2023-08-14 19:41:51
In 25 minutes, Inter took a shoe from Botafogo on the synthetic lawn of Engenhão, and continues without being able to win in the Brazilian Championship.
Nothing against defeat, all the teams that were there were defeated, and Botafogo is having a unique campaign in the championship, undefeated at home.
My problem is how the defeat happened.
I think that, with five games to go for the Libertadores, with the next one at altitude, the time is to oil the team for the games against Bolívar, remembering the need to score points in the Brazilian Championship as well, even as a result of oiling the team and building the game mechanics.
There is no doubt that we improved a lot, and projected the team forward looking for the goal, while we know how to exchange passes in defense and in the middle.
However, it is the second game that Inter is unable to play when the opponent prints a pressure game. It was like that in the second half against River, and like that on Saturday in the second half against Botafogo, until the 25th, 30th minute of the game.
In both matches, with an advantage built in the first half, since the beginning of the second half the team was under pressure and did not know how to alleviate the opposing force.
From now on, get rid of tiredness and physical preparation. After 45, 50 minutes, there were 15 of rest, and Inter couldn’t play from the first minute. Let’s go to the game.
The team started well, attacking, controlling the game, suffering in some attacks, but managed to play, build plays and counterattack. The first half was evenly matched, with both teams playing for the goal. Maurício, who shoots, made the first mistake for the goalkeeper, and Inter retracted a little, but still in control of what they were doing. Some escapes could have extended the score, but the passes were not good. The scheme was the same against River, with Alan Patrick more advanced, and Wanderson closing the middle with Aranguiz and Maurício, with Gabriel in coverage and ball output. Rochet saved Inter on two occasions and perhaps a draw was fairer.
In the second half, like River in Argentina, Botafogo came at high speed and intensity, with coach changes, taking the game out of the middle and using the sides of the field. Inter was lost. With the ball, he just got rid of it, neither Alan Patrick nor Maurício, who were supposed to do the job, managed to hold the ball and organize plays, and no one else who could play the role of triggering the attackers at speed, did it.
Then Inter was dominated and Botafogo built the score on defensive failures. Now with the team adjusted, Nico missed the same type of ball that Uendel took the Brazilian against Sport, and Botafogo scored the third in a beautiful counterattack.
Although he defends that, with 3×1, tactical analyzes go to waste, Inter improved, and with Bustos, free, on the right, we could have scored the goal and then tied, since the change to three defenders even worked for the team to attack .
Good thing, we saw that Coudet learned something from the second half against River in Argentina, and that he is not a one-size-fits-all coach. On the downside, the inability of our midfielders to face a game with pressure from the opponent, and try quick touches to put the attackers up to speed, taking advantage of the opponent’s rise. At this point, Bruno Henrique did very well, distributing the game and pacing what was left of Botafogo’s pressure, accrediting himself to play that can change the game when he enters.
We had flaws in the defense, but Botafogo are playing very good football, and they are rightly at the top of the championship, knowing how to mix a collective game and take advantage of individualities. I remember that, in March, if we put the 11 from Botafogo to choose from, maybe Marlon Freitas would have space, and no other. Cooker fit like Leicester in that English title.
#SHOE #BLOG #RED