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He was suffocated. After opening the scoring and seeing Bileu sent off in the first half, Santa Cruz defended himself as best he could in the second half, but did not prevent Ituano’s draw, with the match ending in 1×1, this Sunday (3), at Estádio do Arruda , for matchday 4 of the final ring of Serie C. Didira scored for Tricolor, while André Castro was the scorer for São Paulo.
With the tie, Santa and Ituano now have five points, but the red-black São Paulo ranks second for having scored one more goal than Pernambuco in the home run – Brusque leads Group C, with six points.
Cobra Coral will return to the field next Saturday (9), when it will go to Goiânia to face Vila Nova, at 5 pm, at the Onésio Brasileiro Alvarenga stadium, for the 5th matchday of the third matchday of the third matchday.
THE GAME
Determined to be the first team from Group C to win as a starter in this final round of Serie C, Santa Cruz started the confrontation against Ituano by putting pressure on the rival and trying to take the reins of the match. Shortly after 12 minutes, Didira took a corner in the head of Danny Morais, who did not hit the head and the ball ended without winning the direction of the goal.
With the same formation of the duel in Itu, the choral team managed to have a good command in the midfield and prevented the São Paulo team from enjoying the game. Without giving chances to upset goalkeeper Maycon Cleiton.
If Santa Cruz was well defensive, up front he could find crucial spaces. As happened at 23, when Leonan received a pass, he shot down the left corridor and crossed low for Didira, who even finishing without catching the ball, ended up dying at the bottom of Ituano’s nets, after deflecting in defense: 1×0.
Very comfortable in the game, the tricolor team will only be bothered by Ituano in the 36th minute, after midfielder Eduardo Lopes takes a corner and defender Leo Santos heads in danger.
However, the coral break ended in the 41st minute, when midfielder Bileu received a second yellow card and was eventually sent off.
Behind the scoreboard and with one more man, Ituano returned to the second stage more offensive and looking to take advantage of the numerical superiority. And it wouldn’t be long before the São Paulo team’s blitz kicked off. At six o’clock, center forward Gabriel Taliari received the edge of the area and finished with power, but Maycon Cleiton managed to crush and save Santa Cruz.
In the next minute, Corrêa crosses the ball into the area, William Alves is unable to ward off the danger and leaves the ball to Gabriel Taliari, who turned it around but ended up sending the ball out, wasting a great equalizer opportunity.
Even with the paulistas with a lot of ball possession in the second half, Santa Cruz managed to fit the mark if he defended as best he could to avoid the Ituano draw. The pressure was maintained until the 32nd minute, when Gabriel Taliari launched a corner kick, Léo Santos headed, the ball deflected at Danny Morais and André Castro was clear on Maycon Cleiton’s shot: 1×1.
In the next minute, almost the turn. Bruno Mota received at the entrance of the area and, even scored by two players from Santa Cruz, found a pass card for Luiz Paulo to meet Maycon Cleiton face to face and finish. A clear wasted opportunity.
Completely cornered, the Arruda Tricolor twisted the referees to end the match and guarantee at least one point. However, in the 44th minute, in an unpretentious play, forward Lourenço fell alone on the attack and, even surrounded by four scorers, decided to take a long shot and ended up hitting goalkeeper Edson’s crossbar.
Even with the chances created, the match ended in a 1-1 draw.
Game sheet
SANTA CRUZ
Maycon Cleiton; Toty, Danny Morais, Willian Alves and Leonan; Bileu, Paulinho (Augusto Potiguar) and Didira (Tinga); Chiquinho (Célio Santos), Victor Rangel (André) and Pipico (Lourenço). Technical: Marcelo Martelotte.
ITUANO
Edson; Pacheco, Léo Santos, Sueliton and Breno Lopes; Fillipe Soutto, Corrêa (André Castro) and Mateus Criciúma (Marquinho); Gabriel Taliari (Luizinho), Kadu (Luiz Paulo) and Eduardo Lopes (Bruno Mota). Coach: Vinicius Bergantin.
Local: Arruda Stadium, in Recife (PE).
Referee: Daniel Nobre Bins (RS).
Assistants: Michael Stanislau (RS) and Andre da Silva Bitencourt (RS).
Goal: Didira, 23 minutes into the 1st half. André Castro, at age 32 in the 2nd half.
Yellow cards: Bileu (STC) and Corrêa (ITU).
Red card: Bileu (STC).
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