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Vasco stunned Boca at the Bombonera—but that “lucky” header was no accident. Break down the clever build-up, the tactics behind Addison’s goal, and the red-card chaos that nearly turned the night upside down. Can Vasco finish the job in the second leg?
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0:00 - Vasco’s Build-Up Against Boca’s Press
3:57 - Diamonds, Third-Man Runs, and Counterpressing
7:02 - The Build-Up to Addison’s Header
8:10 - Right-Side Attacks and PH’s Missed Chance
11:15 - Andrés Gomes’s Red Card
15:44 - Vasco Survives Boca’s Late Pressure
16:30 - Finding Andrés Gomes’s Replacement
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0:00 - Vasco’s Build-Up Against Boca’s Press
3:57 - Diamonds, Third-Man Runs, and Counterpressing
7:02 - The Build-Up to Addison’s Header
8:10 - Right-Side Attacks and PH’s Missed Chance
11:15 - Andrés Gomes’s Red Card
15:44 - Vasco Survives Boca’s Late Pressure
16:30 - Finding Andrés Gomes’s Replacement
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00:00Bro, Vasco, in just one game, they give a tutorial on how to beat Boca at the Bombonera for the
00:05first time in history, and it still feels like they should have scored two, like two to zero.
00:10At least before the red card, it should have already been two, and then in that same match, things turned
00:15around so much that the fans ended up thanking God Boca didn't come back and win it at the end.
00:19That's bizarre, man.
00:20Yeah, yeah, that's Vasco da Gama, right? The good news is there's something to learn from every angle, right? Repeat
00:26what works and fix the little mistakes. That way we can figure out how Vasco is going to win the
00:31second leg too.
00:32When we see Boca's defender here making a blunder like this, and Addison, inside the box, scores a header, you
00:41start thinking, man, this can't be real. This goal happened in such a crazy way. It wasn't what was planned
00:45at all.
00:45Of course not. Addison scores a header, and that feeling stays with you until you get here at Futebol Maximo.
00:51So I'm here to show you that this was actually the result of a plan that was already in motion.
00:55Not exactly Addison scoring a header, but you'll get it.
00:57Like how Vasco was setting up there, this initial shape, to me, it doesn't really matter, at least for our
01:00conversation in this video.
01:01What matters is how they were making their movements and positioning for the build-up play, and in the build
01:06-up, the defensive midfielder would drop between the center backs to free up the two fullbacks to push forward.
01:10That way Vasco would have three at the back and form this line here, look, with four players in the
01:15midfield.
01:16And from what I saw, this was the most important part of the plan.
01:18Because what happened when Boca was getting organized, Boca would press with two up front against three.
01:23So Vasco had an easier time passing the ball there with an extra man, especially with the goalkeeper involved, and
01:28they matched the number of players here in this midfield line.
01:30But anyone who decided to push up to press the ball a bit more would end up leaving someone free
01:35behind them.
01:35So the guys were hesitant to do that.
01:38And up front, Bruno Duarte, he takes care of these two here, which is natural, two guys marking the center
01:42forward.
01:43That's why Boca only leaves two against three up front, because they also want two defenders marking Vasco center forward.
01:48So what happens?
01:51Addison ends up having a lot of freedom to move around here and float between the lines.
01:54So when he makes his moves in this area of the field, he puts the Boca midfielders in a tough
01:58spot.
02:00Vasco goes down the right and he comes over here.
02:02This guy who's marking PH gets a bit confused.
02:04He has to block this passing lane to Addison and leaves PH a bit more free.
02:07If Addison started moving to the other side, the same thing happens there with Cuiabano.
02:11The guy blocks that and Cuiabano gets free.
02:13So this freedom for Addison to move here between the lines was a really important thing for how Vasco managed
02:18to calmly play out from the back.
02:20Check it out.
02:20Look, the three of them here building up the play.
02:22Let me move out of the way so you can see that Cuiabano is over there.
02:25Making up the fourth man in the midfield line.
02:27And in this frame here, you can already notice, look, that if someone leaves the midfield line to go press
02:31Robert Renan, look at the space Cuiabano starts to get, you see?
02:34And down here, if you notice, this guy here, he doesn't mark PH closely.
02:39He doesn't really block the passing lane to him because Addison is moving over here.
02:42And if he sticks to PH, it opens up an even more dangerous passing lane for Addison, you see?
02:46So, look, it goes to PH.
02:48PH manages a good play here.
02:49See, he moves forward, keeps going, and Vasco manages to advance down the right side.
02:54Here, it doesn't really lead to anything, but that's how the ball was played out from the back.
