André Loffredo does not agree with the planning of Botafogoto start the season in March. The commentator of the program “SporTV News” considers that the club has changed the cast too much and is still paying the price.
– We have to evaluate Botafogo for what Botafogo did, not her last season. Botafogo’s expectation, when you start the year, not this, because you said “Botafogo will make a good campaign next year, because it has a good base”. This base disappeared. The total base. Lost the whole bank, for example. The whole bank left. His two main players from the front, Almada and Luiz Henrique, went away, and all reserves went, but all. It did everything wrong. The question is as follows, when you exchange, even if it is the reservations, you decide that you will change ten, 12 players from one season to another, you change ten, you will not exchange, obviously, the ten holders of 11, right? You are making a very radical cast modification, because these players were inserted inside that team that was champion. They could not be the fundamental, they could be participating 10 minutes, 15 minutes, but they were participating in the champion team. Marçal, Tchê Tchê, Adryelson, Eduardo, Tiquinho, Junior Santos and more. When you exchange it there, even if you hire, until those players fit into that group, it takes a while. And then, if you make the mess that Botafogo made, then worsens even more, ”said Loffredo.
– At the beginning of the season, Botafogo could not really participate in full force. It is not the responsibility of Botafogo’s administration. From a certain moment, when I had Recopa, when I had the Super Cup, when I had the State Championship, although it was not in the first games, Botafogo had to start developing their ideas, but did not even have a coach to do that. So you exchange ten players of your cast at least. The 25, 26 players cast, you exchange ten. It is almost changing half of the team. You don’t have the coach. You start the season after the others. A part because the calendar required and another part by its own decision. The chance to work is small. And incredibly it’s not working. I think Botafogo starts to improve now. Lightly, but it starts. Only it has already compromised its participation in the Brazilian Championshipin the issue of title dispute, I find it difficult for Botafogo to come to play the title. And in Liberatorsit may be saved and suddenly get it right and dispute the title. But it’s also at risk, ”he said.
The commentator believes that Botafogo could have thought the season in another way.
“If you do this without modifying your cast, the same cast and the same technician, your chance to work is still great.” “I changed two pieces because it was inevitable, these pieces were very strong in the market. So it was only two players I lost. I was already with the others inside the group here.” So, Luiz Henrique will come out, Junior Santos will enter. Almada will come out, Eduardo will enter. Ah, will the level drop? It will fall. But the players are already inserted here and then I will get these pieces. Then I will get Arthur. Then I will get players to take the position of these that were my reservations. But they were already inserted in the group and they automatically gain their positions. It can be another. It could be Matheus Martins. But, finally, the group is supplying the absence and continues the work. The chances of impacting is less. Now, if you make a reformulation and then you do everything wrong, as Botafogo did, the chance to work is very small – added.
