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Eduardo Coudet risked signing a team with just three players for the away game in a playoff game. And he did it so well that the rest of the main players were accompanied by a triumph of the subsidiary that puts the team ahead for the position in the quarterfinals of the Brazil Cup.
On Wednesday night, Inter beat Atlético-GO 2-1 at the Goiânia Olympic Stadium in the first match of the eighth round of the competition. He will play the tie in Beira-Rio next Tuesday and will have the starting eleven with recharged energy to try to beat Corinthians, this Saturday, maintaining the leadership of Brasileirão.
++ Coudet approves victory
++ See how the game went
Conservations were defined after an analysis of various factors. Attrition after 2-2 with Flamengo last Sunday, schedule with seven games in three weeks, the fact of being able to decide in Beira-Rio …
– We try to see who are the best, to regulate the physical load. We have professionals who understand more about this. I always talk about a very busy schedule. Making that decision is not easy. It’s a 180-minute game, not a 90-minute game, ”Coudet said.
Marcos Guilherme, one of the few starters, hugs the subsidiary Leandro Fernández after a goal – Photo: Ricardo Duarte / International
In addition to the victory, the colorful performance at the Olympic Stadium serves as a sign of the consistency of Coudet’s work. Inter were far from brilliant. But he presented the coach’s ideas in the field even with a subsidiary.
In the first 20 minutes, in particular. The team was armed in the usual 4-1-3-2, with the movements already ingrained in its mechanics. Musto fell back between the defenders, the wingers “went up”, and Inter populated the attack field.
Colorado soon created three opportunities. In the third, he opened the scoring with Leandro Fernández, heading, after a cross from Marcos Guilherme. He arrived 12 minutes early, with intensity. The way Coudet likes it.
It is a 180 minute outing. Give time for the risks that we are going to take. On Saturday we have to try to maintain leadership. This is the immediate
– Eduardo Coudet
But what was seen from the 20s of the first stage was something that was repeated in other games, with starters or reserves. Inter reduced the high initial speed. He gave spaces in the middle and lost aggression in the exit of the ball.
Atlético-GO grew, took over the game and pushed. It caused passing errors and couldn’t even create that many. But he just didn’t score because Janderson decided to simulate a penalty, canceled by VAR, instead of submitting after dribbling Lomba.
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The second half arrived and the tone did not change. But Inter managed to defend themselves without risking, closing spaces in front of the area.
And he reached the goal with a play by the protagonist of Moisés, as Coudet asks him so much at his side. He set the table with Leandro Fernández and played at Jean’s exit.
It seemed like a perfect night. That was almost due to the penalty that Abel Hernández committed in the attacker’s career, as defined by Coudet after the game. But the strategy worked and, most importantly, it gives the Brasileirão leader encouragement to maintain the leadership.
After the victory in Goiânia, Inter will face Corinthians next Saturday, at 7pm, at Neo Química Arena, for the 19th round of the Brasileirão. Only then is the return match ahead.
Colorado and Atlético-GO meet in the second match of the round of 16 next Tuesday, at 9:30 p.m., in Beira-Rio. Inter play for a draw to qualify. The Dragon needs to win by two goals difference. A victory for Goiás by one goal leads to the decision to penalties.
