You Need to Understand What Reinier Did Against Santos

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How Reinier Picked Apart Santos' Man-to-Man Marking. Dive into our tactical breakdown as we unravel the magic behind Reinier’s game-changing moves, why he drives defenders crazy, and how he quietly became Galo’s secret weapon. Love deep football chats? Hit subscribe and let us know in the comments what you enjoyed most! #soccer #footballanalysis #Galo #tactics #sports  👉 This channel was created in collaboration with https://www.youtube.com/@futebolmaximo  0:00 - Galo's Evolution and Reinier's Role 0:37 - Early Match Tactics and Galo's Build-up 2:47 - Man-to-Man Marking Explained 5:27 - Reinier's Movements Disrupt Santos' Defense 8:11 - Reinier as False Nine and Repeated Patterns 11:31 - Coach and Analyst on Reinier's Impact 12:52 - Statistical Breakdown and Comparing Forwards 14:47 - Goal Analysis and Player Perspectives  We're now available on Spotify! Listen now https://open.spotify.com/show/

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00:00I'm afraid this statement might not age well, but my impression is that this Gallo team from 2026

00:04plays better soccer than the one from 2024, which made it to the finals of the Libertadores and the Copa

00:09do Brasil.

00:10And there's an important milestone in this story.

00:13There's Gallo before and after Fred, who once again was decisive for qualifying for the knockout stage.

00:20But while everyone is only talking about Fred and Delphime, I need to tell you another side of the story,

00:24because one of the key players that makes this machine work wears the number 19 jersey

00:28and made Luan Perez lose his head in his last moments on the field.

00:32Do you want to understand what Reynier does that's so special and why he deserves this credit?

00:36Come with me.

00:37Literally, in the very first play of the game, Reynier already has an important role, okay?

00:42The ball is played and Reynier runs in behind, like a number 9 just like a center forward usually does.

00:47But his behavior adds some other characteristics that helped Gallo score the 1-0 so early.

00:53Check this out, the ball comes back, it's gonna get to Vitao here, and Vitao is gonna look for a

00:57long ball.

00:58At this moment, Reynier is out of the frame, but I need to tell you that he's well aligned with

01:03Santos' two center backs,

01:04Arao and Luan Perez.

01:06But as soon as the ball moves forward, he's gonna show this other behavior that's one of his biggest strengths.

01:13The first detail we need to notice is that Santos marked by matching up in a medium to high press.

01:18This is the standard marking style of Kuka's teams.

01:21He did this at Gallo in previous years, and he repeats it at Santos, as there was another video here

01:25on the channel talking about it.

01:26What was the logic that worked more or less here, okay?

01:29Wherever there was a Gallo player, there was also a Santos player.

01:32So for example, Gabigol presses Vitao.

01:33We're going to see here bomb tempo and roll A.

01:36Roll Azer on Maicon and Castagno.

01:38Gustavinho follows Bernardo.

01:40Fred is being followed by João Schmid.

01:42Rooney is keeping a close eye on Alan Franco here, and Rodine is jumping up from the back to come

01:46to Renan Lodge.

01:47If you notice, Lianco is the only free player around here, because Gabigol splits his attention, because he has to

01:52mark both players.

01:53And what's the logic?

01:55Gabigol marks two, so that in defense, Aron and Juan Perez don't end up one-on-one against the attackers.

02:00The two only mark only Renier.

02:02So the basic path the Atletico could use to progress on the field was to look for Lianco on the

02:07ball, so he could carry the ball and move into the attacking half.

02:10And Barba even mentioned this in the press conference.

02:12Take a look.

02:13Because we knew that at the beginning of the game, to create situations and control the match.

02:23In the last match, the left feet were Hugo free all the time, and Lianco's quality to carry the ball

02:31at his feet.

02:35We had more opportunities to build our play.

02:39That was one of the situations, because I felt that we were going to have control of the match, which

02:46is what happened.

02:48But the main point here is Renier.

