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Not last Sunday (5), Bahia drew 1-1 with Vitória in the classic Ba-Vi, at Arena Fonte Nova, for the Copa do Nordeste, and continues outside the classification zone for the quarterfinals of the competition. After the stumble, the coach of the Steel Squadronthe Portuguese Renato Paiva, gave a sincere statement about his team’s game philosophy.
In a press conference, Paiva defended Bahia’s style of play at the start of his work after the sale of 90% of the club’s SAF (Sociedade Anônima do Futebol) to the City Football Group and made it clear that, behind the scenes, everything goes through the hands of the new owners.
“Philosophy is not defined by me. It is defined by the group that bought Bahia. The group that bought Bahia is in charge of Bahia”, he began by saying.
“I agree with your game philosophy, which is what the group believes it wants to implement here. I will always believe in the development of young people, that they have a margin and a potential that is still dormant. crossing, finishing zone. He doesn’t shoot, he passes. Instead of crossing forward, he crosses backwards. These are things in the game, which begins to feel the tension”, he added.
At the moment, Bahia is only 7th in Group B of the Northeast Cup and has 5 points added. In the Regional, the club added a single victory, over Atlético-BA, and still lost three and drew two matches.
In the Campeonato Baiano, the performance is better, since the Tricolor finished the first stage of the State in isolated leadership, with 21 points added, 7 wins and only 2 losses.
