Interim talks about planning to return against Flamengo

the interim coach Wesley Carvalho stated that the planning of the athletic is to have the team 100% ready to come back against Flamengo, in the Copa do Brasil. The coach signaled that against Fortaleza, for the Brasileirão, an alternative team will enter the field.

“We have Fortaleza, and Flamengo has Palmeiras. It is very difficult to compete in three competitions, but we are going to analyze it carefully, with enough intelligence to know what we are going to do”, he began.

“We’re going to try to play a game there (in Fortaleza) that doesn’t compromise the most important game. But my planning for the game against Fortaleza will be based on the physical issue of the athletes“, he declared.

The duel against Leão do Pici will be on Sunday (9), at 6:30 pm, in Castelão, for the 14th round. Vitor Roque and Madson are certain absences due to suspension, but players like Thiago Heleno, Fernandinho and Erick can be spared.

The interim also commented on Athletico’s opponent in the round of 16 of the Libertadores: Bolívar. The games will be on August 1st, Tuesday, at 9 pm, in Bolivia, and on August 8, also a Tuesday, at 9 pm, in Curitiba. The club’s main concern will be logistics.

“Bolívar, what we talked about the most, was the question of the altitude of La Paz. But we’re going to have to think about good logistics, think about the best way to make our athletes comfortable. From now on, in Libertadores, there’s no more silly opponent, because, sometimes, they may think it will be easy against Bolívar. The Libertadores game is very difficult, whatever the opponent. Let’s prepare to play a great game there and bring a good advantage to decide at home” , designed Carvalho.

Coach sees open confrontation between Athletico x Flamengo

Wesley Carvalho also analyzed that the clash in the Copa do Brasil is open, cited the victory over Flamengo for the Brasileirão as an example and said that Athletico propose the game indoors.

“The game is open, a difficult duel. We already beat Flamengo at home and we will try to repeat it to seek the classification. The lesson that remains from the game here against Flamengo is that we can play, put the ball on the ground, propose the game, as we did after the second goal. To score, I think we did well in scoring, we didn’t let Flamengo have clear chances with Bento “, finished the interim.

The return between the red and black will be next Wednesday (12), at 9:30 pm, at the Ligga Arena. With the result of the first leg, Hurricane will need a victory by two goals apart to advance directly. Victories by a goal difference (1 to 0, 2 to 1) take the decision to penalties. Draw ranks Flamengo.

The winner of the duel of the red-and-black faces in the semifinals who passes the confrontation between Grêmio x Bahia – in the first duel, the teams drew 1-1 at Arena Fonte Nova.