This Saturday (12), Grêmio lost 2-1 to Vasco in a comeback win right at the Arena in Porto Alegre, in round 27 of the 2026 Brasileirão.
The situation left “everything all tangled up” in the relegation battle.
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After all, Internacional, Vasco, Mirassol, and Grêmio all have 28 points, but Leão Caipira and Tricolor Gaúcho remain outside the bottom four thanks to a better goal difference (-7 x -11 x -12).
Colorado, even after a 2-1 win over Chapecoense at Arena Condá, remains in third-to-last place because it has fewer wins than the other three rivals in the fight against relegation (6 x 7).
In this scenario, the atmosphere at coach Luís Castro’s post-match press conference after Grêmio’s defeat was tense.
The experienced 65-year-old Portuguese coach argued with journalists in the Arena press room when asked about his work in charge of Tricolor Gaúcho.
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“I already said that the work in the Brasileirão is not good. And I already told you that the work in the Copa do Brasil was good. And in the state championship it was good. That’s what I said. I know that right now what sells is blood. And I know the questions are for me to answer so there can be blood. That’s it. You already know that I know how people live, the engagement and the clips, I know all that. I did not say that my work was good.”
“Today, if we had won, we would be six points above the bottom four and we would say, ‘we are recovering, making progress,’ a season that could even be considered not very good, but acceptable. In this case, faced with this defeat, things are totally different. First, it is very difficult to accept the result. We could have gone further ahead and we had the chance to go further ahead, to make it 2-0 twice, and we could not kill off the game. My feeling is one of disappointment with today’s match.”
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