02:57That was the logic here.
02:59And on the other side, something similar happened.
03:01Look, the three at the back, Cuiabano up there.
03:03And this time, since Boca chose not to push up much, this guy here from the midfield line went to
03:08press Robert Renan and Thiago Mendes was already free behind him.
03:12Like, it's this guy here, so you gotta press Robert Renan.
03:14And then Thiago Mendes ends up free.
03:16So, who moves up to cover Thiago Mendes?
03:18Someone from the back line comes up to make sure he doesn't have too much space because it's dangerous to
03:22play the ball to him.
03:22When that happens out there on the field, Robert Renan tries to play it directly to Andres.
03:26Look, who's already up front?
03:28And this long ball is the result of a domino effect.
03:31The guy from the midfield line moved up.
03:33Then the guy from the back line had to move up, too.
03:34And Andres Gomez ended up with space back here.
03:36That play didn't lead to anything, either.
03:38But you can see that Vasco's build-up play was sorted out just with this approach, man.
03:42No need to overcomplicate things.
03:43No need to rack your brains too much.
03:45It was sorted.
03:46Just keep doing this until the end of the game.
03:48Unless there was a substitution or something like that.
03:50But, man, it was fine.
03:51It was all good.
03:52So, what's the level 2 of this build-up play when Vasco manages to push a bit further up the
03:56field?
03:56Man, Vasco was going back to one move again and again, bro.
03:59Especially over on the left side.
04:00They were doing something like this.
04:01Look, they kind of formed a diamond shape, you know?
04:03It's important to have a passing exchange that actually progresses, that really does something.
04:08It's important for these guys to stay in a diagonal line to each other so they don't stay in the
04:12same lane, you know?
04:13That's why the diamond shape is a very common formation in tactics.
04:17Because whoever has the ball will always have an option here and an option there.
04:20If they're in the same lane, there's no way.
04:22If you pass the ball to the guy in the lane, the only option he has is to go back
04:27to the same lane.
04:27You need to have someone in a different lane.
04:29So, what did Vasco keep going back to?
04:31A kind of third-man dynamic, you know?
04:32Depending on who's in a position to receive the ball here with their back turned,
04:36they give a quick first-touch pass so the other can advance on that side.
04:39Man, this happened several times.
04:40Look, Cuyabano here with the guy marking his passing lane.
04:43So, what's the way to get him to move forward on the field?
04:45Pass the ball to Andres Gomez and he lays it off first time.
04:48And then Vasco is able to move forward on the field.
04:51Here it's happening again.
04:52That domino effect.
04:53This guy here has to block Cuyabano's path.
04:56And then it forces this guy to cover the space he left there.
04:58If this guy is going to cover the space he left,
05:00it means Addison is going to stop and will have space to receive this ball.
05:03With Addison receiving this ball, this guy has to cover the ball.
05:06He can't give Addison any space.
05:08In other words, there will be space left for Cuyabano to cut in.
05:10If there's space for Cuyabano to cut in, this guy here will have to cover.
05:14It's really a domino effect.
05:15And then with this guy going to cover the space,
05:17he leaves the striker and then it's a great opportunity to get the ball to the striker in this counter.
05:21But Cuyabano couldn't reach the ball.
05:23But this here was already the first real danger sign.
05:26And another thing is the guys form this diamond there and start exchanging passes.
05:30If by any chance someone loses the ball during that passing exchange,
05:33since everyone is really close together there, the team is really packed in.
05:36Man, it's really hard for you to run and get back all the way down the field.
05:39The guys wouldn't last 15 minutes playing like that.
05:41So what do they do?
05:42Lost the ball.
05:42Take advantage that everyone is crowded together.
05:45Man, press and cover right away.
05:46Put pressure on them right after losing possession right there.
05:49Because even if we keep running back,
05:50if we keep grouping up every time, lose the ball and run back,
05:52it's not going to work out.
05:53If this play went wrong, look, same thing as always.
05:56Look, here, this time Cuyabano is in a position to receive the ball.
05:59And he does that little move.
06:00Look, passes to him and he plays it first time to someone else.
06:03With that diamond shape formed here, right?
06:05This pass here was, it was hard to pull off.
06:07Because if you notice, Cuyabano and Andres Gomez kind of went into the same lane.
06:13And Robert and Renan are also in that same lane.
06:15So when everyone is in the same lane, it gets really easy for the defense
06:19because there are very few options, you know?
06:21Like, you can't really move forward.
06:22So this pass not working out, it's not really a coincidence.
06:25It's just at that moment, for me, that was the reason.
