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When he was about to assume the position in the presidency of cruiseAt the end of May, Srgio Santos Rodrigues He had a meeting with the group of players, led by Enderson Moreira at the time. In conversation, he tried to be confident and said that the team “would do very well this year.” Seven months later, the speech completely changed. Due to the bad campaign in Serie B -11th place, with 41 points in 32 rounds-, the coach admitted the reality of staying in the Second Division.
Cruzeiro practically said goodbye to access chances after drawing 0-0 with Cuiab, this Tuesday, at Independência. Despite having had 65% of possession, the team created practically no dangerous chances. For much of the game, he traded passes in the offensive intermission, looking for space, and collided with the opponent’s mark. Recurrent unproductiveness, as Raposa scored seven points in the last six games (38.88%), in addition to scoring only four goals.
For two and a half months at the club, coach Luiz Felipe Scolari still has reasonable use, the result of the start with four wins and three draws (71.4%). Perhaps that is why fans have hoped that it would be possible to search for a place in the G4, something that is now seen as an illusion.
“Felipo had an excellent start to the campaign, with four wins and three draws. Then he had an unexpected defeat. We started to play well away from home, against clubs in front of the table, and we lost points at home. We can’t log reinforcements anymore, but that series of things comes after they ended up not working. The expectation was generated that it would be possible with the arrival of Felipo, but it is difficult to continue thinking about a recent formula just because it went wrong.
Srgio also recalled the administrative difficulties at Cruzeiro. He took over the club with overdue salaries, FIFA debts and labor disputes. Some cases had to be treated with priority, since there was the risk of new sports sanctions, such as the loss of six points in Serie B for a debt of more than R $ 5 million for the hiring of midfielder Denlson, ex-Al- Wahda. from the United Arab Emirates, in July 2016. According to the president, all these problems compromised the rehabilitation in the championship.
“The first time we came from behind. Until today, the players and all the technical committees that have passed talk about the six points, which are impressive. Incoming TV fee, debts paid, anyway. We paid R $ 32 million of debt in FIFA. Imagine if you could apply this to soccer? a success of things that, in the middle of the pandemic, happened to us and triggered the impossibility of climbing ”.
