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Vitoria Bahia and begin to duel for a place in the final state

Vitoria Bahia and begin to decide on Sunday at 16h, in Pituaçustadium in Salvador, a place in the decision of the Campeonato Baiano 2011. The other semi-final involving two teams from theinterior of Bahia and Serrano is also facing Fair at 16h, in Vitória daConquista.

Best team in the competition, the Victoria is packed. The teamdoes not know what there is to lose 10 games. The last loss was onFeb. 20, just against Bahia, at the same level of Pituaçu. Earlier this week, the coach of Leon, Antonio Lopes, prohibited any challengeto his opponent. The delegate is watching even the dances in the celebration of goals.


- Depends on the dance. Because there are dances that areprovocative, and it can not. You have to respect - said Lopes.

On Wednesday, the coach held a training secret and announcedthat two more would do the same way to the classic. However,Lopes finished dropping their guard and freeing the workout. Theteam has no secrets. The players who were left out of the matchagainst Camaçari, in the last round of the second phase, return to the team. In front, the fans expect to see the "Tri Electric" formed byElkeson, Geovanni and Nika swing chains of the Tricolor. Confident,the red-black fan exhausted the quota of tickets for the away team


Bahia already went for the mystery and closed the doors of the last two training sessions before the classic. The first team was notconfirmed, but it is certain that he will not repeat the team that wasthrashed in Parana. Striker Robert, owner of Curitiba in the match, was not related. The trend is that the coach put on the field the sameteam that beat Vitoria da Conquista, last Sunday. In this case,Dewey return to the attack alongside Souza. Another possiblechange is the use of lateral Avino, who, after two months of recovery, returned to being listed. The player said he was ready for the game and the trend is coming into camp as a starter.

With Muricy, Santos had more solid defense and attack calculated

Since last year, Santos draws attention to the massive amount ofgoals that brand, but also by the vulnerability of their defense.Apparently, this imbalance is beginning to run with the arrival ofcoach Muricy Ramalho. They are the players themselves who point out that change. The fish continues to pursue goals, but it's not afrantic search, carelessly. It is a calculated move.

In 2011, until the arrival of Muricy, the Fish had played 21 matches.He scored 43 goals (average of 2.04 per game), but suffered 26(average 1.23 per match). Muricy with the average goals scoreddecreased, but to try and suffered plummeted. In five games undernew coach, the Fish scored nine goals (1.8 per match) and it tookonly two (0.4 per match).


- Our team has always been very offensive. But now we know to holdthe game more. For us, 1-0 is 10-0 - says the attacker Neymar.


Muricy explains that all he did was get the positioning of the team.He says it has no intention of reducing the impetus for goals from Santos. Just trying to make the team less vulnerable. In hisassessment, has achieved.

- We continue attacking, but without taking counter-attacks. We're not as exposed as before. Learn to play without the ball - Muricyexplains.

The commander alvinegro mainly highlights the position of its twosides, and Jonathan Leo, in changing the direction of the tactical plan alvinegro. He says he did both understand that players aremarking and should only sporadically up to the attack. Or as theysay in "boleirês" should only attack in good.

- In Brazil, the staff has the habit of thinking that side has to attackall the time. Not so. Side is the defensive player. First, you needhelp in marking, closing on the roof, blocking the ends. If the opportunity arises, he goes - he explains.


Repeated squad

Against America-MEX, next Wednesday, the second round of the Libertadores Cup final in Vila Belmiro, Muricy will have the chanceto repeat once again the squad. It will be the third consecutive game with Rafael, Jonathan, Edu Dracena, Durval e Léo; Arouca,Danilo, Elano and Goose; Neymar and Zé Eduardo.

Coach celebrates. He knows it's very rare to keep the squad in a string of tough games and decisive. With these 11, Santos beatDeportivo Tachira-VEN, by 3-1, Wednesday afternoon, ensuringvacancy in the second round of the continental competition, andbeat Ponte Preta 1-0 in Saturday, a triumph which led to thesemifinal of the Fish Paulista.

- It's great to repeat, as we dialogue, a guy the team. Too bad thisis very difficult to happen because the games do not.

Brazilian striker of Stuttgart says has played with pain in the groin

Brazilian striker Cacau, of Stuttgart, revealed on Sunday to beplaying with pain in the groin. In practice, the injury did not affecttheir income, as the player scored twice in his team's victory overHamburg last Saturday by 3-0 at home by the 31 th round of theGerman Cup.

- Still tneho pain, but I'm waiting until the end of the season toundergo surgery - Cocoa said to Bild.

At age 30, Cocoa is an idol of Stuttgart, the club which has been operating since 2003 and has surpassed 200 games. With two on Saturday, he arrived at seven in the competition and has alreadyapproached other team's top scorers as Harnik (9), Kuzmanovic (8),Pogrebnyak (8).


With the win, Stuttgart reached 36 points and occupies the 13th position in the table, away from the imminent danger of the relegation zone.