06:28And then when it went wrong, look, and what Lescano does, look,
06:32he goes to cover the ball and notice that Cuyabano, he doesn't go back.
06:36Look, he stays around there.
06:37He's ready to go back.
06:38But knowing that, look, if the ball comes here, I'll have to press.
06:42I'll have to close in.
06:43You can't just run all the way back, right?
06:44And then the guy makes a mistake and gives it away to Andres Gomez's feet
06:48when he gives it to Andres Gomez's feet.
06:50Look, Addison at the edge of the box, in this case,
06:53to receive a low pass back and the striker ready to battle for the ball.
06:58Andres messed up a little and took the ball out with him.
07:00But you already get where I'm going with this, right?
07:02When we finally get to an unlikely headed goal from Addison,
07:05going back to the start of the play,
07:07we realize why this was being built up from the very beginning of the game.
07:10Look, here's the diamond.
07:12And this time it's going to be Manero instead of Cuyabano.
07:14He's going to switch with Andres Gomez.
07:16And while Andres Gomez sticks to the sideline,
07:18Cuyabano moves in to form this corner of the diamond.
07:20And that gives Andres just a little more time and space to receive.
07:23But the same trigger, the same effort, the same scheme,
07:25a first touch pass to someone.
07:27Look, there it is.
07:27A quick first touch pass and move forward.
07:31Cuyabano loses this challenge here and keeps pressing and closing down the ball.
07:35And that makes it harder for Andres Gomez to get the ball.
07:38With Addison at the edge of the box and the center forward for the classic challenge,
07:42Addison, who knows what he's doing?
07:43He understood that in this situation,
07:44it's hard for the pass to come in low for him to face the goal.
07:46So he went in to add another attacking presence in the box.
07:48And sure enough, goal for Vasco.
07:50There's no way after all of this here, not to think that's a great goal.
07:54You know, a goal that apparently looks normal.
07:56You see it in the highlights.
07:57Okay, it was a goal, man.
07:58But seeing this whole story, the goal looks even better, even nicer to watch.
08:02You know?
08:03In other words, by subscribing here to Futebol Maximo,
08:06you'll see soccer that's more beautiful and more enjoyable to watch.
08:09And there's more.
08:10There's a reason why Vasco focused so heavily on the right side
08:13to form that diamond over there and made most of their attacks on that side.
08:17Because you notice it gets a bit denser over there.
08:20And there's a natural tendency for the game to lean more to that side.
08:23Where the ball is, people get a bit closer.
08:26The field is huge, man.
08:28The whole team, all the players with and without the ball have to move.
08:31There's a tendency, a kind of magnetism behind the ball.
08:33And then it's in one of those moments
08:35when everyone is switching positions over there, passing the ball around.
08:38That Bocas team stays there to try to recover the ball.
08:42Look at the space that PH has and all the Vasco players have.
08:45The guy who's going to make the best use of all this space and strength to attack,
08:49facing the goal.
08:512-2, that's PH.
08:52Things don't happen by chance.
08:53It was in a moment like this that he managed it here.
08:55Look at this.
08:56Here, it's three against three.
08:57Two against two.
08:58And for him, it's the easiest thing in the world.
09:00Pass the ball.
09:01Run into all this space.
09:02Receive it up front, which gives you a huge advantage.
09:05This here, man.
09:06This was cruel, man.
09:07It didn't go in.
09:07Like, you know?
09:09He made the wrong decision here, in my opinion, you know?
09:11The way he shot...
09:12Man, you're not supposed to shoot like that here.
09:14Here, he should have done it like he did against Japan, man.
09:17Here, look.
09:17Shooting with the outside of his...
09:19Hmm.
09:19Like this, see?
09:20All right, of course, this is no ordinary shot, you know?
09:22It's not something he's going to get right every time.
09:24But what I'm saying isn't...
09:25It's not about...
09:26It's not about scoring a goal.
09:28What I'm saying is, the decision is making the right decision to use the right technique
09:32for that moment.
09:34He has to strike the ball so its trajectory takes it toward the goal.
09:38Using the outside of his foot increases the chances of that happening.
09:43He has to kick with the inside of his foot, which is...
09:46The tendency of the ball is to go away from the goal, you know?
09:49Even if he misses, even if it's not a goal, even if it goes out, it's fine, man.
09:54Let the shot go wide, as long as he makes the right decision, you know?
09:57You know?
09:58Like, there are two things I think are really awesome in a match.
10:00It's what everyone thinks, too.
10:01Which is, when you see the guys get into an insane flow state, the guys are playing really
10:04well.
