Pedro Raul worries about bad aim, but has good participation in the collective game

Pedro Raul’s expressions of disbelief after every wasted goal chance against Trem-AP, last Thursday, for the Copa do Brasil, said it all. The attacker knows that he owes care in the conclusions in this beginning of his trajectory for Vasco. According to the website “Footstats”, he is, among the main center forwards of the Carioca Championship, who adds more wrong finishes. But there is a positive bias to be drawn from the number 9’s performances in 2023.

The State’s numbers reveal a solidary reference striker with a good sense of collective game. He has more assists for goal and finishing than Pedro, Germán Cano and Tiquinho Soares. He participates in games with passes more often than Flamengo and Fluminense forwards. With that, he makes Maurício Barbieri’s Vasco play, goes beyond the role of finisher. That has not been performing so well, it is necessary to emphasize.

— I charge myself a lot for wasting the chances I had against Trem, but I prefer to see that I scored one more goal for Vasco. It’s a glass half full and half empty,” he said.

So far, poor efficiency in conclusions has done little damage. The only game in which the bad aim weighed was the classic against Fluminense, in which the Colina team did not open the scoring in the first half, being vastly superior. And then lost.

But if the issue persists, the effects can be greater. For the team, in a Brazilian context, with stronger opponents, it could mean a good position in the table or the fight against relegation. For the player, it can cost the spot. Vasco is close to closing with Lelê, from Volta Redonda. He is the striker with the best numbers in Carioca. Not only is he the top scorer, he also has the best collective numbers