In the semifinal game, Internacional even scored before the opponent, but could not hold on to the victory and postponed the classification.
At the end of the afternoon of this Saturday, the 18th, the International entered the field to play the first leg of the semifinal of the Campeonato Gaúcho. Playing away from home, the team visited the caxias and even left in front of the marker. However, Colorado faltered, did not hold the result and was only tied at 1-1. The return match will take place next Sunday, the 26th.
Right after the game, the coach Mano Menezes gave a press conference and evaluated Colorado’s performance. Quite sincere, the commander did not like what he saw in the second half and tried to explain the drop in pace. For him, Internacional controlled part of the semifinal, but lost control of actions due to the merit of Caxias.
“At times the team was fine. The second half was better. We opened the scoring early, but Caxias was better. In the second half, with Pena and a different positioning, we controlled the game better. Caxias arrived on the counterattack. The game was more open. The teams looked for the victory, but the draw was fair“, evaluated Mano Menezes.
“Both teams slowed down in the second half. We played an average game and will be able to play better at home. We released a Caxias steering wheel to play. When he was free, Johnny, Bustos and Mauricio were released. The goal was like this. We talked calmly at halftime and adjusted. It was a tactical problem in my opinion“, he completed.
Without much inspiration, Internacional barely managed to threaten the goal defended by the Caxias goalkeeper. On the other hand, the home team continued to be dangerous and ended up almost. At 38 minutes, Wesley sent a bomb and stopped Keiller’s great defense. After the bid, the game had great confusion among the players and ended with a 1-1 tie. End of conversation!
Source: sportbuzz
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