LEADER

2024-02-12 18:38:09

In yesterday’s game, apart from the reserve team, the “field” is not suitable for a professional football game, and this was very clear in the performance of players who have not played on that field yet.

Robert Renan was, for example, betrayed by the ball on two occasions, and failed in those moves, as he had not failed before; and Hyoran performed well below the other games, which doesn’t mean he did well in the other games.

Looking at closer images, it is possible to see holes in the synthetic turf near the starting mark, not to mention the accumulation of heat and the locking of the boots.

The game reflected this well, with no touches of the ball, no short passes or deep plays, the floor sometimes slows the ball down (high) and sometimes speeds it up (the quick pass), making it difficult to control and time the ball for a shot or pass.

Even São José players, used to training on the floor, suffer from the speed of the ball.

The game becomes a pile of long balls and passes aimed at crossing into the area, as approaching plays are hampered by the speed of the ball when it touches the ground. And Inter has not had a good use of crosses and long balls.

The team came with two new players, Tahuan Lara on the wing and Gustavo Prado as a starter, playing on the right.

De Pena playing centrally on the line of 3 midfielders, with PH and Lucca in front. It’s an uncharacterized team, but one that knew how to control the game without being scared except for individual mistakes, like that of Robert Renan and the full-back who gave rise to the coaches’ fight.

Tahuan Lara is a good player, he has resources, shooting, passing and physical size, but he needs to want to be a professional player. He played a serious game, but in the first half, in the second half, he made the team take unnecessary risks. He is a player who needs to be worked on emotionally, both in terms of taking care of his body and when it comes to making plays.

I still have concerns about his withdrawal from the game against Cuiabá last year, but he is a player with good technique and good handling of the ball, and my assessment is that he should solve his problems at another club.

The good surprise of the night was Gustavo Prado, showing speed that had not been used in the previous game, and a safe performance, still lacking harmony. I saw Bustos being cast as support for the kid.

The performance was bureaucratic, the score was also bureaucratic, resulting from a somewhat reckless penalty by the defender, and the team created very little to call chances. It wasn’t a game that deserved major comments.

In any case, we regained the lead due to goal difference and everything is headed towards finishing the qualifying phase like this, even with more decisive games approaching, with little time between them.

The team continues to need reinforcements, such as left-back and midfielder to be a starter, given that Rômulo is not ready yet. De Pena, Coudet’s joker, didn’t have a good game, he recovered from missed penalties in a risk that we didn’t need to take, and he seems to be a respected and loved player by the group, but he still needs to show his football in the first half of the year, even to be an option.

With the elimination of the Olympic team, Maurício returns as a reinforcement and without the possibility of going to the Olympics, allowing more training for Coudet.

Anyway, we continue in the pre-season with the championship at stake, and with more and more player options, even without the signings. Gauchão serves this purpose and I see that we are taking advantage of it in a way we didn’t in previous years.