Corinthians boss hails Brasileirão win, but warns over defensive lapses | OneFootball

This Sunday, 24th, Corinthians returned to the field for the Brazilian Championship. In a match valid for the 21st round of the competition, the Alvinegro went to São Januário to face Vasco, looking to break a six-game winless streak in the competition. And in a competent game, Timão took advantage of the chances they had and won 3 x 2, with goals from Maycon, Gui Negão and Gustavo Henrique.

After the match, coach Dorival Júnior attended a press conference, where he analyzed the performance of his team. "We analyzed Vasco at all times and we sought to neutralize what is best, which they always present. It was not a simple game, it was not easy. We had a great volume in the last third. This was important from the first half," he said.

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The coach added: "We had a game with some control, but also hampered by the actions of the opposing team. For me, it was a game of overcoming, above all. We have a considerable number of players out and, even so, all of them, very prepared, entered, fulfilled roles and this, for me, is very important in a moment like this, where we need some definitions."

Dorival also spoke about the team's defensive errors, pointing to the points already lost due to the failures. "It's worrying. We have to observe and be a little more attentive, even because you prepare your team for a collective involvement, so that it is not collectively involved. This has not been happening, but small details, technical, minimal sometimes take away real possibilities. It is worrying, yes, and we have to pay even more attention," he said.

He also valued the team's ball possession this Sunday: "To have ball possession, you have to have organization. You have to be a team that naturally has a system and develops this system based on a possible organization. And Corinthians presents this. It surprises me, sometimes, our score, because we have taken some specific goals. Not from the involvement of the opposing teams, they are goals, sometimes, of small details that take away the possibility of better results."

Dorival continued on the topic. "With another condition and, suddenly, fighting for another position. I hope that we can mature a little more because of this issue. That we can find stability, regularity, which is what we have been looking for for some time. So that we can transform all this that we are talking about into results, which is all we want," he said.

Now, Corinthians refocuses on the Copa do Brasil. At 9:30 pm (Brasília time), next Wednesday, August 27, Alvinegro visits Athletico-PR, at Arena da Baixada, for the first leg of the quarterfinals of the national knockout tournament.

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