Jardim hails Vasco’s edge, rues Cruzeiro errors in Rio defeat | OneFootball

“An easy analysis to make. It was a very balanced game in terms of both teams’ actions, with the opponent taking advantage of our mistakes and us not taking advantage of the offensive chances we had. We ended up with the opponent starting a bit better, and then in the second half, I even think we were better, but we conceded the second goal. But I think it was a very balanced game, in terms of situations and shots. We had shots inside their box that were blocked, hesitations we had, and we didn’t make the best decisions. I had already said that Vasco was in their best phase, we played an even game, but in terms of efficiency, which is the most important word in football, the opponent was more efficient than us.”

“Honestly, I’m not one to connect games, and each game has its own story, it’s a different reality. We couldn’t win, even though the team had attitude and commitment to the game, they were focused, but what we wanted didn’t happen. Regarding the next game, we have to prepare, play with everyone, we’ll be ready for Flamengo just like we are for all the others. It’s a team that’s ahead and everyone knows their quality, but we have the ambition to play for the result. In the first round they were favorites and they remain favorites.”

“Vasco made good use of our mistakes and we didn’t have that ability, because we had shooting situations inside the box and combination plays that we weren’t quick enough to execute, where we lacked clarity in finishing the play. That’s football. Sometimes you try and things don’t work out. And today was one of those games where several tried to execute and things didn’t go well. There have been games where, with fewer shots, we scored goals.”

“I think our mistakes weren’t mistakes provoked by the opponent, they were more technical situations that happened. But only those who are out there make mistakes. These things happen. It happened today. But offensively we couldn’t finish, so it’s not just the one who scores or assists who wins the game, it’s everyone. And when we lose, we all lose. We’re sad because that’s not our way of approaching things, we like to win.”

“He was out for a long time. We don’t have Villalba, Jonathan played and had a better second half, a positive game. But he had a muscle problem and we took the opportunity to bring João Marcelo on. It’s not easy to come in at this pace, but he had the chance to finish the last 15 minutes.”

“These players who came to us, except for Kauã Moraes who was playing at Athletico and had match fitness, the others hadn’t even done preseason and had been out for a long time. Sometimes it’s not easy to prepare players in this context. Sinisterra had a strain that usually keeps you out for about 7 days, let’s see if this week we can get him working so we can count on him.”

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