10:05Back heel passes, nutmegs, rainbow flicks.
10:07Although, Thiago Mendes did a beautiful nutmeg in this game, too, right?
10:10But yeah, that's the thing.
10:11And another thing that I think is really awesome that makes my eyes light up is when I see that
10:15all the plans, everything, are working out perfectly in such a smooth way.
10:20It's like those videos, you know, those satisfying videos where something slices cleanly through
10:24things.
10:24Then you keep watching it and you think, I don't even know what this is, but I wish I had
10:27this at home.
10:28If Vasco gets their game clicking like this in the Brazilian Championship, man, I'm going
10:31to draft Vasco players on our fantasy, on our website, where you can follow the Brazilian
10:34Championship.
10:35First, I'm going to pick up Calidio, but Calidio is...
10:38He's injured, he's out, right?
10:40His estimated return is in a few days, so it's not serious.
10:43So I'll get...
10:43I'll see if I can get Calidio to see how his score will be here at Vasco.
10:46If their play starts clicking, man, this isn't just a fantasy game, okay?
10:49You can come here, too, you know?
10:51In the watch tab, you can see, for example, the last Vasco video I posted without ads,
10:56and it's the same with all the other Football Maximo videos.
10:59On our website, the link is here in the pinned comment.
11:02I think that when I talk about our website, that's why Jozao doesn't react to the Vasco videos
11:06I make here anymore.
11:06You know, right, Jozao?
11:07Damn, full of love and care.
11:09The video about Vasco, the giant from the hill.
11:11Are you reacting to it?
11:12But getting back to the game, everything's going smoothly there, right?
11:14You see the plan coming together, everything going right, and then Andres Gomez...
11:19Man, it's unbelievable, bro.
11:21Then Andres Gomez gets sent off and gets really pissed, look.
11:24Outraged.
11:24And honestly, who wouldn't be, right?
11:26Because the way the game was going, it was two yellow cards.
11:28The first one was because he stepped in front of the ball.
11:30Look, saying the ref, no, look, you have to wait for the whistle.
11:33Look, you have to wait for the whistle.
11:33And then he was a bit aggressive, like he stayed there, kind of stirring things up.
11:37And the ref wanted to give him a yellow card.
11:39Then, the way he acted with the ref, the ref thought he was kind of disrespectful, gave
11:42him a second yellow, even dropped the card.
11:44And the second yellow means a red card.
11:46All right.
11:46So this guy here thought, oh, damn, that's great.
11:48And here it says, Mano, what do I think about this?
11:50I think the opposite of what was said on the broadcast.
11:52I watched the game on SBT and the guy said that this first card here is normal and the
11:56second card is too much.
11:58Man, for me, it is.
12:00It's a complete opposite logic.
12:01Like, you step in front of the ball and don't let the game restart.
12:05Is that something that, man, if my team doesn't do that and then gets hit with a dangerous
12:11attack because someone didn't step in front of the ball, like I'm going to look and say,
12:14Man, it's like an under 11 team out there.
12:15Of course, you have to step in front of the ball.
12:17All right, fine.
12:18Maybe that's what the referee saw.
12:19I don't know, the guy pushes here and the other guy gets kind of upset.
12:21And then, well, Vasco is ahead on the scoreboard.
12:23The team that's ahead usually wants to stir things up a bit, wants to make the game a little
12:26more choppy.
12:27I don't know what else.
12:28Suddenly, the referee was probably already thinking about what would happen with Vasco
12:31ahead on the scoreboard and playing away from home.
12:33If I let this happen, it's going to get out of hand.
12:35You know what?
12:36I'm just going to give a card right now on the first one.
12:38I think that's kind of what he was thinking, you know?
12:39So then the player seeing it from far away thinks, oh, damn, the guy's really going to give
12:42a yellow card.
12:43No mercy.
12:44And after that, man, it's unbelievable.
12:46Like, there's a recommendation.
12:47Look, Andres Gomez gives the referee a little push here, see?
12:50And like that push he gave, if you look at the position of his hand, man, honestly, it's
12:55not a gentle push.
12:56One thing is to push with this part of your hand.
12:59See, that's when you're pushing.
13:01Another thing is like this, your finger, the back of your hand, the bone, that doesn't
13:04feel good, you know?
13:06It's a rough poke.
13:07So I think his adrenaline was up at that moment.
13:09He kind of was like that.
13:11He went, did it to the referee in a way that, man, this wasn't very gentle.
13:15There's a recommendation not to touch the match officials, but the referee uses that
13:20recommendation however, however he wants, you know?
