Jardim hails Bahia comeback, praises squad, urges focus for G4 | OneFootball

"A great victory for several reasons. A team that competes for the same objectives as us, in terms of access to the Libertadores. A team that has good players, that Cruzeiro hadn't won here since 2014. A very difficult first half, Bahia managed to press us, we couldn't express our football. In the second half we rectified some ideas and I think we improved. We suffered a goal against the run of play, we had already had some situations more in the middle of the opponent's field, but football is like that, a great goal. With Bahia winning we risked putting a more offensive team, with greater dynamics and, for the first time in the season, we managed to bring from the bench and turn the game around. We are increasing the solutions of the squad and I am satisfied. I am more satisfied when we manage to put 5 players from the bench and they manage to change the game. They deserve this victory like everyone else. It makes the group happy."

"We work together, all sectors of the club. This, on the field, we prepare them in the best way. But it's a satisfaction that we can put players, who entered in this window and have different characteristics from what we had. They gave gas, a different dynamic. This allowed us to win the game, besides the entrance of Gabriel who scored a great goal. We didn't want to draw, we risked everything, with Bolasie, Gabriel, Arroyo and Sinisterra. And we were rewarded for our attitude of risking."

"Our goal is very clear. The next game will be the most important and we have to give 100%. It's important to talk about the fatigue that was this week, because of the classic, players in the national team. Today, we had players who were not at their best performance due to accumulated fatigue. We had to manage those who entered, Arroyo and Sinisterra are not prepared to do much time, we knew the time limit of 30 minutes, at the end of the game they were already having difficulty recovering defensively. But it was good for them to gain rhythm."

"Confidence in the squad is this. We have solutions within the group. Matheus has already gone through a period of injury, Lucas played more. The base cannot be 11, it is a group of players available for what we intend. Gradually, it is growing and gaining more ability to solve when some are out."

"We went to get players that were missing in our squad in terms of profile. We were not going to get Wanderson or Christian. We went to get other characteristics. They are players who are not fully in condition, Sinisterra did not do pre-season, we are doing a special job for him. Arroyo had a period in Turkey, but did not play, he trained, but without time. They are evolving and gaining condition like others, like Matheus Henrique, who today can already do 90 minutes. The important thing is to have a fit, so that all players are solutions."

"The game against Bahia was historically - Cruzeiro hadn't won here for 11 years, but we can't carry history on our backs - the important thing was the moment. The moment was 45 difficult minutes due to Bahia's merit, a better second half and a good comeback, leaving a direct opponent 3 points behind and continuing our work, humble, with feet on the ground and serious. Cruzeiro's shirt is heavy and we have to be serious in all games."

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