02:50He's another player who isn't a free man, but he becomes a free man through his movements.

02:54Vito will use the long ball when he's pressured by Gabigol.

02:57This ball is poorly cleared by Luan Pérez, and I need to draw your attention to this space.

03:02Renier starts aligned with the defenders, but he drops back.

03:05He drops back precisely because Santos' defensive midfielders and midfielders are busy marking.

03:10So there will be space behind the marking.

03:13So Renier makes the move to attack and then comes back.

03:15If not to receive a pass, then to fight for a second ball.

03:18And that's what happens.

03:19Luan Pérez clears it poorly, and Luan Pérez wins that duel.

03:23He's not the one who will provide the assist.

03:25But he's the one who will make sure Gallo keeps possession in the attacking half.

03:29Fred controls it.

03:29He sees Bernard making a run.

03:31He was being closely marked by Gustavinho.

03:33He gets ahead.

03:34Maybe a bit faster in this situation.

03:36Fred plays the through ball.

03:37Bernard goes one-on-one with the goalkeeper.

03:39He cuts past Arão and shoots as Brazão comes out.

03:42The ball slowly rolls into the back of the net.

03:44To make it easier to understand, it's as if this little board I'm showing is an aerial view of the

03:49field.

03:49So we can see that Santos didn't defend in a straight line like we're used to.

03:52It's even hard to say what formation Santos was using.

03:55The idea was much more about matching up.

03:57Wherever there was an Atletico player, there was also a Santos player.

04:00What was the logic?

04:02Rainier would come to occupy a round and Luan Pérez.

04:05Up front, Gabigol was split between Lianco and Vitao.

04:08He usually pressed Vitao.

04:09I even believe that because Lianco is right-footed playing on the left,

04:12he might have a bit more difficulty building up play.

04:15And maybe Vitao, because of his inexperience, would be an easier player to press.

04:19Bon Tempo and Weiser, on Maicon and Castaño.

04:22Rony on.

04:23Actually, it's Nathaniel, but it was Alan Franco in this game.

04:26And then, Rony ended up switching sides to try to balance out the marking here on Renan Lodge a bit

04:30more.

04:30Cuejo pushed forward, marked by Escobar.

04:33Fred was marked by Joao Schmidt.

04:35Gustavinho stayed on Bernardo.

04:37And Rodine had a slightly longer run to come and follow Renan Lodge.

04:41So we can't really talk about a defensive formation for Santos.

04:44The logic is much more about man-to-man marking.

04:47And that's exactly what I mentioned.

04:49If Bernardo and Fred drop back, they also draw Joao Schmidt and Gustavo Hennig.

04:53With that, this space here will open up.

04:56And if Renan attacks, he pushes back Santos' defensive line.

04:59If he then comes back, he becomes that free man to occupy the gap that existed in Santos' marking.

05:05And this approach ends up being Renan Lodge's biggest strength.

05:08Because think with me, if everyone is marked and Renan Lodge ends up being the mobile guy,

05:12he's going to mess with the defenders' heads.

05:14If he attacks the space in behind, it's fine.

05:16The defender is just doing his job as a defender.

05:18Now, if Renan drops out of the front line to basically become a defensive midfielder,

05:22the defender gets confused.

05:23Should I hold my position and really protect the defense?

05:26Or do I follow Renan Lodge all the way to midfield and leave the space behind me exposed?

05:31In one case, that space is exposed.

05:33In the other, Renan Lodge ends up unmarked.

05:35And that was the big difference for Galo to beat Santos inside the arena.

05:38This first play I'm going to show you is very important.

05:41Because even if Fred misses the pass, the pass is just a little too long and the play leads to

05:45nothing.

05:46This play is very important.

05:47It's very similar to the third goal scored by Galo in the match.

05:50So I need you to watch it very closely.

05:52We start here at the beginning of the play and we notice Renan is quite far from the defenders.

05:57That's what I mentioned.

