Analysis: very poor in creation, Vasco has little gain in a tie with Defense; goal attenuates weak performance | Basque

Difficulty exchanging passes

Paralyzed by 10 embezzlements of the Covid-19, among them the creative Talles Magno -in bad phase- and Benítez -main articulator-, Vasco was very poor, that is, very poor in creation. Especially in the first part, when he was involved in Defense and Justice, trained by former central striker Hernán Crespo.

With errors in the passes of many players from the defensive sector and midfielders, Vasco could not leave his field and saw Pizzini, Brítez, Braian Romero and Rius provoke a real salseiro. The constant exchange of positions and the interesting occupation of spaces by the Argentines caused many hasty decisions on the part of the Basque.

Rius, in fact, had three goals well disallowed. Two left on the right side of the Basque defense. There was merit in executing the offside line, but also luck in a play in which Castan huddled in front of Braian Romero.

In front, Cano was more isolated than usual because of his attack partners. Gustavo Torres kept trying and it was his main opportunity on the stage. He stopped before goalkeeper Unsain after leaving Frías in the void. The Colombian, however, did not continue several plays and missed single passes. Pikachu, on the other end, added another very poor performance to his 2020 collection. He didn’t see the ball.

Golaço is the breath of inspiration for Vasco

After a poor first half, Vasco was no different at halftime. In fact, he confirmed the huge deficiency in the pass on Thursday night. To get an idea, 82 incomplete passes out of 282 were attempted, while Defense missed 87 out of 616 passes..

At 16 minutes into the final stage, however, the exception came. And what an exception! Miranda, who had already been climbing up the direct band, advanced through the middle and found Léo Matos with a great pass. The full back crossed the ball, and Germán Cano, in the most beautiful tribute he could do to the idol Maradona, completed with a beautiful volley. Good goal!

– For you (you), Diego! by you! – exclaimed shirt 14 to the cameras.

This was the last – and only – moment of brilliance for Vasco in the game, and Defense’s well-deserved draw reached 33. Miranda, who was on the rise after a bad first half, tried to get ahead and set Braian Romero free to score a great goal. . The boy, however, was not the only culprit. Marcos Júnior and Léo Gil also gave too much space before the ball reached the center forward.

It is worth mentioning that, before Romero’s goal, goalkeeper Lucão had already appeared in a providential way in two Argentine arrivals and, therefore, was the other positive point of Vasco’s performance at the Norberto Tito Tomaghello Stadium.

Despite the poor presentation in Argentina of the rich Maradona, Vasco returns to Brazil with a valuable goal away from home in his luggage. Next Thursday, also at 9:30 p.m. (Brasilia time), A 0 to 0 serves to advance to the quarterfinals – the new 1 to 1 takes the dispute to penalties, and draws with two goals from each team or more classify the Argentines.

And for next week’s duel in São Januário, Vasco must count on the returns of Andrey, Talles Magno and Benítez, players capable of giving the team imagination. In any case, the Basque scenario for the final showdown is very encouraging. If the ball reaches the excellent Germán Cano, who has scored 20 goals in 36 games this season, the road will be much less tortuous.