13:22Like, it's a rule that exists to protect the referee and the referee uses his own judgment.
13:26Like, the guy touched me.
13:27For example, you go, the player goes up to the referee and says, no, man, I touched him,
13:32but I didn't push him.
13:32I just did this.
13:33Look, excuse me.
13:34I just did this.
13:34Look, and touches the referee.
13:36The referee isn't going to take it the wrong way and think, you can't touch me.
13:39I'm giving you a yellow card.
13:40He's not going to do that, you know, because he has common sense.
13:42But this hand position from Andres Gomez here, pushing like this, it's kind of like a little
13:46nudge, you know?
14:00Does this to you, you can tell he's pissed off, then you don't touch him anymore.
14:03In Andres Gomez's case, man, he went there and pushed the referee again.
14:06Look, and the referee says something already pissed off from the first time, and the referee
14:09goes and pushes his hand away.
14:10But man, there's no communication here anymore, you know?
14:13Look, now it's screwed.
14:14Then the guy starts egging the referee on and says, hey, girl, he pushed you, huh?
14:17Pushing.
14:18Man, are you going to let that crap slide?
14:20The opposing player is already egging him on.
14:22But man, this push here with the arm down is more than anything.
14:26It's already a message as clear as possible.
14:28Like, man, don't touch me the way you're doing.
14:30You're not supposed to touch me.
14:31Then Andres Gomez goes there and gives a third push to the referee, and it's not gentle.
14:37No, man, look, it's not gentle.
14:39No, he's really going for it.
14:41The referee gets pissed, shows the second card, drops his stuff to send him off, and
14:46Andres Gomez goes there and thinks it's absurd.
14:48Come on, you're kidding, right, man?
14:49Okay, the first card, the guy was way too strict.
14:51It's something that happens in soccer, stepping in front of the ball there.
14:54I don't know what pushes the other guy's arm.
14:56That happens.
14:57And then because of that context, I explained.
14:59I think the referee gave the first yellow and was kind of strict.
15:02But the player, too, he has to be aware.
15:04Like, damn, I got a yellow card that was way too strict.
15:07Should I take advantage of this moment here and really get heated for...
15:11Damn, for God's sake, man.
15:13Everything's going smoothly here.
15:14What's the coach's reaction?
15:15Not reading lips here.
15:17But look, damn it.
15:18Wow.
15:19Andres Gomez was sent off.
15:20I can't believe this happened.
15:21Man, I'm not going to react too strongly because otherwise I'll end up throwing the guy under the bus.
15:25The entire Vasco crowd is going to see that I'm really pissed off at him.
15:29And a lot of people are going to see me pissed at him.
15:31They're going to start blaming him, saying he messed up big time.
15:33And I need my player confident.
15:34He's doing well.
15:35He's an important part of my team.
15:36So I'm not going to make a scene because there are cameras everywhere.
15:39The whole of Brazil, all of the Americas is watching this.
15:41So I'm going to stay cool later.
15:43I'll talk to him in the locker room.
15:44And how, right.
15:45But damn, everything was going so smoothly.
15:48So, like, the crazy pressure Vasco went through at the end.
15:51I just don't know.
15:52How did they not concede a goal?
15:53Two shots hit the post.
15:54Robert Renan saved the ball that Jardim wasn't going to get to.
15:56And it was almost a goal.
15:58All those things.
15:59That's not Boca.
16:00You know what I mean?
16:01That right there.
16:03That's Boca fired up inside La Bombonera with the momentum firmly on their side,
16:09trying to close the gap with one more player on the field.
16:13Yeah, that was Boca.
16:14But Boca here in Rio de Janeiro with 11 against 11.
16:17All right.
16:18They're going to come kind of going all in.
16:19And it's going to be much more like that kind of game.
16:21They're going to attack in a much more reckless way.
16:24Let's put it like that.
16:25Like, they have to chase the game.
16:26They have to score.
16:27There's no other way.
16:27So there might even be some kind of kamikaze plan.
16:30And now his role is to see in this diamond here who's going to be a good substitute for
16:34Andres Gomez, who's already even switching positions here with Cuyabano playing a one-touch
16:39pass.
16:39Here.
16:40It already shows some chemistry with him.
16:42And he really understands the triggers of the play.
16:44This here offensively.
16:45Okay?
16:46You Vasco fans, can you tell me who's going to do a good job in Andres' role?
16:49But you also can't forget what he does off the ball when defending.
16:51So with that job in mind, who do you think is going to take his place?
16:54Leave it down below because I want to know.
16:55Thanks.
16:55Take care.