Artur Jorge celebrates Botafogo’s advantage, but highlights: “We lacked more hunger” | botafogo

Botafogo debuted in the Copa do Brasil with a 1-0 victory over Vitória, scored by midfielder Eduardo, playing an improvised false 9. After Thursday night’s match, coach Artur Jorge celebrated the result in the first game of the third phase, but highlighted the lack of intensity in part of the confrontation.

Watch coach Artur Jorge’s press conference after the game against Vitória

– We had a more apathetic first half. I think the game wasn’t very happy on our part, we have to recognize that. We lacked more hunger, more desire to be aggressive and that was exactly why I was, in the final part, trying to insist, not only because this is a game that has two games to decide, so a goal can be decisive, but because It was important to me at that moment – said the Portuguese commander.

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This was Glorioso’s fifth consecutive victory since Artur took command of the team. The good moment is mainly due to the players’ understanding of the tactics he implemented so quickly.

Despite the good phase, the coach highlighted that his participation in the victories is as big as it was in the two defeats that started his era in Brazil.

– What was in my work in the five victories is the same as what was in the defeats. I have 7 games. What we need is time to create an identity, create an idea. For me, the most important thing is the players, what they do with their mission. I hope and want it to become their idea. When that’s the case, things get easier.

The decision for the place in the round of 16 will be on May 21st, at Barradão, in Salvador. The ball rolls at 7pm. Glorioso’s next match is for the Brazilian Championship against Bahia, on Sunday at 6:30 pm, at the Nilton Santos Stadium.

– It’s obvious that within the framework of the game we’ve been trying to put into practice, with construction, criteria and reaching the goal, we ended up scoring the goal that got the result. It’s a good victory but it doesn’t decide anything. It’s an advantage.

– What was in my work in the five victories is the same as what was in the defeats. I have 7 games. We achieved this. What we need is time to create an identity, create an idea. In the short time we had, at the beginning of my presence.

– For me, the most important thing is the players, what they do with their mission. At this point, the idea is closest to what I want. I hope and want it to become their idea. When that’s the case, things get easier.

– There are two players who, although they often occupy the same space, are players with different characteristics. Junior looks for depth, more often runners to gain the advantage.

– Luiz is a more technically evolved player, he likes to play in more interior areas, he has no problem playing close to the opponent because he has the quality to come out in 1 x 1 duels. They are two players who fit perfectly into the structure I have designed to Botafogo.

– Cuiabano performed as expected. He wasn’t expecting the best game of his life today. He is a player who felt the weight of his shirt today, in front of the fans. Responsibility game for him. When he complied, he was secure in what he did.

– He also seeks to better understand what we want for the team and also what his understanding of his role and his colleagues is. On the social side, it is integrated.

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– I wouldn’t say improvise, but create different dynamics. We start the game with 4 mobile players in attack. There was a more fixed player, we initially put Luiz Henrique in the 9 position, but with all the freedom to alternate to have a different dynamic.

– Both number 9 shirts are injured. We have Junior Santos who plays this role and today it was important to have him as a solution rather than starting the match due to his physical condition. There are 3 games this week and it is important to take care of the athletes’ health

– The on and off is more from game to game than from competition to competition. We have to quickly, and that’s what I also said in that brief conversation I had with the athletes still on the field, that it was important to start preparing and thinking about Bahia, who will be here to face us in three days.

– So, this is my concern quickly, because we don’t have time to celebrate victories, we don’t have time for regrets or euphoria, we just have to go back today and start thinking. So at this point, we’re only talking about Bahia, because that’s how we have to look forward, here.

– At this point the main part is us and more specifically the athletes focusing on the next game because this one is done and this one is winning and we have to look at the next one now.

– If I didn’t have confidence in the athlete, he would never play, for sure. One of the basic points for me is work, performance and commitment to the team and the confidence in what he can deliver on the field. It is work that we do with everyone to enhance our qualities at the service of the collective. For me, there can be no one more important than the Botafogo collective.

– It’s a basic principle that we have to have and understand, which is to have a better defensive performance. Which will not depend exclusively on the line of defenders, but on the entire team. We started defending in high areas and within the attacking field. It is a collective mission. We scored the goal starting from behind. This desire to know how to defend well and enjoy defending has been explored by us because it is a fundamental aspect. It’s a game in which the team has to be compact.

– We know he is an important player for us due to his quality, experience and the game he played. Today, with a more mobile attack, he is a player who can add that too. At the time of the goal, we already had a player in the area, Júnior.

– But it is essential that he can be within the finishing zone. He’s coming back from injury. I believe he can have more of an impact on the team going forward.

– Patrick returned to compete in the final stretch of the State Championship. We are talking about very different levels of demand. You are looking to match the level of your colleagues in the position. The way he gave himself to the game and how he did it is important.

– It is characteristic of the team to press very high, try to recover balls in high areas, be positioned in higher areas to recover, condition or force the opponent to define poorly. Fouls sometimes cause us to lose a little, above all, useful playing time.

– We ended up stopping many times, but that’s the circumstances of the game, I don’t like it nor do I really want to stick to what the decision was made. Everyone has their own role, my role is to talk about my team, about what we do.

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