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In a match with little creativity and a lot of “rain” in the area, Avaí beat Cruzeiro 1-0 at the Mineirão Stadium, tonight (25), for the 11th round of Serie B of the Brazilian Championship. Pedro Castro scored the only goal of the match.
Cruzeiro stumbled upon his own lack of creativity, did little more than bet on the dead ball and lift the ball into the opponent’s area – there were 50 crosses in total, and only ten hits. In that scenario, Avaí won not because he played more soccer, but because he executed the proposal that led to the game much better.
While Cruzeiro showed few alternatives in attack, Avaí opted for calculated risk, opting to shrink and try to find a ball on the counterattack. And he found it, in the 33rd minute, when he scored the winning goal.
The result brought Avaí up one position in the standings to 11th with 13 points. Cruzeiro is left with eight, in 17th place, therefore within the relegation zone of Serie C. On the next day Cruzeiro receives Ponte Preta, while Avaí plays classic against Figueirense.
The game
Cruzeiro had a much better half hour, mainly in speed and dead ball. Filipe Machado appeared, with long kicks and dangerous balls in the passing game: a narrow corner kick hit the post.
However, despite creating more chances, the home team failed to open the scoring in the first half because little by little Avaí adapted to the pressure he suffered.
To a large extent, the game was a one-team attack, although Cruzeiro insisted on questionable decisions like crossing balls in the area back-to-back, sometimes aimlessly, sometimes out of reach of Marcelo Moreno. Avaí seemed harmless, reduced to defending himself, but he only seemed.
Fábio almost delivered in the 11th minute of the second half, when he missed a simple pass to the ball, delivered at the feet of Renatinho and was lucky that the rival could not dominate. At 33, Cruzeiro had less luck: Getúlio took advantage of a random ball, created space and crossed the head of Pedro Castro, who opened the scoring.
CRUZEIRO X AVAÍ TECHNICAL SHEET
Local: Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Data: September 25, 2020, Friday
Calendar: 9:30 pm (from Brasilia)
Referee: Alexandre Vargas Tavares de Jesus
Assistants: Thiago Rosa de Oliveira and Daniel do Espírito Santo Parro
Yellow cards: Matheus Pereira, Ariel Cabral, Cacá and Daniel Guedes (Cruzeiro); Eduardo Kunde and Renatinho (Avaí)
Goal: Pedro Castro, 33 minutes into the second half (Avaí)
CRUISE: Fábio; Daniel Guedes, Manoel, Cacá, Matheus Pereira; Filipe Machado, Ariel Cabral, Mauricio; Airton, Arthur Caíke, Marcelo Moreno. Technical: Ney Franco.
HAWAII: Lucas Frigeri; Felipe Santos, Rafael Pereira, Airton, Capa; Ralf, Jean Martim, Pedro Castro, Renatinho; Gastón Rodríguez, Rildo. Technical: Geninho.
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