Everyone who likes football wants to see, at Maracanã, Flamengo x Palmeiras, a duel between the two best teams in the country and the only candidates for the Brasileirão title.
Palmeiras, the leader, became better with the pair of attackers (Flaco López and Vitor Roque), a midfielder on each side (Felipe Anderson and Raphael Veiga), who mark and build the plays, and centralized midfielder Andreas Pereira, who plays from one midfield player to the other, with great passes. I think Andreas Pereira should be a reserve in the national team’s midfield.
The possible presence of Fuchs, a hybrid of a third defender in the middle and a midfielder, was surprising due to his release of the ball with excellent forward passes, breaking lines as the footballer says. At Atlético-MG, I was unaware of his quality. Abel Ferreira goes deep into the details.
At Flamengo, Filipe Luís has changed the team a lot with each game from midfield to forward. That’s fine, as long as Jorginho and Arrascaeta play. Pedro, after two beautiful plays against Botafogo, with a goal and a pass for a goal, will certainly be selected from the beginning. I prefer Carrascal as a midfielder, a third playmaker in midfield, with Arrascaeta freer and closer to Pedro.
Flamengo concedes very few goals, even though they play with their defenders forward, putting pressure on them. The two great defenders, Léo Ortiz and Léo Pereira, know when to take two steps forward and two steps back. Against the speedy Vitor Roque, they will have to be very attentive. The two defenders are not in the team because there are several excellent defenders who play in Europe. The good and experienced Alex Sandro has a good chance of being at the World Cup.
Another great defender who should remain on the national team’s waiting list is Fabrício Bruno. Massaging him and saying that he has no technical condition to play for the national team because of the mistake made in Japan’s first goal is unfair and cruel, as Fabrício Bruno has performed with great efficiency and regularity in recent years. Many prefer the opposite, to praise sporadic brilliance, especially from those who scored goals. Furthermore, as big teams, even under pressure, try to get the ball out of defense by exchanging passes, mistakes happen to good goalkeepers and defenders.
Fabrício Bruno was fouled in Cruzeiro’s 1-1 draw with Atlético-MG. Galo played better even without playing well, and Cruzeiro played very poorly. The match was bad, tumultuous and with egregious mistakes by the referee, who was confused and changed cards, as well as making the mistake of giving Atlético-MG a corner in the play that preceded the goal. None of this justifies the unacceptable behavior of Kaio Jorge, who, with gestures, called the referee a thief.
I continue to have my doubts, uncertainties and questions without exact answers. Why have there been so many absences due to injuries in São Paulo for a long time? In the 2-0 defeat to Grêmio, it was a pleasure to see Arthur, midfielder of the Rio Grande do Sul team, play with class, talent, precise, clear and lucid passes, as when Grêmio won the 2017 Libertadores. At the time, I thought Arthur would become one of the great midfielders in world football. He went to Europe and didn’t shine. Why?
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