In the middle of the week, Flamengo and Palmeiras, the two most quoted teams before the Brasileirão to win the title, showed, again, important offensive disabilities. Flamengo lost 1-0 to Santos, and Palmeiras drew 1-1 with Mirassol.
Flamengo’s problems, without Pedro, are the same as the last games in which he had Pedro. The ideal would be the coach and the player to celebrate peace and Peter again acts as in their best moments. Gerson’s departure is also important because he, from right to center, was the third midfielder, made it easier for Arrascaeta and the two strikers.
Palmeiras, without Stephen and without Paulinho, even that Paulinho who could only play 30 minutes, was without a great attacker. I repeat, the discreet performances of Vitor Roque are not surprises. He, being young, can evolve, but was excessively praised at the beginning of his career for the many goals he scored. Flaco López has been acting better than Vitor Roque, but is far from being the striker who wants Abel and the fans. If Richard Ríos, the best Palmeiras player from the middle to the front, leaves, will be much worse.
Cruzeiro, now leader, showed, once again, in a 2-0 win over Fluminense in Maracanã, who is a candidate for the title. The individual and collective combination between Matheus Pereira and Kaio Jorge in the second goal was perfect. It is the union of the body with the mind. The team, with two lines of four and one duo of offensive through the center, goes from defense to block attack. The two players on the sides, Christian on the right and Wanderson on the left, attack as tips and come back to score alongside the two midfielders.
It never worked well a team play with two in midfield, two tips that only attack and do not come back to score, and an offensive sock near the center forward, as is still usual in many Brazilian teams. Thus the Brazilian team was beaten in 2014 by Germany, 7-1, and recently by Argentina, 4-1.
The exits of Arias do Fluminense, Ygor Jesus and Gregore do Botafogo, Gerson do Flamengo and Stephen (and probably Richard Ríos) of Palmeiras weaken these teams and Brazilian football and strengthen the cruise and other teams in Brasileirão. This weekend has Fla x Flu without Gerson and without Arias.
On the other hand, I notice an evolution in the way of playing in many Brazilian teams. They try to go out with the ball exchanging passes since the goalkeeper, and presses the opponent throughout the field to recover the ball. It still lacks compaction. In the victory over Colombia’s Bucaramanga for the South American Cup, Atletico-MG attacked many players and left huge spaces in the midfield for the opponent’s counterattack, as the defenders were still glued to the large area.
Another evolution is to have multipurpose players who start matches in different positions. However, it is necessary to separate them from that, during the game and according to the moment, alternate the positions and executions of the technical foundations of each position. It is the midfielder who advances, enters the area and concludes as a great striker, is the tip that defends and attacks by the sides, and so many other examples. This is the modern player.
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