00:00Cruzeiro deserved to be eliminated by Flamengo this Wednesday at the Maracanã, and some statistics show why.
00:08It happened, but before talking about that, I think the main thing was the team's attitude, especially in the first half.
00:13Cruzeiro played the way Cruzeiro was expected to play at the Maracanã, to deliver a perfect performance, to achieve a...
00:19The classification was only for 15 minutes, about 15 minutes at the beginning of the second half.
00:24Apart from that, Cruzeiro looked small against Flamengo, leaving the ball completely in Flamengo's hands in the first half, especially
00:30Arthur Jorge said in the press conference that it was a matter of fitting it in, that he managed to adjust it.
00:37During halftime, the game started with the wingers pressing a bit more, but even after that was adjusted, Cruzeiro
00:43It came with some very annoying flaws.
00:45The main thing that caught my attention was the insistence on playing the ball out from foot to foot.
00:52The entire game didn't work at any point.
00:55I understood that the issue was finding Matheus Pereira in midfield so he could start building the play.
01:00The plays there were of higher quality in the middle, but only about, I don't know, 10 times that Cruzeiro...
01:07When they did that, 8 players ended up losing possession of the ball, and on some of those occasions when they lost possession, they gave away clear chances.
01:13But Cruzeiro was very lucky not to have left the Maracanã today with a more decisive result, at times.
01:18Otávio made some great saves, and on a few other occasions Cruzeiro were very lucky with Flamengo's players' finishing.
01:25They didn't turn out as expected.
01:27The statistics I mentioned at the beginning of the video, which show a bit of this extremely below-par game.
01:34Of what was expected from Cruzeiro in a final, in terms of finishing, Flamengo had 24 shots on goal, making it the third best option.
01:41Cruzeiro's worst performance with Arthur Jorge in this regard.
01:44Cruzeiro had less possession and made fewer tackles than Flamengo, so they had more opportunities to defend and...
01:49Even so, they defended worse than their opponent, and Cruzeiro only had an XG of 0.48, the third or second best.
01:56It's also worse with Arthur Jorge.
01:58But all of this would mean nothing if Cruzeiro had the same attitude on the field as in a knockout match.
02:03of Libertadores, which didn't happen, which is also seen in the duels.
02:06Cruzeiro lost more than 50% of their matches in the first half, a statistic that was striking, but also in the second half.
02:13In addition to all of that, something else that made a difference was the reserve squad.
02:17While Flamengo managed to bring on Paquetá, for example, who changed the game last week, Arthur Jorge had
02:23They need to put some players in place, some of whom were recently hired, but one of them, for example, João Costa, wasn't able to perform well.
02:29As expected, it wasn't the escape route; he also had to move quite a bit out of position, and it didn't solve the problem.
02:34But if it had been 2-1, with the same attitude Cruzeiro showed in the first 15 minutes of the second half, I believe...
02:40that no one would be frustrated with the result at the Maracanã.
02:43But given Cruzeiro's attitude, their lack of fighting spirit and creativity against Flamengo, it was...
02:49A very frustrating situation and a completely fair elimination.
02:53Flamengo were the better team from start to finish of the 90 minutes at the Maracanã.
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