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“The best Corinthians game of the year.” Corinthians were motivated to play the classic ”. “Corinthians was very surprising.” Corinthians played a decision ”. I read and heard these three phrases referring to Corinthians’ dominant victory over São Paulo on Sunday at the Neo Química Arena, and I was amazed at how a performance totally within the recent club standard was treated in such a cliché way, even paying a price of the nine terrifying months from January to September. However, that was left behind and the critic must acknowledge it.
Corinthians was intense, alternating high and low scores, gave the rival very few chances and produced enough to win the game. This scenario describes well what happened in the matches against Internacional, Grêmio and São Paulo, all teams that came high and were dominated, to some extent, in Neo Química Arena.
Although Grêmio had the best performance among the three rivals, with two good scoring chances, Corinthians were well hampered by Darlan’s failure to send them off and, with two fewer players, were much closer to goal than the gauchos. A rare achievement in professional football, which Grêmio knows well.
The analyzes were totally focused on a supposed game of overcoming of Vagner Mancini’s men when it seems clear that this is the established pattern since, after suffering the defeat of Flamengo and the elimination against América-MG, he decided that he would do it. some “drastic changes”.
Corinthians were also competitive and more dangerous than Vasco, even playing away from home, when Cazares began to paint as a solution in the middle. The point guard, the arrival of Fábio Santos, the rise of Bruno Méndez, Gabriel and Cantillo … are all easily observable in the team.
Mancini continues to have great merit in scoring 60% of the points needing to use Davo and Léo Natel as options in charge of the attack, two players who, together, did not add 15 goals in their professional careers before arriving at Corinthians. The idea and the pattern are clear, Corinthians is a competitive team and deserves to earn credit for the performances they have been presenting at home.
In time: the team needs to show more repertoire when it comes to facing teams that prioritize defense and counterattack. The matches against América-MG (Copa do Brasil), Atlético-GO, Coritiba and Fortaleza had a similar scenario, with construction difficulties and the team was able to emerge victorious from the field due to a penalty committed by the opponent. It takes more than that to settle in the fight for the Libertadores, starting with the confrontations against Goiás and Botafogo.
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