05:57He drops back precisely to create doubt for Arau.

06:00Will Arau go forward to follow him or will he stay and hold his position?

06:04In this context, Renan Lodge becomes the free man.

06:06Everyone is marked, except for Renan Lodge.

06:08If we look closely, see how Escobar is alert.

06:10See how Roni is alert.

06:11All the midfielders are looking forward to Mark, Fred, Bernat.

06:15Bernan Lodge wants me to keep an eye on him.

06:16Maicon, Bernard himself is being closely followed.

06:19Lodge is being marked by Rodine.

06:20And the only one who isn't being closely followed here is exactly Renan.

06:23He's occupying those spaces between the lines that Galo is creating.

06:27Arau and Luan Perez are back there.

06:29But the moment the ball threatens to get to Renan, Arau has to jump up from the back.

06:33And that naturally exposes space in Santos' line.

06:37If the line was previously structured with four players, each marking very well,

06:40now that Arau has pushed up, there's space for that run to happen.

06:43And that's exactly Renan.

06:44He's the guy who's going to look for that space.

06:46He manages to challenge for the ball.

06:48The ball falls to Fred.

06:50And he himself is going to take advantage of the space he created.

06:53The pass is just a little ahead.

06:54And Rodine here manages to challenge for it and shield the ball.

06:57And the ball falls to Brazau once again.

06:59Here we see Renan's ability to be the free man.

07:01If he starts out marked, he gets free to be the guy who will have space to make plays.

07:05Galo is going to play the ball out from the back.

07:08And look at Renan dropping back as this false nine.

07:10And look how far Arau chases him.

07:12It's a very long chase that will expose the space behind Santos' defense back there.

07:16Which naturally will make the guy think for maybe two seconds.

07:19And sometimes those two seconds are what the striker needs to turn and find a good pass.

07:23At first, the play doesn't lead to anything.

07:24The ball comes back a little.

07:26Galo starts building up again.

07:28And here it could be very clear the marking matchup Santos was using.

07:32Vita was being followed by Gabigol, who eased off a bit.

07:35Here, Rolais and Baumtempo are marking Castaño, Maicon, Lodi is being marked on the wing,

07:39Berners being marked here.

07:41And Lianco is the one left free.

07:42It would be a good opportunity to get the ball to Lianco.

07:45And he could carry it a bit more.

07:46And we can say that apart from the defensive mistakes, which could have been decisive for

07:50the game, I actually like Lianco's performance.

07:53The problem is that I get the feeling that sometimes the fans want to like Lianco more

07:56than anything.

07:57More than Lianco himself wants to prove that he's at least a stable defender.

08:00You know?

08:01I think that before a defender is a good playmaker or good in duels, he needs to do the basics

08:05most of the time.

08:06And in that aspect, Lianco has fallen a bit short.

08:08But the topic here is Renier.

08:10Let's see how the play develops.

08:11Vitão is bringing the ball forward.

08:13And look at Renier once again dropping back to be this false nine.

08:16And he manages to drop back.

08:18And right here, William Aron hesitates.

08:20How far do I go?

08:21How far do I not go?

08:22When do I challenge?

08:23When do I not challenge?

08:24And it's exactly in this moment of doubt that Renier manages to get a little bit of

08:27space to control the ball facing the right way.

08:29Turn.

08:29And with his right foot, his dominant foot, looking for that ball in behind.

08:33Once again, the play doesn't lead to anything.

08:35But the intention was taking shape.

08:37And to wrap up, the fans probably remember this play here.

08:41Look, Renier making this cross.

08:42The ball gets to Lodge for him to finish.

08:44And he ends up missing the shot here.

08:46But it's William's move that is the most interesting to me.

08:49Look, if I show these diagrams, you can already get a sense of what's happening, right?

08:52Santos' marking pushes up.

08:54Each one worried about their player.

08:55And if you're worried about the player, space can end up opening up.

