Ahead of the crucial quarter- final game between Palmeiras and Chelsea, Palmeiras Coach Abel Ferreira has revealed the strategies to adopt that will send the English club packing out of the tournament, reports www.totorinews.com.
“If we are winning, what we need to do to block them. If we are losing, what we need to do to be more aggressive,” Ferreria said.
“If we have less than one player and we need to stop them, like we did (against Botafogo) or if we have less than one player and you need to play more aggressive. So, they know because I have worked with them for the last five years.
“I know them, they know me. So, with some talks we can adjust like we did (on Saturday) with less than one player.
“We put three players in the middle, one number five, one number eight and the eleven players, close inside and we let our striker not in front but in half space, in left half space.
“And the others, my wingers, follow the fullbacks and we support with all our strength in the middle because the opponent will cross for sure.
“So extra effort that we need and we need to suffer together and I speak with them many times. In some moments, when we cannot play like we did, we cannot have the ball like it happened against Botafogo in the last 15 minutes, we need to be very strong here, you know, to stay together, to give our maximum.”
For the record, this will be the second clash between Palmeiras and Chelsea, with the current European Confluence League champions won their first meeting 2-1 after extra time in the final of the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup.
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