Eduardo Coudet had a weekend to forget. The Celta fell on Saturday in Valencia after resisting until the discount playing in numerical inferiority and the other setback for Chacho came on Sunday from Brazil. Porto Alegre International, the team that the Argentine coach left last November when he was leading, He had the opportunity to add a title to the Buenos Aires coach's record, but lost on the penultimate day against Flamengo and he will not depend on himself in the outcome of the Brasilerão.
The red set I could celebrate the alirón in the mythical Maracanã stadium, the house of his direct rival. The victory against Flamengo would grant him the crown and this 'final' for the title started with Internacional taking the lead. The goal scored by Edenilson was matched by De Arrascaeta Half an hour into the game and after passing through the changing rooms, the balance turned in favor of the Rio team. The visitors were sent off and Gabriel Barbosa ‘Gabigol’ established the final 2-1.
Thanks to this triumph, el Flamengo reaches the top of the table, two points ahead of Inter. The new leader will play next weekend in the field of Sao Paulo, while those of Porto Alegre will dismiss the Brazilian league by receiving the Corinthians. Two duels between historical to solve the title.
At the top
Last November 9 South American football attended astonished as the coach who led the first classified of Brasilerão decided to cross the pond to take charge of a team that fought in the lower zone of the table in Spain. Coudet, who in 2019 won the Argentine league with Racing Club, left Internacional standing on matchday 20. The Chacho he left leading, with one point and one game more than Flamengo and Atlético Mineiro.
Although the relief on the bench took its toll on the Gaucho team at first, linking four days without knowing the victory, the veteran technician Abel Braga managed to revive his pupils. Inter signed a spectacular streak of nine consecutive wins, a rhythm that only Flamengo managed to resist to play the title in the final stretch of the championship.