Abel: Mirassol much better than Palmeiras, not just facing top six | OneFootball

Palmeiras visited Mirassol at Maião in a match valid for the Brasileirão this Sunday (9). Verdão lost 2-1 in a performance below the level of recent matches. Vitor Roque scored Palmeiras’ goal with a bicycle kick.

Even with the defeat, Palmeiras remains at the top of the Brasileirão with one more win than Flamengo. Mirassol is unbeaten at home in the competition and will face the Rio de Janeiro club in the last round, at Maião.

After the match, Abel Ferreira gave a press conference to the media.

Speak up, Abel!

Match analysis

About the absences

— We’ve just lost a match like this. Now, we have to prepare for the next game with the players available. It’s not pleasant, as a coach, to know that I have so many players called up, but they all want to go to their national teams, and that’s part of it. We have a squad full of good players, and the national team coaches have that right. It’s a FIFA date, they can call them up. We’re the ones who pay their salaries, but management already knew it would be like this.

About the performance against G6 teams

— We only play against the G6, is that it? What bothers me is not losing to strong teams, it’s the way we played today — they were better in every aspect. We don’t just play against the G6. The team that gets more points wins. The three points earned against the G6 are worth the same as those lost against any other team.

About Mirassol’s campaign

— You say there are only two teams. I see great teams in the championship, but some are not as consistent as Palmeiras, Flamengo, Cruzeiro, and Mirassol themselves.One of their best players was already released by São Paulo and Grêmio. Here, wearing this shirt, he plays light, free, looks like a 23-year-old. I’ve faced him at São Paulo and Grêmio, and here it seems the shirt doesn’t weigh on him. The responsibility of playing for Palmeiras is different. I congratulated their coach for the season they’re having. It’s a positive surprise this year.

About Mirassol’s style of play

— Their objective in the championship has already been achieved for some time. They play light. Look at the left side: he’s already been through São Paulo, Grêmio… I could mention others. They deserve congratulations.Of course, congratulations to them, they were much better. But if I look at the goals we conceded, I’ll show things that can’t happen. In the first half, they were far superior.

And now?

Even with the defeat, Palmeiras remains at the top of the Brasileirão. Abel Ferreira’s team is stuck at 68 points, saw Flamengo equal their score, but stays in first place for having one more win than the Rio team.

Palmeiras returns to the field next Saturday (15), when Verdão faces Santos at Vila Belmiro, at 9 pm (Brasília time) in a rescheduled match from the 13th round of the Brazilian Championship.

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