Carlos Alberto said the team encouraged Luis Castro to stay and praised Casapa’s arrival in Botafogo: ‘He embraced the group and showed his confidence’.

a Botafogo Had a turbulent week with the sudden departure of the coach Luis Castro In favor of victory but the players showed their strength and beat Vasco on Sunday with a great performance at the crowded Nilton Santos stadium. second goal scorer, Carlos Alberto I remembered what the week was like.

– We really wanted him (Castro) to stay, but he went his own way, God bless him, we wish him all the best. The work remains here, we continue and will continue with the same imprint, that same identity, always looking for victories with the outstanding group unity. In my short time as a professional, this is probably the most united group I’ve worked with – Carlos Alberto told ESPN.

The young striker entered the second half of the classics, which went off temporarily Claudio Cacappa. Carlos Alberto admitted that he did not see the former defender on the field, but he highly praised the arrival of the professional, who is part of Lyon’s coaching staff and is one of the stars of the French club.

– I didn’t get his time as a player, when I was born he was already exploding (laughs). He arrived and embraced the group and gave a lot of confidence and that motivates us even more. He gave us confidence, made us feel lighter and we’ll carry on – said Carlos Alberto, revealing what a quick change it was:

– He didn’t have time to train the group, the one who worked with us was Lucio Flavio, he put forward one or the other idea of ​​what he had in mind for this game. We hugged there at the time, and saw what could change. The group is very united, and everyone closed in on the pursuit of that victory in the classics.