Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Vanderlei Luxemburgo da Silva, better known as Vanderlei Luxemburgo, and often known as Wanderley Luxemburgo, is a Brazilian football manager and former player. As a manager he has won Brazil's Série A five times, a record total...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth10 May 1952
CityRio de Janeiro, Brazil
call confidence create decent fans players putting responsibility understand whether win
Whether we play well or not, we have to win this game. We must call on all our fans to create the right atmosphere, as this is like a final. My players are not brimming with confidence but they understand that they have the responsibility of putting in a decent performance.
game won
I think we should have won the game before halftime,
head
We're all in this together, it's not just my head on the block.
questions talking
We can't be talking about changes. There are questions to which I say 'next question' and this is one of them.
against practiced stop
We practiced against Juninho's free-kicks, ... But not enough to stop him.
situation
That is the same situation of Diogo and Michel Salgado.
act change next tour
A tour should act as pre-season preparation and not only be used as a way of making money. We are going to change it next season.
build decided game help moment plan tomorrow wednesday whether
At the moment the plan is for Woodgate to play a game on Wednesday to help him build his confidence. I have not decided whether he will play tomorrow or not.
match needed team type
Every team has absentees. In this type of match we needed to try harder.
afford although bad calm competition remain
Although it was a particularly bad result, we have to remain calm because the competition has only just started and we can't afford to be demoralised,
defenders difference goes opposition pitch players replace today
They are players who make a difference in a game, ... When Ronaldo isn't on the pitch the opposition defenders are more relaxed. The same goes for Zidane, but they weren't here today and we had to replace them.
champions league played win
The way we played here, we could win the league, the Champions League and the cup,
difficult knew lost next points six
There's a long way to go in the league. We've lost six points and we knew it would be difficult here. We have to think of our next match.
great tough won
This is a very tough and important championship. It's a great accomplishment to have won it.