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Cruzeiro closed the match schedule in 2020 with a melancholic goalless draw against Cuiabá, today (29), at the Independência stadium, for the 32nd round of Serie B of the Brazilian Championship. If before the game there was little chance that Fox would continue to dream of Serie A, tonight’s result threw a shovel at what was the club’s main goal.
The Department of Mathematics of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) indicated a 1.5% probability of access before the game, a figure that will possibly fall at the end of the round. Cruzeiro needed to win their remaining seven games to reach 61 points, a score that once guaranteed Serie A teams. The team with the tie increases the quick winner, since of the last 12 points they have only won three.
Cruzeiro’s next match will only take place on January 8, against Sampaio Corrêa, in Maranhão. Cuiabá will host Juventude in a week, on January 5, at the Arena Pantanal.
The game
Cruzeiro started stronger, advanced his lines, secured the ball in the attack field and brought Cuiabá closer to goalkeeper João Carlos’ area. The celestial attacks were more on the sides of the field, a striking characteristic of a team that showed a great lack in the midfield in 2020, mainly due to the lack of a “thinking head” to set up the plays.
Dourado’s defensive trench hindered the more dangerous arrivals of Raposa, who had much more ball possession, but could not translate that into clear scoring chances.
Even dominating the actions of the game, Cruzeiro hardly started to lose. At 31 minutes, Pierini He lost a clear chance, with Manoel saving what would be a sure goal, for the luck of the celestial team.
In the second half, Cruzeiro maintained its strategy, but without as much momentum as in the initial stage, and thus gave more space to Cuiabá. The visitors’ proposal was clearly to play for a ball and even dominated by Raposa he was the one who had better chances.
33 minutes in the second half
Who did it well: Adriano
Cruzeiro’s shuttlecock was one of the most fired pieces by Raposa in the game. It was the balance point of the team, distributing and controlling the game.
Who went wrong: Pierini
The Cuiabá midfielder almost lost a goal with the open Fábio goal. Manoel saved on the fly, luckily for Cruzeiro.
DATA SHEET:
CRUISE 0 X 0 CUIABÁ
Reason: 32nd round of the Brazilian Series Championship second
Local: Independência Stadium, in Belo Horizonte (MG)
Referee: Thiago Luis Scarascati (SP)
Assistants: Neuza Agnes Back (SP) and Daniel Luis Marcas (SP)
Yellow card: Alexandre Melo, Jenison, Matheus Barbosa (WHICH); Adriano, Manoel (CRU)
Red card: There was no
CRUISE: Fábio; Raul Cáceres, Manoel, Ramon and Matheus Pereira; Adriano, Filipe Machado and Giovanni (Régis); Arthur Caíke (Airton), William Pottker and rafael Sóbis. Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari.
CUIABÁ: Juan Carlos; Lucas Ramón, Ednei, Anderson Conceição and Alexandre Melo (Kunde); Matheus Barbosa, Gabriel Pierini and baby Snooker; Felipe Marques (Maxwell), Marcinho (Willians) and Elton (Jenison). Technical: Year Aal
