The text by Abel Ferreira published on The Coaches’ Voice website in 2021 will resurface in the Club World Cup semi-final. The Portuguese coach of Palmeiras says that it is necessary to know how to climb a mountain, especially when you are not better than your opponent.
The problem is that Palmeiras will be favorites against Al Ahly, from Egypt. Then you will have to impose yourself.
He has already admitted that Chelsea are better than Palmeiras. The banana peel of Al Ahly, third in the 2020 World Cup, surprised against Monterrey, from Mexico, even with six absences, which represented Egypt in the African Cup of Nations.
Abel Ferreira understands that Napoleon Bonaparte, a small man, almost conquered the world thanks to his strategies. Recognizing the limit and studying the opponent is essential for the Portuguese coach.
Helped to decide Libertadores against Flamengo.
But Al Ahly will play in the same 5-4-1 system used by Abel in Montevideo. The escapes are fast on the left, with Abdelkader. His diagonals, for striker Mohamed and right midfielder Al Shahat, will also pose danger.
Let no one repeat the cliché that Africans are running around. Salah was a candidate for the best player in the world. Mazembe and Raja Casablanca were finalists in the Club World Cup.
Palmeiras must cancel Al Ahly’s counterattacks. More than that, finding space in a defense that will close a lot.
Breaking lines of five, like that of the Egyptian rival, requires patience and speed in the exchange of passes. One option is diagonal throws, to reverse the side of the play on the fourth man in the defense. What Tite calls “toothless” the line of five.
Raphael Veiga was impressed with Abel Ferreira’s ability to design the play for the first goal of the final against Flamengo: “We made the move in training, I arrived late for the ball and got scolded. penalty, because Mayke’s cross was going to hit me.”
The difference is that Palmeiras rehearsed the final against the red and blacks for forty days and, this time, they were only sure that they would face Al Ahly on Saturday (5). On the other hand, he faced the same rival in the third and fourth decision of the Worlds a year ago.
It tied without goals, for not breaking the system of the South African coach Pitso Mosimane, assistant of Joel Santana in the selection of his country, in the Confederations Cup of 2009.
Mosimane questions why the Libertadores champion has a captive place in the World Cup semifinals. This is a FIFA question, not Palmeiras’s. For Raphael Veiga, Dudu and Rony, the problem is scoring goals and explaining, on the field, why the South Americans have the preference. Remember, with the ball at your feet, that South America has nine world titles for national teams and 26 for clubs, adding the 22 Intercontinental Cups to the four from the FIFA era.
It does not exclude the memory that South America lost five of the last eleven spots in the finals. Only two for Africans.
Al Ahly will be a dangerous rival for Palmeiras. It will require different tricks from Abel Ferreira. This time, many designs and attack strategies, to score goals and avoid counterattacks from Egypt’s rivals.
15 thousand in Itaquera
The best team in Brazil in women’s football, Corinthians had an excellent performance in the debut of the 2022 season, 3-0 over Palmeiras. Tamires was the best on the field. But the news was the 13,800 fans at the season opener.
just one win
Fábio Carille changed Santos’ tactical system against Corinthians and broke the taboo of 12 classics without winning in Itaquera. He kept the strategy and didn’t beat Guarani. Santos will depend on the boys, Ângelo and Marcos Leonardo.
Source: Folha
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