Club World Cup quarter-finals, Chelsea 2-1 Palmeiras advanced to the semi-finals. After the game, Palmeiras coach Abel Ferreira accepted an interview with the media.
Abel Ferreira said: "I have a complex mood about Palmeiras' performance, I feel sad about being out in this way, and I am proud of the team's performance."
Abel Ferreira believes: "Chelsea's second goal has a luck component. When the game was in a stalemate, we could have scored the second goal and changed the score to 2-1. Now, it's too expensive for us to concede in this way. It's cruel. But we have to accept that this is football. For luck in football, sometimes, even though Chelsea does have the strength and conditions to win in other ways, but the magic of football is also here. "
Abel Ferreira repeatedly emphasized in the interview that Chelsea's lineup is physically superior to Palmeiras: "Just look at the confrontation between our defenders and their center."
Abel Ferreira praised his team in a subsequent interview: "Maybe in a good form, happy, inspired day, we can beat any team in the world. But, in short, we have to accept (this defeat). "