one… We play with players under 20 years old, and they are normalizing it. It normalizes two 17-year-old boys playing on the same team. How many teams play with two kids like that??” said the commander.

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Afterwards, Abel was asked about yet another great campaign for Palmeiras in the Libertadores, in which they qualified easily and continued fighting for the best overall campaign of the phase. The coach valued the results achieved, talking about the difficulty of achieving these feats so many times in continental competition.

“It seems easy to be in the Libertadores, to achieve what we have achieved, to be in a super difficult group, and to continue doing what we did. Congratulate our players and know their ability. Some try to destabilize our players, our team. Internally we have to talk to players, talk to each other. Palmeiras continues to win“, added Abel.

After the victory, the calendar takes a break with the suspension of two rounds of the Brasileirão and Verdão will only return to the field next Thursday, 23rd, against Botafogo-SP, for the third round of the Copa do Brasil. For Libertadores, the last challenge will be against San Lorenzobut without being worth anything to the team that already has its position guaranteed in the bracket.