Marlon rues Grêmio thrashing, vows to "put things right" | OneFootball

This Sunday, for the 29th round of the Série A of the Brazilian Championship, Grêmio visited Bahia at Arena Fonte Nova and was thrashed 4-0. Full-back Marlon lamented the negative result and stated that the team needs to correct its mistakes for the next match, against Juventude.

“Unfortunately, football is like this sometimes, there are days when things just don’t go our way. We concede the first goal, the ball slips from my hand, we get hit on the counterattack, and it’s complicated because they have a lot of speed down the flanks. Then we concede the second goal, which makes things even harder. Today, we could have kept trying until tomorrow, but it would have been difficult to score. These things happen, we have to keep our heads up. Of course, the attitude was there, but we know the spirit needs to be better. We have a regional derby next weekend, and we hope some players return as well—we’re playing with 15 or 16 absences. When you play against teams like this, details make a big difference, and today we failed in the details,” he analyzed.

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The player also admitted that the Tricolor Gaúcho was unable to put into practice what had been shown on the field in recent matches.

“We have to go home and win the derby against Juventude, we need to give ourselves an answer. The fans saw that this team has potential, I can’t keep insisting that we’re missing players because we play for Grêmio—whoever is here is capable. As I said, it’s a day to forget, we couldn’t do practically anything, we worked hard, but we couldn’t put into practice what we did in the last games. Now it’s time to analyze the mistakes and fix them for the next match,” he concluded.

With the negative result, Grêmio remained in 12th place, still with 36 points. The team returns to the field next Sunday, against Juventude, for the 30th round of Série A. The match kicks off at 4pm (Brasília time), at Arena do Grêmio.

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