THE BALL – Vítor Pereira points out: «In Portugal this does not exist…» (Corinthians)
Vítor Pereira’s Corinthians conceded the third consecutive draw in the Brasileirão and now has the company of Palmeiras and Atlético Mineiro at the top of the standings (all with 15 points).
After ties with Internacional Porto Alegre (2-2) and São Paulo (1-1), Timão also drew with América (1-1). “It was a tough sequence of games, an accumulator of complicated games. This championship is not easy, as teams and players have quality. We took a team that demanded a more dynamic dynamic, and we did not seek to find, to open spaces. I have no problem saying the game of our successful one», he did not say it was Vítor Pereira.
The coach in this game is still ready to learn from America, even the game was very different from the usual «The marking was very individualized. And we without dynamics of positional exchanges, of perceiving spaces. We have difficulties to respond against teams that play like that. We have to be prepared because we have many machines in Brazil with this efficient economy. We have to find ways to counter this type of equipment. We defend more in the zone, not so individual, but I will have to recreate the team for these types of games. In Portugal this doesn’t exist, I don’t remember one that scores individually. It is one more challenge of this championship.”