Anselmi loses again at Botafogo, pleads: "Stop selling players" | OneFootball

The euphoria generated by the thrashing of Cruzeiro (4-0) in the first round of the Brasileirão is already a thing of the past. The tide has turned and Botafogo suffered its fourth consecutive defeat on Thursday night, losing 1-0 at the Maracanã to Fluminense.

After the match, the Argentine coach, who managed FC Porto in the second half of last season, made an appeal to the board of the Rio de Janeiro club: “Botafogo cannot lose any more players. It’s simple. You [journalists] see what’s happening. I’m not the owner of the club, I don’t make those decisions, but in my view, Botafogo cannot sell anyone else,” said Anselmi.

The team leader acknowledged, however, that the team has not been able to translate their daily work into their matches: “We want to have an identity and that identity is not being reflected, at this moment, on the pitch. I think that’s it. The team defends well, yes, but I don’t like to defend like this. I like to press, to have intensity. Fluminense moved the ball well. We have to play the way we train every day. We have players who are capable of playing, because they show me that every day and they want to do it. What do we have to do? Do what we do every day in training.”

Martín Anselmi also stressed that he expects reinforcements to arrive before the transfer window closes in Brazil, scheduled for early March: “Of course we need players. We are working day by day, the board is making an effort to bring in these players. In that sense, we are thinking the same way,” added the coach, already focused on the next challenge, Sunday, against Flamengo, in the quarterfinals of the Campeonato Carioca.

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