Palmeiras recovered from a 2-0 deficit and secured victory in Libertadores 2024; Check out excerpts from the Portuguese coach’s press conference
Last Wednesday, the 24th, the Palm trees won a brilliant victory over Independence Del Valle for the Libertadores 2024. Playing at altitude, the squad led by Abel Ferreira went behind 2-0, but the team recovered and achieved an epic 2-3 comeback. In a press conference, the Portuguese coach praised the team’s performance.
“It’s a team that only stops fighting when it’s over. I’m very happy, it was a victory for us all, we are one, NSP (Health and Performance Center), the psychologist, our nutritionists, the president, who doesn’t let us miss anything and told the players that. We stayed in an extraordinary hotel, we have all the best and the best. The club provides us with this, we have to go to the field and all work together for the result”said Abel.
“There is no greater satisfaction to see whoever came in turn the result around and the way the whole group celebrated the goal. It’s something difficult to explain, but you can feel it”he completed. “Congratulations to Del Valle, the first 35 minutes put us on the ropes, he didn’t score a KO (knockout), but at one point I thought we would suffer a KO. We knew how to wait and in the 12th round, we knocked out our opponent, congratulations.”
