Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Almost two months later Tigres eliminated Palmeiras in the Club World Cup semi-finals, the Brazilian veteran, Felipe Melo, Argued Verdao player the excuses for which the Brazilian team couldn’t reach the Mexican.
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In an interview with ESPN Brazil, Melo argued that they had arrived at the tournament in the countries of Qatar with very little rest time, especially days after winning the Libertadores against Santos.
“To be honest I don’t see the guilt psychologically, I see the guilt in the physical partPsychology has a lot of influence, but from the moment you leave such an expressive title, like the title of Libertadores, however desired. Palmeiras’ obsession is Libertadores. You go with a feeling of, ‘Wow, we did what was expected of us in the season,’ he said.
Melo, 37 and already in his last years as a footballer, he added Tigres had the handicap in favor of having arrived in Qatar a week earlier and had fewer matches than Palmeiras.
‘I remember breakfast opened at 7 and everyone was there. We change night for day, and this is very complicated. Meanwhile, we have the Mexican football that, instead of 80 games in the season, had 40 games nothing and arrived a week earlier!