Ceni praises Bahia’s home strength, urges improvement away | OneFootball

Bahia thrashed Grêmio 4-0 last Sunday at Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, during the 29th round of the Brazilian Championship. Coach Rogério Ceni highlighted the team's strength when playing at home and called for improvement in away games.

Before the thrashing, the team had lost the derby to Vitória 2-1 away from home. The tricolor coach compared the players' performance in the two matches.

“We competed there and didn't play a great game. Today we competed a lot and managed to develop better football. Some players changed from that game to today. There were five changes. It brings new energy. Unfortunately, we have some difficulty in presenting the same level of play away and at home. It happens with some teams in the Brazilian Championship, and we need to improve in this regard,” said Ceni.

“The team played well, despite the field still being a bit bumpy, with the ball bouncing. We had control of the game. We could have decided the score in the first half, created good chances, and were more consistent throughout the game. We kept creating chances, finishing, and seeking the goal until the end of the match. We only had two training sessions, and unfortunately, this fluctuation between home and away is something difficult to understand. It's much more about personality than the system, which is similar. It's hard to explain how well we play at home and can't develop the same confidence away,” he added.

The coach emphasized the support the fans give to the players and stated he prefers facing the pressure of working in a popular team rather than a team with a low average attendance.

“I prefer to work at a club that brings 40, 35, 45 thousand people and suffer criticism at certain moments than to work at a club that brings three or four thousand people to the stadium. Here it brings adrenaline, emotion. The team responds very well to this. The familiarity with the stadium, with the place. The human warmth generated passes this energy to the player,” he pointed out.

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