Marcão praises Ganso's display: “He was very important and decisive”

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·9 September 2026

Marcão praises Ganso's display: “He was very important and decisive”

Fluminense beat Platense 2-0 this Tuesday (08) in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals. The Tricolor got the result with a great first-half performance, which was praised by Marcão in the press conference. But during the second half, the Team of Warriors let the intensity drop a little.

“We had a great first half. We created different variations based on what we had trained. We knew their team would try to respond. They changed the pressing, started matching up. In the second half, we had difficulties. Our talk was to keep control, but it turned into an exchange that is not good. We need to understand what happened in the second half so that in the return leg we can correct it,” said Marcão. “Of course we wanted to score three or four. But on the other side there is a team we have to respect. They already came to São Paulo and managed to beat Corinthians. They know how to play Libertadores. It’s an important result, but nothing is decided,” Marcão added.

Marcão also praised the performance of Paulo Henrique Ganso, who provided an assist for the second goal and was involved in the first.

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“He was very important and decisive. We have to find a way so that, when we lose Paulo, we have Lucho’s acceleration, a more direct style of play, which worked in the last match. We have to know in which moments to speed up the game and when to control it. When Lucho and Savarino came on, we lost a bit of that control. We have to find that balance for the return leg,” said Marcão.

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