Now the young guys can help us, and the experienced players like myself, Josef, and others are here to try and help them however we can.” But all the young guys can help us," said the Brazilian, adding: "In France, we had a very young team but we were able to win the championship. I was a young player once too, now I’m 26 years old.
“We have young guys on the team, but they are here to help us. It speaks volumes that a 26-year-old like Luiz Araujo - a Ligue 1 title winner with Lille in 2021 - would see himself as a leader in the group. In fact, the oldest player in the starting XI on Sunday was Josef Martinez at 29 while, on the bench, 23-year-olds Aiden McFadden and Machop Chol were unused subs. In midfield, 21-year-old Franco Ibarra arguably had his best game for the club so far, passing the ball with purpose and routinely breaking up Inter Miami attacks. Of course, the young theme didn't stop in defense for Atlanta. We are going to continue working as a team.” If it continues like this, we are going to continue doing big things and I hope that results continue to be positive. Goalkeeper Rios Novo added: "As I have always said, it is a young team, but I think that from the youngest to the oldest, they all do their job how it needs to be done. But we’re all in this together and we all go with it and we’re doing well.” "We have lots of veterans on this team that help us get through it, lots of experienced guys. “There’s lots of young guys on this team and that doesn’t scare us," said Wiley after the match. The defensive quartet combined to make 16 tackles, nine clearances, and seven interceptions, while they made 39 recoveries including Rios Novo - who made three saves in a shutout performance. Where more mature combinations have failed for Atlanta this season, this inexperienced defense came together to limit Inter Miami to three shots on target and an xG value of 0.91 - in comparison to eight and 2.13, respectively, for the hosts.
Thanks to some chronic injury problems, the Five Stripes were forced to field a backline on Sunday whose oldest member was 25-year-old Alan Franco, alongside Brooks Lennon (24), George Campbell (20), Caleb Wiley (17), and goalkeeper Rocco Rios Novo (20). We open things up and we transition," said assistant coach Rob Valentino, who manned the dugout in the absence of the suspended Gonzalo Pineda.īut amid the 'chaos', it was Atlanta United's young rearguard that brought some calm and serenity. I think sometimes maybe that’s our way to have or add a little bit of chaos. Luiz Araujo's beautiful long-range finish in the fourth minute and Marcelino Moreno's driving, head-down run in the build-up to Josef Martinez's clincher were two fine examples. Though the Five Stripes largely dominated against a team down to 10 men for over an hour, it still took some moments of inspiration and unpredictability to force Inter Miami open. For the first time in seven matches and almost two months, Atlanta United kept a clean sheet in their 2-0 win over Inter Miami on Sunday.
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