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Grêmio’s backlog of matches hasn’t just hampered the team’s performance. After the 1-1 draw with Sport yesterday, Renato Gaúcho revealed a dilemma to spend Christmas with his family.
Tricolor has a sequence of commitments at the end of the year. Although he left the Libertadores, there are two games in the semifinal phase of the Copa do Brasil against São Paulo on the calendar, in addition to another commitment by the Brazilian in 2020.
The sequence points to the duel of going with the tricolor of São Paulo this Wednesday (23), the following Sunday (27) the confrontation with Atlético-GO for the Brazilian, then the return match with São Paulo, Wednesday (30). Only then will some free days appear until January 6.
The first problem Portaluppi faces is the organization of Christmas. Attached to the family, the coach would like to spend with his wife and daughter, but worries about the new coronavirus pandemic.
“This covid drug, from a pandemic, is bad for everyone. Practically on Christmas Eve we will be playing a semifinal in the Copa do Brasil. One day later it is Christmas. I spoke with my wife and my daughter, they wanted to come to Porto Alegre Spend together. But I don’t want the danger that the plane is, this whole situation. Millions of people are going through this. It’s difficult, it’s sad. But it’s part of our job, “Portaluppi said.
The problem goes beyond that. According to Renato, the group shows signs of exhaustion due to the tough and decisive sequence they have faced.
“Our fans can be sure that we are working to give them a lot of joy. We are going to fight, fight, review all this. It is very complicated. Now we are going to travel all night (returning from Recife), but we are going to try to give a gift to them in this atypical year, which is the qualification for the final of the Brazilian Cup ”, he added.
Grêmio faces São Paulo on Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. (Brasilia time), in the Arena.
