O Athletico Paranaense lost 2 to 0 to Grêmio, that Wednesday (day 17) at night, in Port Cheerful, for the second round of the Brazilian Championship. With the result, the Paranaense team ranked 6th, with 3 points. The gaucha team is in seventh place, also with 3 points.
After the game, Cuca assumed flaws in Athletico, quoted pass errors and stated that Athletico's game has to be more aggressive. "We missed a lot of passes, I don't remember exactly, but about 60 passes, besides lacked aggressiveness that is the characteristics of the Athletic [...] We ran away from our characteristic and we can't do that," said the Technician who completed:
Performance
Slow and apathetic at marking, the Athletic gave way to spaces from the beginning and left the Grêmio At ease in the field. With the ball, the Paraná team had rare moments of lucidity. It was Hurricane's second worst performance in 2024 – the worst was defeat for the LondrinaStill under the command of Juan Carlos Osorio.
" We were really bad at the game. We gave them a lot of space," Erick said, for Transamerica radio, on the way out of the lawn. "After the goal, the team was destroyed," he said. "It was way below what we were playing," he added.
End of Invincibility
Since the arrival of coach Cuca at Athletico, there were 8 games and 8 wins (5 for Paranaense, 2 for South American and 1 for National A Series). That was the coach's first loss.
Scale
Coach Cuca made two changes, with the entrance of the Madson side and the Mastriani center. With accumulated physical wear, Pablo was in recovery. And Leo Godoy started at the bank. The tactical scheme was 4-2-3-1, with Cuello (left), Julimar (right) and Canobbio (center) on the line of three.
Adversary
O Grêmio, which came from 3 losses in the last 4 games, had a large list of embezzlements: Diego Costa, Pepê, Carballo, Mila, Jhonata Robert, Reinaldo, André Henrique and Mayk. Diego Costa, 35, has 6 goals in 8 games by the club in 2024. He was out for injury.
Statistics
In the 90 minutes, Athletico had 52% possession of the ball, 4 completions (0 certain), 80% accuracy in passes and 13 faults committed. O Grêmio finished with 14 pitches (7 certain), 80% accuracy in passes and 7 faults committed. The data is from Sofascore.
