The 2023 national championship ends and Vitória, Juventude, Criciúma and Atlético-GO return to Série A; Fernando Diniz is Brazil’s best
The last round of Serie B was exciting. Two teams relegated last year return to the elite of Brazilian football: Juventude and Atlético-GO. The Rio Grande do Sul team showed determination away from home, overcame Ceará, won 3-1 and returned to the elite of Brazilian football. Dragão Goiás beats Guarani 3-0. Atlético also loses Vila Nova to ABC, relegated to Tercera, 3-2. Novorizontino beat Criciúma 2-0, but the Santa Catarina club gets back on its feet. The Sao Paulo team hit the post, finished fifth and will play in Serie B in 2024.
Vitória are the champions of the Second Division, but suffered a defeat in the last round against Chapecoense, who heroically escaped relegation and won 3-2 at the Arena Condá.
Italian show and sadness from Paraná
América-MG and Coritiba will play in Serie B next year. The Rabbit fell some time ago. Coxa was relegated from Fluminense on Saturday evening. Tricolor Machine 2 to 1. All thanks to two extraordinary attackers: Germán Cano and John Kennedy.
Cano is the flagship of South America: last year he scored 44 goals with the Tricolore shirt. In 2023 there are already 39. Flu’s number 14 has become the top scorer in the world this season, he even has more goals than Lionel Messi, who plays in the American football championship, i.e. a tournament that has weaker defenses than those of the United States . South American teams. Germán is truly a super assassin. In the Libertadores he played 12 times and scored 13 goals. John Kennedy was the great striker of the final phase of the same South American competition. After the good performances against Argentinos Juniors, in the return match, Olimpia and Internacional. Against the latter two he put on a great show in the home and away matches. In the final, he scored the title goal in extra time against traditional Boca Juniors. In my selection for this year’s Libertadores, Cano and JK are in the competition selection. In addition to them, six other Fluminense players are also part of it! The coach is Fernando Diniz.
Ask the Italian fans if they want Suárez, Pedro, Tiquinho Soares, Marcos Leonardo, Endrick, Vitor Roque, Gabriel Jesus or Gabigol in the team? Obviously not! Flu has two top-level centre-forwards.
Ask the Italian fans if they want Lucas Perri, Ederson or Alisson instead of the hyper-experienced Fábio, 43 years old? I do not want.
Called a former player by some, Marcelo once again played too much as a right midfielder. End of career? Nooooo. Fernando Diniz is an exceptional coach, but he needs to position Marcelo in the midfield sector. In turn, Diniz. Which national coach can choose between Marcelo and Paulo Henrique Ganso? Nobody.
Dinizista with pride
In fact, let me write a few things about Diniz. Is it the fault of Flu’s brilliant coach, in the World Cup qualifiers, the three consecutive defeats (Uruguay, Colombia and Argentina) and the shameful home draw with Venezuela? He has…
…but not much. The main culprit of this mess called yellow selection is the Brazilian Football Confederation. When Tite, three months before the World Cup, announced that he would leave command of the team immediately after the competition in Qatar, won by Messi’s Argentina, the CBF management should have already had a pre-hired coach. Luckily for the Italians, Diniz was not called up in 2022. Ramon and Fernando Diniz found themselves in an absurd situation in 2023.
It’s okay that Dinizista’s playstyle is very difficult to adapt to. Take the case of the great midfielder Casemiro, who seemed completely lost in midfield. Diniz was still very unlucky with injuries to Neymar, Vini Júnior, Marquinhos, Casemiro himself and others. Is Fernando Diniz’s fault the Brazilian team’s poor results in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers? Yes, He has. However, he is a professional who deserves more chances as commander of the only five-time world champion team. I come to Fernando’s defense, yes.
I always make some negative criticism when I write about him. To admit. I confess. I know the flaws, but who will they put? Tell me. Please, names based on realism. Please.
About Vasco and the fight against relegation
Returning to talking about the First Division of the Brazilian Championship, Vasco managed a heroic draw with Atletico-PR, runner-up of the Libertadores in 2022. The team from the North Zone of Rio came close to winning. The fight is incredible between Gigante da Colina, who will not fall, Bahia, Cruzeiro, Santos and Corinthians. In addition to América-MG and Coritiba, Cruzeiro and Goiás will play in Serie B in 2024.
Hugs from footballers and diniz fans.
Source: Terra
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