Bola Rolando: Operário faces direct confrontation that could change the table

The Operário Ferroviário in Serie B has arrived at that moment of the championship when the calculator begins to divide space with the ball. The margin for error has decreased, the confrontations are worth a lot more and any lost points can make a difference when the table is closed.

The Ghost is inserted into a group that still looks up and keeps alive the goal of fighting for access. Vila Nova, Juventude, Fortaleza, Novorizontino, Criciúma, Atlético-GO, CRB and Operário appear in the dispute for the first positions. It is a tight group and does not allow large sequences of trips.

But there is an important detail in this final line: there is no point in looking only at the points that are still available and imagining perfect campaigns.

There will be no perfection.

Nobody will win everything

This story of making every possible win in the rest of the championship is beautiful in math, but very difficult to happen on the field.

Leaders also lose points.

The Youth showed this even winning America-MG. It was a complicated match, decided by minimum margin, against a team that appears at the bottom of the classification.

The championship is balanced.

Therefore, more important than imagining how many points there are still in dispute is to understand how many points each team can actually produce.

And then there is a key factor in this Series B: defense.

Who knows how to defend is coming

The teams that occupy the highest part of the table have one important characteristic in common: they manage to suffer little.

The youth have a very consistent defense. Vila Nova also found defensive stability throughout the competition.

And that makes a difference.

In Serie B, especially in the last rounds, not always wins who presents the most beautiful football. Often wins who knows how to manage result, withstand pressure and turn a goal into three points.

The Worker himself has already shown this.

When he manages to assemble his main defensive system and play in an organized manner, the Ghost becomes a difficult opponent to beat. When you lose important players or need to move too much in this sector, the yield drops.

And that is why the next commitment will be an important test.

Youth x Worker is great game

The Worker goes to Caxias do Sul to face the Youth on Friday, in a confrontation that puts face to face two clubs directly involved in the dispute of the top of the classification.

It's not just another round.

It is a game against a direct opponent.

Youth comes packed with victory over America-MG and has a very efficient defensive system. It will be necessary to have patience, compete during the 90 minutes and seize the opportunities that appear.

Luizinho Lopes works during the week studying exactly what has changed and improved on the opponent.

The trend is for few changes in the structure of the Ghost.

Ángel Torres

In addition to the natural difficulty of the confrontation, the Worker lost a piece that was beginning to gain important space in the team.

Ángel Torres underwent surgery after suffering an injury to the meniscus. The attacker has been discharged from the hospital and has begun recovery at home.

In practice, it is an important absence for the series B sequence.

Torres had been conquering space and had already achieved the status of holder. Now, Luizinho Lopes will need to find alternatives to reorganize the offensive sector.

The Serie B has definitely entered the final straight.

Once this series of games is over, the championship will be even shorter.

There is no room to waste opportunities.

The Worker does not need to look at 100% of the remaining points. You need to look at the next opponent.

And the next opponent is just one of the teams that are above him.

It is at this time that a win away from home completely changes the table scenario.

The championship came at a time when there was no more time for promises.

Now it's a result.

And for the Ghost to continue looking at the Série A, each point was worth gold.

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