Grêmio fans, you gotta be absolutely livid after that brutal 2-1 comeback loss to Vasco at the Arena in Porto Alegre this past Saturday. That defeat on September 12 just threw the entire Brasileirão relegation battle into a complete mess for Tricolor Gaúcho in Round 27.
Relegation Scramble Is Absolutely Tangled
Things are incredibly tight at the bottom of the table right now. Grêmio, Internacional, Vasco, and Mirassol are all sitting on a tense 28 points. Leão Caipira, Mirassol, and Tricolor Gaúcho are clinging to spots outside the bottom four, but only thanks to a better goal difference of -7. Meanwhile, Internacional, even after pulling off a 2-1 win against Chapecoense, is stuck in third-to-last place because they have fewer wins, just six compared to seven for the other rivals. Coach Luís Castro himself admitted he felt “disappointment with today’s match,” lamenting that Grêmio “could have gone further ahead and we had the chance to go further ahead, to 2-0 twice, and we were not able to close out the game.” If they’d won, they would’ve been six points clear of the drop zone, feeling a lot better about an “acceptable” season. Instead, here we are.
Coach Castro Erupts After Heartbreaking Loss
The mood was beyond tense at the 65-year-old Portuguese coach Luís Castro’s press conference after the game. He got into it with journalists in the Arena press room, and you could feel the frustration bubbling over. Castro didn’t hold back, saying, “I already said that the work in the Brasileirão is not good.” He quickly clarified that the work in the Copa do Brasil and the state championship “was good.” But the real kicker was when he said, “I know that right now what sells is blood. And I know the questions are for me to answer so there can be blood. That’s it. You already know that I know how people live, the engagement and the clips, I know all that. I did not say that my work was good.” He knows the media game, and he’s not happy about it.
This loss means “things are completely different” for Grêmio. The relegation battle is going to be a grinder, and every single point from here on out is going to feel like a matter of life or death. The pressure is absolutely on for Tricolor Gaúcho.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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