The Spanish coach of the Paris Saint-Germain gives indications in the duel against Botafogo for the second date of the group phase of the Club World Cup.
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The coach of Paris Saint-Germain, the Spanish Luis Enrique Martínez, congratulated the unpublished and efficient defensive approach that Botafogo proposed, against which his team fell 1-0 in an expected duel for group B of the Club World Cup, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
“The game was complicated, it was difficult, and we did not create enough occasions. That happens in this competition. We have to improve our game and consider all this in view of the game that we are going to have in the last round,” said the DT at the end of the game.
“I think the Botafogo has been the team that has best defended us throughout the season. They have been very good,” said the Spanish. For the brand new champion of the Champions League, Fogão players have been very efficient, supportive and always with the possibility of making transitions.
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He admitted that his team did not generate the chances of goal that he usually creates. “We are very accustomed to working against low blocks, but it is always difficult to attack a team that defends under, in this case I think Botafogo has done very well and congratulated them,” he said.
With this result, the Botafogo remained as the leader of the area, with 6 points, followed by the PSG and Atlético de Madrid, both with 3. At the bottom of the table of an area set on fire, lies the Seattle Sounders, the only one of the four that is already eliminated.
The two classified to the round of 16 will be defined on Monday, when the French in front of the Americans in Seattle and the Brazilians are measured with the Spaniards in Pasadena. The four clubs arrive with the possibility of advancing to the next round.
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