2023-11-27 19:23:22
It wasn’t a game to play, it was a game to win, and we won.
I believed that we would sacrifice this game, and focus on the last 3, but the results of the previous games I think made the team change their mind.
Even though until the penalty goal the team was very soft, losing tackles, entering without much desire. I don’t remember exactly if it was the goal or a ball fight with Bruno Henrique, or a foul that Wanderson made on the right after a corner, but there was a change of key in the match, and the team started to play with more desire.
The goal came on a counterattack, we already had one or two before, and we had one or two later, where we could have expanded. But it’s Inter, and I have doubts whether a 2-0 score wouldn’t throw the game into the balance until Bragantino scores one.
The fact is that, after the goal, or shortly before, the team started to thicken the middle and scared the Red Bull crowd a little. Even without taking control of the game at any point, Inter set up a blockade on the flanks and Bragantino was left with few options other than shooting from outside the area. I believe that Rochet has a shot defense from inside the area.
Coudet did not see the second half against Flamengo, when Tite explored Red Bull’s left side, since Capixaba, you see, is the team’s organizer and takes all the initiatives, turning the ball from one side to the other with great frequency. . I think Lucca should have played more there, combining with Maurício and Bustos. Coudet at one point even reversed Valencia, but for a very short time. That’s where Bragantino organized the team.
With the advantage, in the second half, without Valencia to worry the defenders, Bragantino advanced, played on Inter’s field, but were unable to finish. It’s a team with good dribblers, and has good kickers, but Inter’s marking rarely left any player one-on-one, and the preparation for the shot always had someone bothering them, even with the front of the area poorly protected.
Lucca didn’t do well in the technical part, although he had a lot of commitment, he was lost in positioning, the target of complaints from his teammates all the time for that, and from Coudet too, who spoke to him a couple of times during the match. And it felt slower.
Valencia was decisive, again, and had already shown that a defender alone would not be able to mark him. It was a big loss in the second half, as LA produced nothing, and even missed short passes.
The entire defense, and Johnny, did very well, safe, even with Vitão leaving. Igor Gomes is a little scary, but he had a good game coming into the fire.
Bruno Henrique entered another rotation, again, but woke up at a certain point, with the rest of the team, and started to be more aggressive, although he wasted a couple of very decisive passes. When he needed to defend himself more, especially with Maurício tired, Coudet reinforced the defense and the middle, and practically gave up speed and ball control.
Maurício also took some time to get his positioning right, especially with Lucca; the team was playing differently, and was not on the field. When they understood each other, it got better, but it got tired in the second half.
The three points should give the team more peace of mind for the last three games, without pressure from the press either, who saw yesterday’s game as defining the year 2024, and many Coloradoans were falling for it.
Furthermore, the women’s title, at the home of the OAS, on a pitch worse than the Redemption sand, crowned a Colorado Sunday.
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