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Cruzeiro’s draw with a bitter taste against Avaí, today (18), at the Ressacada stadium, for the 30th round of Series B of the Brazilian Championship. The result further reduces the chances of access for Raposa, who will now need practically a miracle if he wants to return to the First Division: win the eight games he has left in the competition.
For coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, Cruzeiro sinned against Leão da Ilha due to the inexperience of some players and the lack of fighting for the second ball, also known as “rebound”.
“For them to score, we had a series of mistakes together and we gave them the goal. It was a hesitation on our part, but they scored for justice, because they are well positioned on that ball and we have nothing to complain about. positioning, not following who crossed, who left the ball. Many details that we will still discuss with the players before the match with Ponte Preta “, he commented.
Cruzeiro and Ponte Preta will meet next Tuesday (22), at the Moisés Lucarelli stadium, in Campinas, for matchday 31 of Serie B.
After the first half, when he left the field with an advantage of 1 to 0, Cruzeiro had a second stage of less offensive aggressiveness. The team produced little in attack and got involved in Avaí’s game.
“We will see if we improve in the next game. We did not abandon the attack in the second half, we were stopped at times by the defensive sector of the Avaí team, which began to prevail, especially in our midst, and we could not stop that situation. The foul. Today, in that field, with those players it was very difficult, we still managed to get the ball, but we did not follow the second ball. You pay for that and for the inexperience of our team in some sectors, with some players for the championship that we are playing, ”he lamented, emphasizing the problem with the rebound.
“That’s what I say, you pay for the inexperience of some players (…) The aerial ball that we took, Manoel managed to get it out, the problem is that whoever was marking the second ball did not follow it. ball in again, ready, we get the goal It has not been a constant air ball problem with Manoel, Ramón, that’s not it, they have been making good positions. We will take one or the other, but what we have to take care of is with the second ball so that it becomes ours again ”, he completed.
As for the players he put on the field in the second stage, Felipão justified the changes and their effects on the field. And the coach took the opportunity to give a puncture in the refereeing.
“We put the [Arthur] Caíke, playing on the left back, and helped in that sector. We will not put a defender from the side next to the other side. We tried the substitutions that we more or less imagined would work. The goal happened in the final moments because we weren’t paying attention to the second ball, not the first. The absences were scheduled according to what the judge understood, sometimes it was in our favor, but no. The judge understood that it was the other way around. As for shooting at the door, we didn’t shoot in the second half. But how many balls did Avaí kick? Two. We were organized, but inadvertently we scored that goal and now we have to go after him again, “he said.
