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Nine games without winning. Four losses in a row. Shirt 9 without scoring during 13 games. New coach who just lost. Descent zone. How could the week of the Bahian fans get worse? Yes: this Sunday (27), the tricolor became the bluff for Serie A of the Brazilian Championship.
“Culpa” of Goiás, who tied with Ceará in Castelão and got nine points. As they have a better goal difference (-2 against -7), Goiás’ team passed the bluff from the Brazilian to Bahia. But it is mainly the fault of Bahia himself, who on Saturday wasted a penalty, with Clayson, and was defeated by Atlético-PR by 1×0 in Curitiba. Mano Menezes’ third defeat in three games in front.
The bluff has a cruel refinement: Goiás, who came in 19th place, has only nine games played. The tricolor is 11 years old. He makes his twelfth on Wednesday, when he visits Botafogo at 9:30 p.m., in Rio de Janeiro. The game, delayed, is valid for the 1st round.
Finding the last time Bahia held the lantern requires some investigation. It was in 2014, the year that ended with the tricolor degradation. It happened in round 20 of that competition, after the squad lost 2-1 away from home to Cruzeiro, on September 11. Since then, in four consecutive years playing in Serie A since 2017, the team didn’t know what the flashlight was.
Depending on Wednesday’s result, the sequence may also match Bahia’s worst in race points. In the same year of 2014, the squad went 10 games without winning, from the 4th to the 13th rounds. At the moment, there are nine quick games: they have not won since August 16, for the 3rd round, when they beat Red Bull Bragantino 2×1.
The lantern came to Bahia in a dramatic way. Goiás opened the scoring in Castelão with Rafael Moura, but Ceará came back with goals from the former Bahian: defender Tiago and midfielder Vinícius. And the emerald tied 45 minutes into the second half, a goal from David Duarte.
