Chapter 89: Against Fluminense

Two days after Fernandez's departure, Lu Feng also left the youth team. Curry brought the Landbreeze back to the first team and worked out for the first team.

Six rounds have passed in the Brazilian league, and Santos is in third place with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and Corinthians are proud to lead the standings.

After the reduction of the São Paulo State Championship and the FA Cup (Brazilian domestic cup), there are only two games left.

Lu Feng, who returned to the first team, quickly adapted to the training life of the first team. Following Santos' four-game winning streak in the Brazilian league, Lu Feng's ban has finally come to an end.

After the ban, Curry really didn't forget Lu Feng, and in the first game of his comeback, Lu Feng entered the first team squad, but he was only a substitute.

After all, it is impossible to let Lu Feng enter the starting lineup just after the ban is lifted.

The first game after Lu Feng's comeback was Santos' home game against Fluminense.

Fluminense, as a strong challenger for the Brazilian Liga title, has no doubt. At the start of the Brazilian league, Fluminense had failed to win four games in a row and was once near the relegation zone. However, Fluminense's form has rebounded significantly recently, and with a wave of consecutive wins, they have also risen to sixth place in the standings.

Santos and Fluminense have been in good form recently, and the difference in strength between the two sides is also very small, although Santos is stronger than Fluminense, but there is no guarantee that he will win at home.

Once the race started, it was undoubtedly proven again.

In the 9th minute of the game, Santos led Fluminense 1-0 with the goal of the main striker Pardu.

Fluminense returned the favor immediately, and in the 17th minute, Cicero's goal equalised for Fluminense.

In the 23rd minute, Fluminense scored again, again Cicero. Fluminense took a free kick in front, Cicero grabbed the first point in the penalty area, shook his head and hit the goal, and the ball bounced into the goal with Gulidev's hand.

1-2, Santos is behind at home.

On the sidelines, Curry looked depressed and kept communicating with Pedro.

Lu Feng sat on the bench and sighed secretly, it seemed that he would not be able to play in this game. If the team is ahead, Lu Feng may have a chance to come on as a substitute in the second half. However, when the team is behind, it is much less likely to let Lu Feng play, after all, Lu Feng is back in the first team, and the state is indeed a problem.

For the remainder of the first half, neither Santos nor Fluminense could change the scoreline, and although both teams had a couple of chances to score, neither team could capitalise on it.

With a score of 1-2, Santos returned to the locker room with little interest.

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In the locker room, Curry's face is also not good-looking, and the Brazilian league is not like the São Paulo state championship, where there are playoffs to play. The first place in the standings is the championship at the end of the season.

Corinthians continue to lead the standings with a winning streak, and if Santos loses this game, the gap will widen even further, which Curry cannot accept.

Although the Santos club board of directors has given Curry the goal of reaching the Copa Libertadores in the first year, Santos, as one of the Brazilian giants, will not be able to satisfy himself with this result. Curry's goal is to win at least one championship.

Losing the final of the state championship has already missed out on a title, and with Santos not being able to play in the Copa Libertadores this season, the only ones who can hope to win the title are the Brazilian Liga and an inconsequential FA Cup.

As a result, Curry takes every game in the league quite seriously. What's more, this season, Corinthians are like playing chicken blood, winning all the ways to lead the standings, which makes Curry even more afraid to take it lightly. In addition, this is Santos' home stadium, if they can't win at home, can they win at Fluminense's home stadium in the second half of the season?

"In the second half, we're going to..."

Curry's words, Lu Feng listened to two sentences and then didn't listen to it, because it had nothing to do with him. According to head coach Curry's arrangement, Lu Feng still couldn't play in the second half, so why bother to listen to the head coach's explanation.

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At the start of the second half, Santos made the first personnel change after falling behind at home, with Lewells coming on to replace Gil. Gill is a relatively mediocre striker, not so much mediocre as he is balanced. Gill is a forward and doesn't stand out in every skill, but there are no weaknesses, so Curry will choose to start with Padu.

It's just that, in the case of falling behind, Gil's mediocrity did become a reason to replace him. Lewells, who replaced Jill, is 188cm tall and has excellent header skills, and is a typical high school striker. In a country like Brazil, which relies on technology, such a striker can have a place in the team, and the skills on the head can be imagined.

Sure enough, in the second half of the game, the Santos team changed the tactics of smooth ground coordination used in the previous game, and instead played with two wings. Even Pardew was placed behind Lewells by Curry.

Pardew is characterised by his excellent technique at his feet and a keen sense of smell in front of goal. Curry's arrangement is obviously intended to allow Pardu to compete for the second spot behind Lewells or pick up a leak.

After Santos changed tactics, Fluminense's players were quite unaccustomed to playing, because Santos's previous tactics had never seen such a two-winged play. And Fluminense's two central defenders are even more distressed.

Compared to Lévels, Fluminense's two centre-backs are all only about 180cm, nearly a head shorter. Every time they fought for a header in the box, they could only watch as Lywells grabbed the first point.

Fortunately, Lewells' form in this game was not too good, and several headers did not pose much of a threat, and they were easily defused by Fluminense goalkeeper Sihar.

It's just that, judging from the situation on the field at hand, if Fluminense can't limit Lewells well, then it will be a matter of time before Lewells breaks Fluminense's goal.

Ma Long, the young coach of Fluminense on the sidelines, looked at Curry who was expressionless on the side, and secretly admired it in his heart. is worthy of being a number of famous coaches in the Brazilian field, and this substitution adjustment is really powerful. However, Malone is not helpless.

After thinking about it for a while, Malone decided to make personnel changes, replacing a tall central defender to limit the opponent's Livers, and replacing a defensive full-back on the opponent's very active left side.

Just as Malone instructed the Fluminense players on the bench to warm up, the whole stadium suddenly resounded with the shouts of the fans, and the Santos team equalized.