I keep wondering how these Vasco guys managed to score 6 goals against Santos
In this game against Juventude, for example, Vasco had 77% possession, but they couldn't even score a single goal. This often made me wonder how they managed to score 6 goals against Santos. Juventude didn't have a very strong defense, but Vasco still didn't score a single goal. Two interesting things are worth mentioning:
1 - In the last 5 games, Juventude has conceded a goal in every game; in some games, they even conceded 3 goals.
2 - Juventude lost to Santos, in a game in which they conceded 3 goals.
So, Santos scores 3 goals and beats Juventude, then concedes 6 goals against Vasco, who wins and scores 2 goals against Juventude. Honestly, the Brazilian league is very unpredictable.
My friends call this phenomenon "this is Vasco". In this game against Juventude, for example, Vasco had 77% possession, but they couldn't even score a single goal. This often made me wonder how they managed to score 6 goals against Santos. Juventude didn't have a very strong defense, but Vasco still didn't score a single goal. Two interesting things are worth mentioning:
1 - In the last 5 games, Juventude has conceded a goal in every game; in some games, they even conceded 3 goals.
2 - Juventude lost to Santos, in a game in which they conceded 3 goals.
So, Santos scores 3 goals and beats Juventude, then concedes 6 goals against Vasco, who wins and scores 2 goals against Juventude. Honestly, the Brazilian league is very unpredictable.
They can put 6 goals on Santos out of nowhere and then lose 0-2 to Juventude the next week. You can't explain, just feel.
The same thing of Santos winning Juventude just to lose to Vasco which lost to Juventude, is what we saw on the Club World Cup with Botafogo winning against PSG just to go back to losing against Brazilian smaller teams.