00:00After two months without official matches, Cruzeiro returned to play this Wednesday and achieved a very important victory.
00:06I haven't beaten Inter at Beira-Rio in 16 years. Last year there was a very controversial game there, it even got to the point of...
00:11He played a good game, but the player was exposed at the start.
00:14Today at Beira-Rio they played a great game, superior from start to finish, and won three points that...
00:20This has propelled the team to seventh place in the Brazilian Championship with 27 points.
00:25Arthur Jorge himself mentioned in the press conference that before, the club wasn't fighting either at the top or the bottom of the table.
00:30Now the team can see a little more clearly what it can fight for in this Brazilian Championship.
00:37On Wednesday at Beira-Rio, Paulo Pesolano surprised us, at least those of us who didn't know, but I believe that
00:43Even Arthur Jorge, with a very big change in the lineup compared to what had been done in the first half of the year.
00:49A team that usually plays in a 4-4-2 formation, today played with a line of three defenders pushing more into the midfield.
00:55from the field, which didn't mean the team played a more defensive game.
00:59Inter, like Cruzeiro, anticipated the game would be one with somewhat mirrored strategies, with
01:05Two teams that like to play on the counter-attack and aren't that concerned about having possession of the ball.
01:09ball.
01:09And that's exactly what happened, except when Inter had to build attacks, they had less quality than when...
01:15Cruzeiro had to build it.
01:16Cruzeiro showed more versatility at Beira-Rio, managing to play both in transition and when in possession of the ball.
01:23Cruzeiro also experienced a slight difference today from what had been done in the first half of the year, with pressure to leave.
01:29The opponent's ball being made with five players, not six.
01:32But as was the case in the first half of the year, it's also worth remembering that there were two major changes to this team, right?
01:37Christian left, now Gabriel Peck came in, but the one playing for Christian is Sinisterra and that
01:42Left-back Kaique was substituted by Gabriel Roas.
01:45Regarding Kaique, not much has changed; Gabriel Roas is a full-back who attacks a lot as well, goes forward and...
01:51It also has a good defense.
01:53He didn't participate that much in the game, he even had a chance to shoot, but the ball didn't reach him to shoot.
01:58goal, but ended up missing that chance.
01:59But he couldn't even get a shot off, but the attack has changed quite a bit, yes, Sinisterra has a much weaker defensive characteristic.
02:06than Christian had
02:07Peck has a somewhat similar characteristic to Rui, but he has more quality to come back and retrieve the ball.
02:13The game too.
02:13And what we saw was Cruzeiro betting on the speed not only of Caio Jorge now, but of
02:18Gabriel Peck.
02:19There are two options, one attack, two targets for Gerson and Matheus Pereira, who were well utilized today, especially in the first half.
02:27time,
02:27In fast-paced plays, these two are the key players in Cruzeiro's attack.
02:32Another aspect that drew a lot of attention in today's Cruzeiro game was Matheus Henrique.
02:36who came on as a substitute for Lucas Romero as the first defensive midfielder, but played in other positions as well.
02:41One interesting move he made was to stay in the middle of the field, already trying to steal the ball,
02:46when Cruzeiro was defending, setting up the game, and also dropping back to form a line of five players in defense when
02:54necessary.
02:54This also happened sometimes when the ball was about to go over the bar on Inter's side, because of Anthony,
03:00Jonathan Jesus advanced towards midfield, while Matheus Henrique covered him in defense.
03:06Then they returned to normal, as expected.
03:11Cruzeiro played so much better in the first half that they scored a goal with Caio Jorge; in that type of play...
03:17Caio Jorge at speed.
03:18Even before Otávio, on a goal kick, he was broken, but the goalkeeper made a very good throw.
03:25Gabriel Peck had a chance, but ended up shooting straight at Anthony, in the opening minutes of the game.
03:29But when Caio Jorge had that opportunity, which he didn't waste, he managed to shield the ball well from the goalkeeper.
03:34and shoot across goal into the left corner to open the scoring in the first half.
03:38Cruzeiro continued to be the better team in the game, but not yet with the same significant imbalance as we saw in the previous match.
03:44second half.
03:44Arthur Jorge himself said in the press conference that he made an adjustment, he didn't change any players.
03:49But he changed the position of one player; he didn't name any specific player.
03:52And Cruzeiro really did come back much better in the second half, even before the big goal that completely changed the story.
03:58of the game.
