The draw with Bragantino led Atlético-MG to nine points, out of the 18 they played in the Brazilian. Palmeiras has already wasted the same number and Flamengo has already left ten points along the way, out of 15 disputed.
In the 16 Brazilians for consecutive points with 20 clubs, only Flamengo (2020) was champion, losing ten points in the first five games, and São Paulo (2008), after wasting nine of the first 15.
The champion may still be one of the three giants, but the beginning of the Brazilian once again makes sure that there is still a great asset in this championship: unpredictability.
It won’t be a triangle. At least, it doesn’t at this point.
Corinthians is the leader after five rounds. True, in these 38-round championships, only one champion was in first place in their fifth game. Precisely Corinthians, in 2017, the one appointed as Paulista’s fourth force at the beginning of the year.
He took advantage of the instability of those who seemed stronger. When they tried to recover, Corinthians had already fired with the best first round in history, 47 points conquered.
If the Brazilian this year looked like a triangular one, is this Corinthians the fourth force? Right now, it’s the first.
Vítor Pereira was treated by Jorge Jesus as the best Portuguese coach among those in Brazil, in his cynical conversation in Kleber Leite’s living room. Abel Ferreira does the best job for now. Vítor Pereira manages the squad and tactical systems.
Against Fortaleza, he started with three attackers and a four-man defensive line. He changed to three defenders, with the accordion that Antonio Conte used at Chelsea, the 2017 English champions. When he had the ball, he built the game into a 3-4-2-1. Without her, he would retreat into a 5-4-1.
The secret of this system is the speed of transitions. If it is not very agile to go up to the attack, the team is stuck in the defense, only attracting the opponent. It was the risk he took against Bragantino. It got very defensive.
Against Portuguesa-RJ, the game started like this. Fábio Santos as third defender, Mosquito and Piton as wingers, Adson, Giuliano and Júnior Moraes in attack.
It worked out.
It is unclear whether Corinthians will join Palmeiras, Flamengo and Atlético as a candidate for the title. It is also premature to say that only one of these four will fight for the trophy. The Brazilian Championship causes surprises, and this is its greatest asset. Even caused by the collection of pranks every season.
Obstacles such as the call-ups that will take Danilo and Weverton from Palmeiras and Arana from Atlético-MG, the accumulation of games that will make Brazil’s giants enter the field up to 82 times, while Liverpool, Europe’s record holder, will complete 62 matches in the Champions League final. League.
Twenty games are played in three months in Europe. In other words, it is as if the Brazilian calendar had 15 months of football.
In part, it is for this reason the instability of the strongest and richest.
Palmeiras’ biggest enemy is the marathon. Abel Ferreira says he will test his players to the limit.
One of Atlético’s great rivals is travel.
Flamengo’s biggest opponent is Flamengo itself. Just remember that Jorge Jesus became Paulo Sousa’s Judas inside the house of a former red-black president.
In England, the champions will be Liverpool or Manchester City. In Spain, Real Madrid. In Italy, Milan or Inter.
In Brazil, the championship is an obstacle course. The champion will be the toughest, not necessarily the best team.
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