Abel says Palmeiras had a 'good game' and wants Paulinho to start | OneFootball

There’s no way to avoid it. Fortunately or unfortunately, they have an excellent team, with technical and financial resources. In the first half, the game was very even. In the first chance they had, they scored. We managed to equalize and, in the second half, we had many more opportunities: one from Arthur, another from Gómez where the goalkeeper got to the ball, a shot from Arias, a chance for Andreas… My feeling is that we played a good match, but the result was not what we wanted.

About Paulinho, if the doctor wants to speak, I’m not going to comment on that physical side. He has limited playing conditions and I’m managing that. We need to see how he feels the next day. He wasn’t selected for the cup match because he couldn’t play. And, unfortunately for me, one of the best players in Brazilian football is someone I haven’t been able to use for two years. Andreas fortunately recovered after the knock against Remo, but he still isn’t 100%. When he comes on, it leaves us wanting more, because he has a different quality from the others.

That’s your opinion. I’ll answer in the end, but I don’t care about that right now. Just do the math from 2020 to 2026. In December, you can criticize me. It will always depend on the result. We’re already used to it. We have a game ahead of us and FIFA says the players must go to their national teams. We’ll follow the rules. But, as I said, unfortunately I can’t play, because I’ve got an injured calf.

I didn’t hear them. I don’t have to react to anything. I have a different opinion from yours. I didn’t hear any boos. We played well, we just didn’t score the goals.

We have a match before that one, this one comes later. It won’t decide anything. We’re in three competitions and we’re going to fight in all of them.

I’m going to talk about the same subject again. I don’t want to defend players, but the product. We have injuries and I’m going to play with the ones I have. Unfortunately, sometimes injuries are due to the coach’s incompetence, the medical department’s incompetence, and other times because of travel, poorly slept nights, terrible pitches and little recovery time. Very often my team goes into games without being at 100%. Piquerez got injured, Fuchs, Benedetti, Paulinho arrived already injured, Andreas was injured too…

At Botafogo, he had a great team, which signed players from everywhere and didn’t pay anyone. And now he’s at Cruzeiro, where he also has a very good team. He’s a terrific coach.

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