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Cruzeiro’s expressive victory over Brasil de Pelotas, 4-1, was the tenth match under the command of Luiz Felipe Scolari, the coach who changed the team’s course in the competition. OR give bring an X-ray of the team numbers during that period.
Although the discourse in Cruzeiro is still a fight against relegation to Serie C, the distance to the stick, at the end of the 26th matchday, is the same in relation to the G-4. The sky blue team has 34 points, while Figueirense (17th) has 25, and Cuiabá (4th) has 43.
Of these 34 points, 21 were won by Felipão, with six wins, three draws and one loss. Use of 70% of the disputed points. The best among the 20 teams in that ten-game period. Chapecoense, leader of the competition, and Guaraní, who also lives off his life, follow closely, with 20 points each.
Cruise games with Felipão
| Win | Operário (0x1), Paraná (2×0), Botafogo-SP (0x1), Chapecoense (0x1), América-MG (1×2) and Brazil-RS (4×1) |
| Ties | Nautical (1×1), Guaraní (3×3) and Figueirense (1×1) |
| Defeat | Trust (1×2) |
Cruzeiro’s offensive performance is also significant in round 17 so far. There were 17 goals scored by Felipão’s team. Only Sampaio Corrêa, currently in third place, was better, with 19. Juventude is tied with Cruzeiro in this regard.
Defensively, Cruzeiro started very well with Felipão, scoring just one goal in the first four games. In the last six, however, the team just didn’t leak in a 1-0 win over Chapecoense.
Felipão still doesn’t know what it’s like to lose as a visitor, in this second visit to Cruzeiro. There were 15 points played outside Mineirão and 13 won, with victories over Operário-PR, Botafogo-SP, Chapecoense and América-MG, in addition to the draw with Náutico. The performance of the away team, included, stands out in Serie B, with 58.3% of use, only behind Chapecoense and América, leader and vice-leader of the competition.
Felipão reaches ten games for Cruzeiro – Photo: Gustavo Aleixo / Cruzeiro
As a director, Felipão is still looking for more stability. There were two wins, two draws and one loss in five matches. The two draws and the reverse were against teams that at the time of the matches were close to Cruzeiro: Guaraní (3 to 3), Figueirense (1 to 1) and Confiança (1 to 2).
In just over 50 days at Cruzeiro, Felipão used 24 players, 23 of them online and goalkeeper Fábio. In addition to the goalkeeper, who once again owned the captain’s armband with Scolari, only Ramon, Jadsom Silva and Airton participated in all matches. Raúl Cáceres, Manoel, Adriano, Machado, Régis and Marcelo Moreno, with eight performances each, are behind in the ranking of the most used.
Players used by Felipão
| Position | Athletes (number of games) |
| Goalie | Fabio (10) |
| Side | Raúl Cáceres (8), Patrick Brey (7), Matheus Pereira (6) and Rafael Luiz (2) |
| Defenders | Ramon (10), Manoel (8) and Cacá (7) |
| Flyers | Jadsom Silva (10), Adriano (8), Machado (8) and Jadson (4) |
| Socks | Régis (8), Marquinhos Gabriel (3), Claudinho (2) and Maurício (1) |
| Attackers | Airton (10), Marcelo Moreno (8), Arthur Caíke (7), Welinton (7), Rafael Sobis (5), William Pottker (5), Thiago (4) and Sassá (3) |
From the line the athletes that are part of the Felipão group, the defenders Léo and Paulo, the midfielder Henrique, the Giovanni and Marco Antônio socks, and the striker Stênio were not used. Léo, Henrique, Marco Antônio and Stênio, due to injuries, have not even been related yet. Striker Zé Eduardo and full-back Giovanni Palmieri are not in the coach’s plans and work separately at Toca da Raposa.
In Felipão’s short career, the team’s top scorers are Airton and Rafael Sobis, with four goals each. The first, before the arrival of Scolari, had not scored goals as a professional, and Sobis was a request of the coach.
