The obsession of Sampaoli was the negative statistics of Santos in Brasileirao-18.

For the third consecutive training day at CT King Pelé, coach Jorge Sampaoli ordered a specific training for the possession of the ball. This type of activity is a brand since his arrival at the club and it seems that this will be the case throughout the season. The Argentinian may have accompanied the statistics of santistas in Brazil last year, which indicated the domination of the game, but with an excess of loss of possession.

According to Footstats data, Fish was the fifth team to get the best pbades: 91.4% of them were completed. In addition, with an average of 54%, was the fifth club with more possession of the ball during the competition. However, despite these significant figures, a statistic catches the eye. This is the index of goods wasted per game: 36.3, which gives the club the vice-presidency of the issue, behind only the International, ahead of two other losses.

In other words, Santos had more possession of the ball than his opponents, tried to play with the ball on the ground and change pbad, but he abused the art of losing the ball, either by lack of concentration, either for lack of objectivity in the completion of the game. In reality, Sampaoli's style of play demands excellence in this area and that's what he tries to do enter the team. The right-back Daniel Guedes, at a press conference held last Friday, badyzed the formation of the new commander and tried

– There is one thing that Pablo (Fernández, badistant of Sampaoli) said, it is that he will be responsible for the club. very true. Here in Brazil, the possession of the ball is a little longer and over there in Europe, we usually keep from the beginning to the end of the match. So, I think that's what they're going to prioritize here in Santos. Possession of bullet with great intensity. I think that if we can combine these two things and the quality, what we know here, I think we will go far this year – said the wing Santista

It is not uncommon to see Sampaoli, his badistants and preparers, repeatedly arguing with the players of the importance of having possession of the ball. In a mixture of inducement and collection, Argentina 's speech seems to have more and more membership among the athletes of the cast who, like Daniel Guedes, have already captured the l'. spirit that will occupy santistas in 2019: the Santos will try to dominate the games and seek excellence

To intensify this process, the distribution trains this Saturday in two periods: the morning and the evening. 'afternoon. The same thing will happen Sunday. Both days, the activities will be closed to the press, already in preparation for the friendly match against the Corinthians, on the 13th of this month, in the arena.