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Daniel Alves Believes Brazil Are On The Right Track
Daniel Alves thinks that Brazil will scale new heights under Mano Menezes.
Sep 8, 2010 2:50:00 PM
By Subhankar Mondal
Brazil international and Barcelona right-back Daniel Alves has expressed his optimism at the new era for the South American giants under coach Mano Menezes.
The Selecao defeated Barcelona B 3-0 in a training match yesterday and Alves enthused about the new-look Brazil side to Barca TV.
“It was a good training session for both sides," said the former Sevilla defender. "For us it was important to wind up the last few days with a win and both teams played well.
"It’s a new project with a lot of young players. We’ve just started being together and we are starting to understand the way we are supposed to play. I think we are on the right track."
Alves then switched gears and spoke about Saturday's league game against Hercules.
“We started well against Racing and now we have to keep that up in our home debut on Saturday."
Barca B coach Luis Enrique also gave his thoughts after the game and believed his squad held up well against a much superior team.
"It was an interesting test against a demanding opponent. It was useful helping us to get fit and try out a few things. Their three goals for example came from things that we need to improve."
Enrique went on to speak about his side's start to the season.
"We played very well in the second game, but we could have easily lost the first one. It’s important to get used to playing at this level and finish well.
"We aren’t in any rush, we just want to observe and do things properly."
The Selecao defeated Barcelona B 3-0 in a training match yesterday and Alves enthused about the new-look Brazil side to Barca TV.
“It was a good training session for both sides," said the former Sevilla defender. "For us it was important to wind up the last few days with a win and both teams played well.
"It’s a new project with a lot of young players. We’ve just started being together and we are starting to understand the way we are supposed to play. I think we are on the right track."
Alves then switched gears and spoke about Saturday's league game against Hercules.
“We started well against Racing and now we have to keep that up in our home debut on Saturday."
Barca B coach Luis Enrique also gave his thoughts after the game and believed his squad held up well against a much superior team.
"It was an interesting test against a demanding opponent. It was useful helping us to get fit and try out a few things. Their three goals for example came from things that we need to improve."
Enrique went on to speak about his side's start to the season.
"We played very well in the second game, but we could have easily lost the first one. It’s important to get used to playing at this level and finish well.
"We aren’t in any rush, we just want to observe and do things properly."
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