Ney Franco: “We can play better.”

“We played better in the possession and we created a constructive game from the half line forward. But we are not at the level we want to be, we can play better,” said Ney Franco.

For the next game Franco might have lost three players, Alex Sandor and Henrique suffered muscular injury while Casemiro twisted his left ankle.

“The all received medical care,” Franco said. “We hope they’ll be back on Thursday, but if they are not 100% ready by then we will preserve them for the rest of the competition.”