Mano Menezes decided at the last moment to cancel the left-back’s entry after hearing something he didn’t like.
A tense moment occurred at the end of the 2-2 draw between Fluminense and Alexander Aravena’s Gremio. At the end of the match, while Flu was still leading 2-1, the coach Mano Menezes ordered Marcelo to come on in the 89th minute .
The left-back was already waiting for his teammate to leave next to the fourth official when something unexpected happened. In the official broadcast cameras you can see that at some point the coach heard something that he didn’t like and ended up making a change in the modification. In this way, Marcelo had to return to the bench .
This fact ended up attracting attention in Spain due to the defender’s move to Real Madrid. So, for example, he reported the fact with the title: “Marcelo, monumental disorder “. “Last night he was the protagonist of one of the images of the day, when, after getting ready to jump on the field, he was seen arguing with his coach and he sent him away on the bench,” they added.
Marca, for its part, highlighted that “Mano Menezes was going to introduce a double substitution in the 89th minute, with the score 2-1 in favor of Fluminense. The coach was going to give some instructions to Marcelo and that’s when the former Real Madrid player said a sentence that Menezes didn’t like at all. The coach confronted him and pushed him to send Marcelo to the bench. “.
Finally, Sport stated that “in added time of the second half of Fluminense’s match against Gremio, Marcelo was ready to enter the field when he made a comment that did not please his coach at all . Menezes’ reaction was to send him to the bench and bet on another player to make the substitution. The full-back was without a game for the third time in the last six games. “.
Explanations
After the match ended, during the respective press conference, Mano Menezes explained the sudden change of decision, thus avoiding conflicts with the defender.
“At the time, I wanted to put Marcelo on but I heard something that didn’t please me and I changed my mind. . I left out JK (John Kennedy), he’s a strong player so you have a way out. We always had a way out. I don’t think he came in at that time, it wasn’t easy to come in, it was a close game,” said the coach.
“At that point when you come in, you come in to close out the game, there’s no other way around that, is there? So, to any player, when you play in the last minutes, you tell him that he is coming. Close the game. You know, but we’ll handle it internally. “, he added.
Source: Latercera
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