The goal, the greatest expression in football, happens in different and endless ways. It is born from individual and collective play, from inspiration and perspiration, from desire and chance, from concentration and carelessness, from technique and inventiveness, from lucidity and dedication, from planning and improvisation, from crossed balls and exchanges. of passes and in many other ways. Many times, the goal has no explanation, it happens.
In the friendly between Cruzeiro and Atlético-MG, in the USA, there were no goals and there should have been no goals due to the excess of fouls, violence and the lack of well-constructed plays. The lack of better physical conditions does not justify the almost 50 absences. Deyverson, Deyvinho, committed a very serious foul and was not sent off. All this in a game that should have been festive, a disappointment for the fans present at the stadium.
Last year, Atlético-MG showed a great individual and collective lack in the midfield, due to the lack of talent and because the coach prioritized crossed balls and long throws from the defense. The club signed two good strikers, Júnior Santos and Cuello, but remains without a great midfielder.
Cruzeiro brought good players, but it is still too early to say what the team’s technical level will be. Fernando Diniz started the team with Dudu on the left, Gabigol advanced in the center and Eduardo as a third in midfield. Gabigol hasn’t found his place yet. He doesn’t know if he’s a classic center forward or if he comes back to receive the ball. Bolasie could be a good option up front, forming a partnership with Gabigol. The team was left without a striker on the right, a space that full-back William was trying to fill.
Flamengo and São Paulo, without violence, also did not score goals in another friendly in the USA. The lack of better physical and technical conditions at the beginning of the season does not justify the absence of goals, because in my imagination and in my memories the number of goals in these games at the beginning of the year increased, as the players are unable to return to score.
São Paulo has five good attacking players (Oscar, Lucas, Luciano, Calleri and Ferreirinha). There should be Ferreirinha, even though he always plays well, as he has less prestige. This was what happened at Grêmio under the command of Renato Gaúcho. Oscar has always been a great player, regular, but he was never exceptional. It is an illusion to think that he will raise the team’s technical level significantly. Furthermore, no one has seen him play in China in the last ten years.
Flamengo continues without a replacement for Pedro, who is still recovering. There is a lack of typical and good center forwards in Brazilian football. It is necessary to change the concept that a center forward has to be tall, strong, fixed, slow and just a good finisher. Kane, the best center forward in the world, scores many goals, moves all over the field, opens up space in the defense and makes decisive passes for goals. Haaland scores a lot of goals because he is also very fast.
Brazilian football needs to evolve in the articulation of plays. The goal comes from defense and mainly from passing the ball through midfield. The goal is usually constructed, although it often happens through deconstruction. The star invents, improvises and destructures the move before scoring the goal. It is the union of technique and art.
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