Kardec To The Rescue Again

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Ignoring the results of the first three games of the season, they have been all too similar. A lot of possession, little consistent penetration, porous defending, and rescue missions by Alan Kardec. It was the lanky attacker who once again kept a loss at bay by scoring a late equalizer against Paulista this past Sunday. It was 1x1 at the full time whistle as the reserves ended their run of games with another draw to add to the win against Ituano.

Besides Alan Kardec, Aranha, Anderson Carvalho, and Felipe Anderson played well, but the quality of the displays tailed off drastically after that. It's no surprise that these three names are also at the top of a performance chart looking at the three games as a whole. The rest of the reserves have a long way to go to adequately replace anyone in the first team.

Tomorrow the first team is back on duty as Oeste come to town. Let's see if they managed to dust off the cobwebs better than the reserves did.