08:58Check out how everyone from Gallo kind of drops back exactly to increase the space between

09:03the lines.

09:04You can't really call it between the lines because there's no marking line.

09:06But it ends up creating a big space between Santos' lines.

09:09And then Gallo keeps moving the ball around.

09:11And Renier is going to be that important guy once again.

09:13Look, look this time now.

09:15Lianco is receiving as the free man.

09:17Since Gabigol is busy with Vital, he himself is going to carry the ball into the attacking

09:20half.

09:21And if you notice, he's always going to be free.

09:23Because everyone is busy marking someone.

09:25This guy even starts to leave his man to go after Lianco.

09:28And the other Gallo player is left free on the wing.

09:31But the focus here is on Renier.

09:33He drops back and Luan Perez is forced to follow him.

09:35He was really giving the Santos defenders a headache.

09:37So what happens next?

09:39The ball goes down the wing exactly to the one who got free.

09:42I think that's Bernard here, right?

09:44Gustavinho leaves Bernard to go after Lianco.

09:46And Bernard is left free on the wing.

09:48Renier sees this.

09:49He looks and says, hey, Luan Perez came after me, followed me.

09:52But now he's going back to protect the space.

09:54I'm the free man.

09:55And look, he even gestures.

09:57It looks like he claps his hands or something like that to show he understands the opportunity

10:00he has.

10:01He controls the ball.

10:01And now William Arau is the one who will have to go after him.

10:04It's a job that demanded a lot from Santos defenders.

10:07And look what happens.

10:08Aron steps out.

10:08And immediately Lodi understands.

10:10If the defender jumped, I'm going to attack that space.

10:12That's not what happens at first.

10:13Okay?

10:14Renier tries to play a 1-2 here.

10:16Inside.

10:16He receives it.

10:17The ball ends up on the wing.

10:18And Renier once again gets free from his marker.

10:20He threatens to attack the space in behind.

10:22This movement is also important for us to understand his goals.

10:25Luan Perez drops deep.

10:26And he comes down to receive the ball at his feet.

10:28Here, if he were left-footed, he would already control the ball ready to shoot with his left.

10:31The problem is that he's right-footed, so it made the movement a bit awkward.

10:34Both center backs are fixed inside the box to protect against a possible cross.

10:38Raul Schmidt, who was marking Fred, even seems to draw attention to it.

10:40How can someone be so free like that at the edge of the box?

10:43The ball gets to Renier.

10:44And look at how little extra time he needs here.

10:46More time here to control with his dominant foot.

10:48And then, yes, he'll look for the cross.

10:50The play doesn't work out so well, with Lodge missing the ball here.

10:53But those who are already subscribed to the channel have been subscribed to the channel for a while.

10:56And follow this kind of deeper analysis that we do here.

10:59They're used to knowing that for the play to work out, many times you'll have to try it several times

11:03throughout the match.

11:04After all, the game lasts 90 minutes.

11:07And what happens?

11:08Two or three goals per minute, Ash.

11:09In this one, there were 6-6.

11:11But usually, it's about two or three goals per gram aim.

11:13So you try a lot, so that maybe once or twice it works out.

11:16You manage to score.

11:17Gallo practiced.

11:17Practiced.

11:18Practiced.

11:19And I ended up scoring.

11:20And to show that it wasn't just a coincidence, I went there in person to Arena MRV.

11:24And I decided to ask Barba about this new role for Rainier.

11:27Eduardo, good evening.

11:28Felipe Simonetti from the Futebol Maximo channel.

11:31And I wanted to hear you talk a little more about Rainier's role.

11:34These days, we talk a lot.

11:35It's impossible not to talk about it.

11:37About how well Gallo plays.

11:39Without mentioning the central quartet with Freya, Castaño, Maicon, and Bernard.

11:43But Rainier has a very important role.

11:45To drop back and be the fifth man.

11:46The free man in that area.

11:48And I wanted to hear from you.

11:50His role.

11:51Tactically.

