Chiyo and Kakashi realize that the attack was just a diversion, and that the Akatsuki have already begun the process of extracting the Tailed Beast from Gaara. Granny Chiyo explains to Naruto and Sakura the connection between the Tailed Beast and the Jinchûriki...
I guess we can say his goal was
to stall us and to gather information.
أفترض أن هدفه كان تعطيلنا وجمع المعلومات
Lo scopo di questa copia... sarà stato di rallentarci 
e raccogliere informazioni su di noi?