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Brazilian media have pointed out to Santos that he did not shoot on target against the bullfighters, who won the visit in their debut of the 2021 Libertadores.
The Brazilian press described Santos as a team “vulnerable in attack” and “without solutions” against Barcelona Sporting Club. in the Canary Islands’ victory (0-2) at the Vila Belmiro stadium on Tuesday evening, on the first day of Group C of the Copa Libertadores 2021. The newspapers also weighed in on the presentation of Fabián Bustos’ students.
Barcelona de Guayaquil, an orderly rival, with an interesting game philosophy, did what he wanted in Vila Belmiro”, He analyzed Globe Sports. “He dominated Santos at all times, led by the great Damián Díaz, and appeared to be playing at home.”
In the bleak rain, the Ecuadorian club took the lead in the 53rd minute thanks to a goal from Carlos Garcés and extended the lead to 69 with a score against defender Pará. While, the bar prevented Díaz from signing his goal in the 61st minute with a shot from outside the area.
The home side’s criticism was relentless: “The decisions of the Argentinian (coach Ariel Holan) had no effect, but the blame for Peixe’s poor start can also be attributed to the players. Nobody managed to stand out. On the contrary, everything went wrong, without exception. A shocking number: Santos missed a shot on goal for 90 minutes when the ball rolled. Santos, apparently delivered and without solutions, only saw Barcelona play ”.
The newspaper Folha de S. Paulo He pointed out that the Brazilian cast was “vulnerable to attack” and “He didn’t even force the doorman (Javier) Burrai to workHighlighting the Bustos squad’s performance: “It was a more conscientious team during the showdown and knew how to play with the state of the field. “
Marinho: We have not done what was asked of us
Forward Marinho was self-critical after Santos lost to Barcelona. “We have not worked,” he said, although he felt that Peixe could not have much regret in the face of the other Libertadores group parties.
The 30-year-old striker’s statements were collected by the newspaper Stay: “We were way below what the teacher (Holan) asked, we didn’t do what he asked. Usually the fault lies with the coach, but what he asked soon got out of hand; we don’t work. Now we can’t regret it much. We have an away game against Boca Juniors (April 27). We must add that we did not do our homework and now we have to work, correct mistakes and do what the teacher asks. We don’t have much time to work, it’s game after game ”.
Holan laments weakness in attack and field condition
Speaking in the post-game press conference, DT Holan spoke of his team’s weaknesses, especially in the attack: “I think we could enter the rival field at most starts, but when we came in, we had no depth. Some target situations were exploited by Barcelona, but the biggest problem was the number of times we entered the other field and we couldn’t give depth ”.
And the strategist also referred to the complications due to the state of play at court: “It was a match that was one until minute 20. When the grass was completely wet, it was again. We couldn’t adapt to the game when the field was wet. We had a hard time turning the ball from side to side. Barcelona was well armed and put pressure on whoever had the ball. We want to play with the ball at our feet, be vertical, but it was very difficult to have that game ”. (D)