Vitória drew 1-1 with Avai this Saturday (27), in a game valid for the 9th round of Série B do Brasileiro. The red-black team took the lead in the first half, with Wellington Nem, but conceded the tie in the second half, when Waguininho scored for the team from Santa Catarina.
In a press conference, coach Léo Condé evaluated the team’s performance in both halves of the game. “A very good first half for our team. Almost total control of the game. Countless goal situations, could have done more in the penultimate ball to leave with the most elastic score in the first half. and two players on the inside, Eduardo and Gava. They had a couple of chances, naturally, but overall we had control of the first half,” he said.
For Condé, the weariness of some players compromised the team’s performance in the final stage of the confrontation. “In the second half, Avaí grew, it made it difficult for us to pass the ball. We even had spaces to counterattack, we had wrong choices, we could have killed the game. But then came the wear and tear of many players with little game rhythm, Rodrigo Andrade felt it too. In the end, a ball that we warned a lot about, a strong move from them, a cross from the left. One that they hit made the goal. Overall, we took an important point to Salvador”, he concluded.
The red-black commander also commented on the choice for the tactical scheme with three defenders and the substitutions at halftime. “We made the option of starting with the three defenders. In view of the absences, a strategy that I thought was positive, it worked. We could have explored the wings more. Unfortunately, we had Lucas injured at halftime. Not that Dalton had gone bad, but ends up losing substitution. Railan got sick, he was playing an important match, being relieved. We made two changes at halftime”, he lamented before talking more about the use of the trio of defenders.
“We have several good defenders in addition to the three who played today, we have Yan and Marco Antônio, who can play as a defender. Given the circumstances, and within the study of the opponent, we understood that we could create a new fact to surprise them. Railan is more of a winger than Zeca, overtaking on the side of the field. And Zeca was very worn out. Tactical strategy and to preserve the player”.
Léo Condé did not have five players. Léo Gamalho, Matheusinho, Zé Hugo and Giovanni Augusto were banned by the medical department. The team’s waiter, Osvaldo showed physical exhaustion and did not even travel to Florianópolis. As he explained earlier, captain Zeca was also spared, but was left as an option on the bench and entered the halftime game.
“We started the match with five changes due to injury issues. Players who were doing very well in the first half, Nem, Rafinha, Railan, Rodrigo Andrade, Tréllez, felt the lack of game rhythm. that first half with some players without playing for a while. Fundamental factor. Issues were happening, mainly substitutions that we were making”. Vitória returns to the field on Friday (2), at 21:30, when it receives Ituano, in Barradão.