11:51Because besides taking part in the build-up.

11:54Today he scored two goals.

11:55So.

11:56He's a very important player for Gallo right now.

11:59Yes, we talk a lot with Ray.

12:01Who.

12:03Sometimes he tells him in the.

12:08Please, about creation.

12:09About creation.

12:10He has to be.

12:15Smart.

12:16In this match.

12:17And we always also talk about.

12:19That if.

12:20He's going to go to him.

12:22He says to create a space.

12:25Then after that.

12:25He has to go finish.

12:29Like a center forward.

12:31He has to be more inside the box.

12:33The area.

12:34Or get there more.

12:37He's going to be more.

12:38He's going to be more.

12:39He's going to be more.

12:40Great effort.

12:41He's reading the runs much better.

12:43Or emotionally.

12:44He's.

12:45So.

12:50We have to make the most of him.

12:52To complete the reasoning.

12:54Take a look at this number I pulled from our fantasy game.

12:56It's a game we created to play with our community.

12:59And the performance of the players in real life really impacts their score.

13:02It's not just about goals scored.

13:05For example.

13:05The detail I want to show you here.

13:07Is the passing accuracy.

13:09If we look at the great center forwards in Brazilian soccer.

13:11We'll see.

13:12For example.

13:13Kevin Viveros and Pedro.

13:14Who are tied for the scoring lead in the Brasileirao.

13:16With 75.

13:1777% passing accuracy.

13:19And they're good number nines.

13:20Gabigol.

13:21For example.

13:22He manages to have 86%.

13:23And he's a guy who's completely out of the ordinary.

13:25If we look for example.

13:27At Caio Jorge.

13:28Just to use as a reference.

13:29To take from the two teams from Minas.

13:30He has 80% accuracy.

13:33And just so you know.

13:33Rainier here.

13:34He's not even being counted as a forward.

13:36He's being counted as a midfielder.

13:38Because we know that's his original position.

13:40Rainier has 88% pass accuracy.

13:42In other words.

13:43He's a guy who's really exceptional.

13:45And there was another detail that caught my attention.

13:47Here he shows that he has four goals.

13:48Because fantasy only counts the Brazilian championship.

13:51Those who play already know more or less how it works.

13:53For those who aren't familiar yet.

13:54Don't worry.

13:55At the end.

13:56I'll leave a video that teaches you exactly how the game works.

13:59But these four goals from Rainier.

14:01And then.

14:01Adding the Copa Sudamericana.

14:03The Copa do Brasil.

14:05And the Minas Gerais state championship as well.

14:07Rainier reached nine goals scored.

14:08All from open play.

14:10For reference.

14:10Caio Jorge.

14:11Cruzeiro striker.

14:12Who scored the goal against Atletico Mineiro.

14:14In the Copa do Brasil.

14:15From a penalty.

14:16This season.

14:16He has 17 goals scored.

14:18And he was the top score of the last edition.

14:20Of the Brazilian championship.

14:21The problem is that out of those 17 goals scored this season.

14:24Eight were from penalties.

14:25In other words.

14:27With the two goals scored by Rainier against Santos.

14:29He equals Caio Jorge this season in goals scored from open play.

14:33That helps to reinforce.

14:34Just a little.

14:34How important he is for the Scalo team.

14:36I showed all those examples before.

14:38So we could get here.

14:38Look.

14:39Fred's pass.

14:40Rainier's goal.

14:41And we observe the details and see how everything fits together.

14:44Look.

14:44Once again.

14:44The same logic happens.

14:45Okay.

14:46Lianko's pass here to Vito.

14:48Vito is going to carry the ball.

14:49Look how everyone is marked.

14:50Same logic.

14:51The only free player is Lianko.

14:53And he could be the guy to receive and carry the ball.

14:55Vito.

14:55He's going to play it out wide here to Cuejo.

14:57Who's marked by Escobar.

14:59And Cuejo is going to play the ball into space.

