Marcão sends message to Fluminense squad after win | OneFootball

Fluminense beat Corinthians 3-1 on Sunday afternoon at Neo Química Arena. Hulk scored twice, and Kevin Serva added the third. Corinthians’ goal was scored by Gustavo Henrique. With the result, Fluminense reached 48 points and sits in third place, but could drop in the standings by the end of the round.

After the match, coach Marcão spoke about the team’s away win. The key point was that the coach once again highlighted the team’s inconsistency on the pitch, just as happened in the midweek Copa Libertadores qualification against Platense.

“Corinthians came back very well in the second half. Building up in our half and pressing in the final third. They were creating a lot even with our team organized. But they spent too much time close to our goal, and that was very risky. We lost a little bit of possession, which is something we’ve been demanding. That’s why we brought on Paulo. Lucho had a very good 45 minutes, but we felt we needed Paulo. It got a little closer to what we wanted, and we managed to take the ball away from Corinthians to set up Serna and Canobbio. We congratulated them in the dressing room. We knew that playing under this kind of pressure, they were going to give everything. The players were very tactically committed and were rewarded with a great victory,” said Marcão.

Marcão calls for maintaining the team’s identity

“We can’t lose our identity, what we have planned for the matches. Today you’re playing against a very good team, with several talented players. At some point in the game they are going to take control, like in the match against Vasco. They made a lot of variations, with players who operate through the middle. So we needed to tighten the lines and stay closer together in order to defend and, when the opportunity came, create the situation for the goal. We won the ball back in the middle and had the chance to attack,” the coach said.

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