Crespo praises São Paulo’s display despite defeat and unbeaten run ending | OneFootball

Argentinian during Saturday night's match (Pedro Vilela/Getty Images)

RAFAEL EMILIANO@rafaelemilianoo

São Paulo's coach, Hernán Crespo, decided to praise the team's performance even with a 1-0 loss to Cruzeiro, on Saturday (30), away from home, for the Brazilian Championship.

In the press conference after the match, the Argentinian leader valued the football presented by Tricolor and justified that "we lacked luck" to at least score points at Mineirão.

"We played at times beautiful football, overall we did very well. I can't be happy with the result. I think we didn't deserve this result. But to play like this, on a difficult field, against a very good opponent... To play this way, respecting the identity, the ball, the ideas, with a lot of will, personality, courage. We spoke after the game that the draw might have been little. But you can't change it. Luck is part of it," said Crespo.

"The result is very important. But the way, the way you play, I think today we showed that São Paulo will play at Morumbi and away from home with the same idea. To be the protagonist, respect the ball, create. As we created, we believe in what we do. This is important. The team feels comfortable within the game, believes in what we do on the field," he added.

One of the points highlighted by Crespo to justify the defeat was the weak offensive production.

"We lacked that finish. I think the way the team played was very good. But it's football. It's important to create, create actions. I think the team's balance was good. Was it enough to win? No," he pointed out.

"I think the team played very well. To talk at this moment about what's missing, what's not missing... I tried with the changes, I put Dinenno, Tapia, Henrique to create. But I think the team behaved very well. It's normal that if the result is not what we deserve, they say that maybe things were missing here and there. Yes, maybe things are missing, but also the team played well. It's not a coincidence," he said.

With the defeat, São Paulo remains with 32 points in the Brasileirão table, in seventh place, behind Mirassol (and from the Libertadores qualification zone) only by tiebreak criteria. The team returns to the field only on September 14 (Sunday), against Botafogo, at 5:30 pm (Brasília time), at Morumbi, in a match valid for the 23rd round of the national competition.

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