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Jorge Sampaoli left wingers Guga and Mariano on the bench and began the game against Goiás, in Serrinha, with Gabriel, third defender to fight a duel with the lone Fernandão in the 5-4-1 esmeralda ridden by coach Glauber Ramos .
The idea was to make Atlético Mineiro attack in a 3-3-1-3, with Savarino and Vargas wide open and Sasha and Hyoran looking for the spaces between the lines, with the support of Alan Franco, Allan and Guilherme Arana. It worked with the ball reversed from the left that Savarino completed for the nets, but a millimeter impediment canceled the goal and prevented the game from getting complicated for Gallo.
Only Sampaoli has not been helping himself much. Atlético settles in the attack field, rotates the ball, but creates very little. Either the tips win in the duels against the wings, or Arana surprises in the infiltration. There remains a random game, which has 90% passing effectiveness, 78% possession, 19 shots on goal, two balls on the post. But a crystal clear opportunity was not created in a well thought out and executed attack.
Goiás finished three times, once in the direction of Everson’s goal. In the nets, with Índio completing a cross from the left after a side kick. No official defense to block the assist that helped define the match. Sampaoli sent Mariano, Jair, Nathan, Diego Tardelli and Marrony into the second half. Bank full, but small changes to the cast model and performance only gets worse with desperation.
Difficult to operate, impossible to trust. Even with a table, in theory, more accessible than those of Internacional and Flamengo. With each round, the Gallo seems more lost and the intense movement in the market, with the arrival of the Hulk, probably Ignácio Fernández, from River Plate, and other speculated names, indicates that the club is already thinking about the next season. Maybe without Sampaoli …
A stranger, like the São Paulo who fired Fernando Diniz and seems even more aimless. The work imploded at the turn of the year with the elimination in the Copa do Brasil for Grêmio, without creating anything in Morumbi, plus the change in the board with the election and the explosion of Diniz with Tchê Tchê in the defeat of Bragantino that left unrecoverable . aftermath. An impressive decline, even for a club in constant turmoil suffering eight years without titles.
Of course, the 2020 Brazilian has room for an unlikely reaction with interim Marcos Vizolli based on the mobilization and some relaxation of the team, which looked like the virtual champion and now gives the impression that its only objective is to guarantee itself. in Z4.
But there is a threat: Marcão’s Fluminense. Permanent assistant, effective interim who, by simplifying and maintaining the good in Odair Hellmann’s work, puts the team back in the fight for G4. In Salvador, another victory. In Bahia, Luiz Henrique scored a goal. Young, left-handed midfielder, wide open on the right in the 4-2-3-1 that frees Nenê and Fred. Giving confidence to guys like Calegari, Martinelli and Luiz Henrique himself.
Each one in his role, and Marcos Felipe proving to be the most reliable goalkeeper in the squad. He saved the team at the end of the match at Fonte Nova. Bahía had 54% possession and finished 12 times, one less than Flu. Six on target for each side. The Cariocas were more efficient.
In a crazy championship, winning matches against weaker opponents is a virtue. Fluminense rises to 56 points and is two behind São Paulo, which has one game less due to the postponement of the classic with Palmeiras that is already in Doha. Four points behind Galo, opponent of the next round, in Maracanã.
At this point, they seem like the most reliable team to reach a once-unlikely direct spot in the Libertadores group stage. Just not making up or creating problems for yourself. A credit to this chaotic setting.
(Statistics: SofaScore)
