Inter’s elimination to Juventude in the Gauchão semi-final was directly due to Robert Renan’s penalty. The defender wasted the team’s seventh penalty when trying to dig. Goalkeeper Gabriel saved, and Kelvi converted the hit, declaring the victory for the Brazilian team.
Robert Renan tries to dig and misses a penalty in a decisive game against Juventude
The young defender, however, had already taken a penalty in a similar way in his career. Last year, for Zenit, Robert Renan scored the title-winning goal with a cavadinha. In the decision of the Russian Super Cup, against CSKA, the boy dug into the middle of the goal and converted.
After the loss to Juventude, however, coach Eduardo Coudet said he did not know about the defender’s history. Interestingly, Robert Renan came on with less than a minute to go in the game, when it was almost certain that the decision would go to penalties. But the defender was not selected for the first hits, taking only the second of the alternations.
– I actually didn’t know that about Russia. In the list we went through to kick, we went up to the sixth man, who was Bruno (Gomes), then the remaining players. There’s no way to put the responsibility on a 20-year-old boy. I didn’t talk to him about why he made that decision – said Coudet at the press conference.
Robert Renan: cavadinha gave Zenit the title in the Russian Super Cup 2023
Inter came from behind in the first half, with a goal from Zé Marcos. The draw came at the beginning of the final stage, with Renê. The team was left with one player less in the 31st minute, with Mauricio being sent off. On penalties, Mercado also lost, and Juventude won 6-5.
For the third year in a row, Inter fell in the semi-finals of Gauchão. Before, they had been eliminated by Grêmio and Caxias, this one also on penalties in the middle of Beira-Rio. The club’s last state title was in 2016.
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