03:58During halftime, Pesolano made some changes to Internacional, making two substitutions.
04:02One of them was Vitão's entry, who only stayed on the field for 13 minutes after a very hard tackle.
04:08Even without malice, but very harshly, Gabriel Peck was taken off the field.
04:12He left without being able to put his foot on the ground until he entered the locker room.
04:17According to information from Cruzeiro, apparently there is no injury that is so serious.
04:21But it needs to be reevaluated, but it ended up taking the player out of the game and he also left.
04:25The referee sent him off directly; there was nothing else he could do in that situation. It was a completely justified sending-off.
04:30And from that point on, Cruzeiro, which was already superior, became even more so in the game.
04:35Arthur George immediately had to make a change, taking off the injured Gabriel Peck and bringing on Bruno Rodrigues.
04:42And with that, Fagner started to advance more, to get closer to the byline.
04:47because Gabriel Peck already had that depth with the player,
04:51This gave Fagner more space to advance, and Fagner was involved in Cruzeiro's second goal.
04:56A play where Matheus Henrique pressured the opponent's build-up play, stealing the ball twice during the build-up.
05:02from Inter
05:03and passed to Fagner who found Matheus Pereira with great class,
05:07He managed to get past the defender, turn, and shoot across goal to make it 2-0.
05:12Despite this result, despite the advantage having been widened,
05:16Cruzeiro continued to press, even with the extra player.
05:20betting more on transitions, because Inter needed to take control of the game.
05:23Losing 2-0 at home, Inter's situation is far from comfortable.
05:26very close to the relegation zone, they had to attack.
05:29But it ended up giving Cruzeiro space to attack as well.
05:31But Cruzeiro failed to capitalize on the chances they had.
05:34Matheus Pereira himself mentioned after the game that Cruzeiro could have scored 3 or 4 goals.
05:39He created the opportunity, but Antony didn't have to make any great saves after the second goal either.
05:45We talk a lot about attack here, but the main plan for Cruzeiro's defense is...
05:49In addition to everything else it did, but most importantly, it neutralized carbide.
05:52who is one of the key players on that Inter team.
05:55Carboneto, in fact, gave yellow cards to 3 Cruzeiro players.
05:58Fagner, Gerson, and Jonathan Jesus.
06:02He received a yellow card for three fouls committed against him.
06:06but it ended up being nullified for practically the entire game.
06:10because when he got the ball and started to move forward at speed,
06:12Some Cruzeiro players were already arriving and making a difference, preventing him from progressing.
06:15something that Arthur Jorge complained about in the first semester,
06:17Cruzeiro managed to do well today.
06:19and kept neutralizing him until the 38th minute of the second half,
06:22in a situation where there wasn't much else to do.
06:24After a play at the Bernabéu, Inter's number 6 kicked the ball,
06:29The ball was heading towards the goal, but it hit Carbonero.
06:31and himself surrounded by two players, Fabrício Bruno,
06:34Fabrício Bruno, who is very close to him, cannot expect the ball to hit him.
06:37And it will be up to him to try and kick it past Otávio on the way out.
06:40But with great class as well, the Internacional striker chipped the ball over him.
06:44Otávio was given cover, but there wasn't much he could do.
06:47After that, Inter had much more possession of the ball.
06:49Cruzeiro couldn't do much in attack.
06:52but he knew how to hold on, as Arthur Jorge even mentioned,
06:55this evolution of mentality of the club, of the team,
06:59that on some occasions, against Chapecoense, for example,
07:02I didn't know how to have that maturity before, but today I do.
07:04didn't suffer as much in the second half either.
07:06As we said, Antony didn't make any great saves.
07:09Even in the final minutes, Otávio didn't make any great saves.
07:13The feeling that this Carboneiro incident was a fluke was much stronger.
07:17Because for the remainder of the game, Cruzeiro managed to counter that type of play very well.
07:22and came away with a very important victory, as I said,
07:24It reaches seventh position in the Brazilian Championship with 27 points.
07:27Botafogo will face the team next week, on Sunday.
07:31Here at Mineirão at 4 AM, with two major absences.
07:34Gerson and Matheus Pereira received yellow cards.
07:37They are suspended for this match.
07:39Let's see what Arthur Jorge will do with these two absences.
07:42But in the meantime, Romero is coming back.
07:44It also helps us to know if he will want to keep Matheus Henrique.
07:46Or put Romero back in the game.
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