Vasco is going through its worst moment in Serie B of the Brazilian Championship. After 14 unbeaten games, they lost 2-0 to Novorizontino and drew 0-0 with Sport, at home. The team faces Criciúma, this Saturday (09), from 16:30 (Brasília time), at the Heriberto Hülse stadium, needing the victory to open an advantage in the G4.
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?: Daniel Ramalho | #Vasco da Gama pic.twitter.com/8i8pPspliA
— Vasco da Gama (@VascodaGama) July 8, 2022
Tigre is in fifth place with 23 points and is alive in the fight for access. If Vasco wins, they are 11 points ahead of their rivals this round. All tickets were sold in a few hours and the promise is to put pressure on Cruzmaltino.
Coach Maurício Souza has problems climbing the team. Edimar and Gabriel Pec are suspended. Nenê and Gabriel Dias continue to recover from injury. The lineup is still a mystery, but one player is guaranteed: Léo Matos. The right-back returned to start against Sport, pleased and talks about the team’s moment: “Actually, the last two results were not good, but confidence is never shaken. As much as we tied the last game, we saw a very big evolution. We believe a lot in what has been done and I am sure that in the next matches we will recover what we lost in this period”.
Preparation finished at CT do Tigre ⚽️ Tomorrow there’s Criciúma x Vasco at Majestic!!
? Celso da Luz | Criciúma EC#let’s tiger #serieb2022 pic.twitter.com/nezpqxkG6Q
— Criciúma EC (@CriciumaEC) July 8, 2022
Palacios should also be a starter for the third consecutive time. The Chilean, who has always started well coming off the bench, has not yet had a great performance starting the games. He talks about what is needed to reach his best performance level: “The rhythm is very different when you start the match, but only playing improves. I also get to know my teammates better about movement, unforeseen events in the matches. I think it gets better day by day.”