15:01So Fred can get free in space.

15:03And get there first.

15:04Here there was a small switch in marking.

15:06Gustavino was on Fred.

15:08While Guau Schmidt was on Bernat.

15:10But what's important is for us to understand.

15:12Everyone was matched up.

15:13Except for Rainier.

15:14Who is a pretty static guy.

15:16Fred gets to the end line.

15:17And look at Rainier.

15:19Attacking the same open space that I pointed out.

15:22While the defenders have to do their job as defenders.

15:24Protecting the box and keeping an eye on the ball.

15:27In the blind spot of Varro and Luan Perez.

15:29He starts to get free from his marker.

15:31And he makes the same move I showed just a moment ago.

15:33He threatens to run in behind.

15:35And when the opportunity comes up.

15:37That's when he slows down his run.

15:39Precisely to take advantage of that space further away from the defenders.

15:43Fred understands.

15:44Lifts his head.

15:44Plays the pass back.

15:46And with very little space.

15:47He pulls off a perfect finish.

15:49We can say to score Gallo's 2-0 at the arena.

15:52The other goal is even more beautiful.

15:53The pass from Lord.

15:55And Rainier shoots as Brazant comes out.

15:57For me that's a great goal.

15:58And what's interesting is that it follows the same pattern.

16:00Gallo recovers.

16:01And Rainier starts to play lined up with Luan Perez.

16:04But when the ball gets to Fred.

16:06Luan really has to play the role of a defender.

16:08Which is to cover the space in behind.

16:10He moves to cover it.

16:12He even turns his body sideways to be able to run faster.

16:14And Rainier goes in the opposite direction.

16:16He stops his run to receive the ball at his feet.

16:18And have a little more space.

16:19At first he controls the ball.

16:21Turns.

16:22And it's really about the details.

16:23It's about stopping a second earlier.

16:25That will allow him to have an extra second.

16:26Before the defender can turn.

16:28And he passes the ball to Lord.

16:30Who's free on the other side.

16:31He passes it to Lord.

16:32But now Santos' defensive line is already disorganized.

16:35So he dropped down.

16:37Brought Luan Perez.

16:38And he's going to attack the space behind the defense himself.

16:41Lloyd understands the path.

16:42He's going to play the ball into space.

16:44He attacks exactly that gap.

16:45And finishes really well past Brazant.

16:47The coolest thing for me about an analysis.

16:49It's when I observe on the field.

16:51I ask the coach.

16:52Coach at the press conference.

16:53He confirms.

16:54And then some friend who covers the mix zone.

16:56Goes there and asks Rainier.

16:57And he confirms the same logic.

16:59This second goal for me is the perfect example.

17:02He is a false nine.

17:03And he is also a nine who gets into the box to finish.

17:06And my partner Juan from Frostar's channel.

17:08He asked the question that I asked him to ask.

17:09To go over to Rainier.

17:10And ask about this false nine movement.

17:12And take a look at what he said.

17:15So Barba made me feel really comfortable to drop off.

17:20Because he knows that my characteristic is that I can also help with the one-two.

17:25Help out there.

17:26A little outside the box.

17:28But he always asked me to attack the box.

17:30And that's what I did today.

17:31Yeah.

17:32Both goals.

17:32On the second one I moved out.

17:34I found Lloyd.

17:34And then I went into the box.

17:36So this was really discussed today in the meeting we had.

17:41So all the credit goes to him.

17:43Soccer is really cool.

17:44For me it's almost like a chess game you know.

17:46If you stay you create another space.

17:48If you drop back you open up another space.

17:50And from there you start winning.

17:52Or whoever can beat the other player on quality.

17:55Or whoever reads space better.

17:57Speaking of reading the game.

17:59Remember our talk about fantasy?

18:01Now's the time.

18:02Click on this video here.

18:04Chua will explain exactly how our game works.

18:06And I'll admit.

18:07I'm already thinking about putting Ranier on my team.

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