The left side Renan Lodi, a player of the Brazilian team in the Copa América, said this Friday that with Canarinha he has “that freedom to be able to go on the attack”, although he claimed to also know how to defend, thanks to the Argentine's teachings Diego Simeone in the Atlético de Madrid.
“In the defensive part I learned a lot with (the coach) Simeone in these two years that he has been there – now I am going to start the third. I am very happy to learn a lot with Simeone “, said the defender at the Comary Farm, in Rio de Janeiro, where Brazil is concentrated during the 2021 Copa América.
I gave it He said in the sequence that “in the national team everyone knows that the way of playing is totally different”, to the point that sometimes he acts “almost like a striker”.
“Here you have a Casemiro, a Douglas luiz, so I can cover you. So, here, within the national team, I have that freedom to be able to go on the attack because when you go, you look back and there is a teammate there to cover you, ”said the footballer.
“But I don't just play offensively. I have a mission that is also the defensive part and that is something that the teacher Tite (Brazilian coach) always makes me bear that in mind, “he added. And a few minutes later he sentenced: “I'm not only offensive, I know how to defend as well ”.
THE RACHA DE LA CANARINHA
Brazil, which defends the title it won in 2019, also as hosts, has been intractable at the start of this edition with three victories in the same number of games against Venezuela (3-0), Peru (4-0) and Colombia ( 2-1).
The streak of the team led by the coach Tite It is already ten consecutive victories, the best personal record of the coach at the head of the five-time world champion.
To date, the best sequence of wins in a row is in the hands of the national team trained by Mario Zagallo, who chained fourteen in 1997.
That brand could be equaled by Tite, if Brazil lifts the Copa América on July 10 at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil, with nothing at stake, will face an Ecuadorian team on Sunday at the Olympic stadium in the city of Goiania that he needs a positive result to certify his ticket to the quarterfinals, or wait for a defeat for Venezuela against Peru.
The Argentine team Gustavo Alfaro it is in fourth position in group B, with two points, the same as Venezuela, bottom.
The first four placed go to fourth and Brazil and Colombia are already guaranteed their classification.