Internacional - Gremio

Matches for the Brazilian Gaucho Championship.

There Internacional is 2 in her own group, while Gremio is 3 in her own. 4 is the first to go from each group and then it is hosted.

The whole championship is purely prestigious and more friendly preparation, and that's why every result is of no value, but here we are talking about 2 teams from the 1 category of Brasilerao that are basically contradicting and their forces for the next.

The key issue here is that while Internacional will come down with a full squad and the surprisingly strong Forlan-Damiao duo, Gremio will leave most of its key players out for rest as they had 2-3 days of Libertadores matches in early March. many are judged and most should be fresh. Thus, the main midfielders Elano and Ze Roberto are left out, as well as the main goalkeeper and 3 defenders.

The 2 teams re-played early in the month at Internacional's headquarters and the final score was 2-1 with the home team leading 2-0 with Forlan and Damiao goals and Gremio reducing towards the end