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Grêmio’s 2-0 victory over Universidad Católica experienced key moments without the ball rolling. In the locker room, during the break, coach Renato Portaluppi guided a tactical change in the team to bring the team closer together and take space away from the Chileans. The result came with the result and the good performance in the second half.
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The union commander said he saw the team “a little lost” in scoring the opponent. The Catholic had no problems approaching the union area, although he did not create clear chances beyond a corner kick.
– We were a bit lost, especially because we found a very well integrated team. We were going bad and leaving spaces, due to lack of interaction, but it is normal. I brought the team back, we changed the way we played, the strategy worked and we didn’t give any more space. It was essential because they were playing very calmly in the first 45 minutes. Not that they had a chance, but they exchanged the ball a lot in our field. We made the goal at the beginning of the second half and it was calmer – Renato analyzed.
Renato Portaluppi in the victory of Grêmio in the Libertadores – Photo: Lucas Uebel / Grêmio
Tricolor started with Robinho, Darlan and Matheus Henrique as a trio in midfield. Alisson and Pepê approach Diego Souza, like attackers. Renato then asked the team not to try to score on the offensive field and to retreat to control the given spaces.
– I tactically changed the team in the second half, at 4-1-4-1, we retreated a bit so as not to give more space. And we knew that they were going to have to attack us, take risks, because they depended a lot on victory – added the coach.
Grêmio reached 10 points with the victory and awaits the result of Inter against América de Cali, on Tuesday night, to know if he will qualify or not, a rival tie will do. On Saturday, Gre-Nal for the Brasileirão, at the Arena, at 5pm.
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