Cruzeiro forgoes higher incomes and prioritizes playing in the ‘key matches’ in Brazil | Sea trip

After two matches away from home with four points added, the Sea trip Returns to BH to double as host. Games are key to the team’s intentions at the table and with the tournament scenario of the pepa men. The factor that influenced the choice of Independencia as home, leaving Mineirão, was the previously scheduled venue for the matches.

This Sunday, and Sea trip Receives Curitiba at 11 am (Brasilia time). On the 23rd, they will face Goiás, in the same stadium, but at 4 p.m. The stage was changed due to uncertainty about the Gigante da Pampulha stadium.

Within this scenario, the matches against Coritiba and Goiás are essential for the team to prove itself, still in the final stage of the first round, in a mid-table fight. This is because opponents are at the bottom of the table, with stipulations for Z-4 to leave.

Even by the case of the two teams, the Sea trip He tends to play an attacking role, as he did in most matches in the Brazilian championship, even with opponents from the first half of the table.

To prioritize the lawn, the Sea trip Abandon the financial factor. The matches against Coritiba and Goiás had factors that indicated Mineirão was likely to be full: head-to-head matches, on weekends and times that usually draw large crowds. Independência should also have nearly 100% occupancy, but with a capacity of only one third of Gigante da Pampulha.

Besides the team, in addition to the grass and the potential cauldron, there is the last performance in Independência. Since Peppa took charge of the team, there have been five matches on the field, four at home, with a 100% success rate.. Victories over Náutico (2 to 0), Grêmio (1 to 0), Santos (2 to 1) and São Paulo (1 to 0), as well as a 4-0 defeat, as a visitor, against América-MG.

a Sea trip It has an agreement with América-MG to play for Independência until the end of the year. The document was signed in the midst of the club’s dispute with Minas Arena, in early 2023. In April, there was an agreement between the two parties, but the club is still not satisfied with the terms of Mineirão Park and will return to the stadium only when it has guarantees of quality.

Because of the dispute over Mineirão, the Sea trip He sent Mineiro tournament matches to Sete Lagoas and Cariacica, in Espírito Santos. In Brazil he also played in Sete Lagoas, against Cuiabá, and had to play the classic with Atlético-MG in Uberlândia. He did not win any of the matches, with three defeats and a draw.