Rafael Nascimento eyes Copa 2 de Julho: “Vital for player development” | OneFootball

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Starting next Thursday, the 2nd, Ceará will begin its journey in the Copa 2 de Julho, an Under-15 competition held in Bahia. As part of Group A, in the 1st phase the Time do Povo will face Ibipitanga/BA, Bahia/BA, Brumado/BA, Chute de Ouro/BA, and Jacobina/BA.

In an interview with cearasc.com, Ceará coach Rafael Nascimento looked ahead to the matchups, highlighting the scale of the competition. For the coach, the Copa 2 de Julho is an opportunity to compete at a high level.

“The Copa 2 de Julho is a competition we value greatly, a competition of great importance for the development of the athletes. It is important to experience other schools of play and gain greater match experience, especially because the competition follows a cup format, short and intense. We will go to Salvador with the aim of competing at a high level in every match and continuing what has been done so far this season,” said Rafael Nascimento, Vovô’s coach.

This year, the Under-15 team has played seven official matches, in the Campeonato Cearense and the Copa do Brasil. O Mais Querido won all of the matchups and scored 38 goals. Rafael Nascimento highlighted the positive record in one of his responses.

“We will seek to maintain and improve everything that has been done so far during the season, as a team that never gives up on playing football and that looks for strong verticality in the game, but also to have maturity and know how to suffer at certain moments of the match, which is something that is part of football at times,” he emphasized.

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