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Ceará’s trajectory in the Brazilian Championship has been one of suffered victories and painful defeats. Or tie, as it was against Goiás and Fluminense, taking the goal at the end. Yesterday, however, Alvinegro managed to keep the score and achieved a very important result by beating Coritiba 2-1 at the Arena Castelão.
The direct confrontation was one of those games in which, rather than playing well, the fundamental thing was to win. The performance was not brilliant, far from it, but without a doubt the fan was happy to see the team reach 22 points and become part of the Top-10 of the Brazilian Serie A classification, with the detail that there are a game to fewer opponents.
In addition, they reach four unbeaten matches in the competition, with two wins and two draws, accumulating eight of the 12 points played in this period and ensuring more confidence for the sequence of the competition.
Reaction power
This is an important aspect to highlight in the victory over Coritiba. Ceará, once again, came out behind the scoreboard and managed to react in the game.
It had already been this way in the last 2-1 victories over Corinthians, in Serie A, and 5-1 over Brusque, in the Copa do Brasil, in matches also at the Castelão Arena and with troublesome victories.
The same happened against Goiás and Fluminense. After leaving the marker behind, the grandfather reacted and took the lead. However, in these two matches, he ended up conceding goals at the end and was tied – 2-2 in both.
Defensive system
Whoever thinks that the result was obtained calmly is wrong. Shortly after two minutes, Eduardo Brock misfired and gave the ball to Rodrigo Muniz, who opened the scoring for Coxa.
The move is worrisome. The number of individual errors in Ceará’s defensive system in 2020 has been terrifying. In practically every game someone fails and ends up compromising the game plan, causing the team to scramble for a positive outcome.
The worst thing is that this was not an isolated event. After the return, Coritiba had good chances of drawing, and ended up stopping in the lack of aim and in goalkeeper Fernando Prass, who despite some wrong starts from the goal, made important saves to guarantee the victory.
The decisive boys
When the situation is difficult, just call Vina and he will solve it. Always decisive, Shirt 29 was once again the main piece in Grandpa’s attack.
Seven minutes into the game he scored the tie, on the 14th of the season, taking advantage of a great assist from Léo Chú, who made all the individual play from the left, demonstrating once again that he is the holder of the position and also the difference he makes. have a point that can defend, attack and participate in offensive construction.
Grandpa’s top scorer of the year, Vina created the team’s main offensive opportunities, but he wasn’t the only one.
Right-back Eduardo, who had the difficult task of replacing Samuel Xavier, made another good start, as he had already done against Fortaleza, last Wednesday, showing defensive strength and supporting the attack a lot.
In the first stage, he almost saw the game, in a cross shot that deflected Cléber and touched the post. But in the second half, he hit his foot.
Good play by Fernando Sobral on the right, a center from Cléber who headed off the crossbar and Eduardo filled his foot to declare the final score of the fight, in which it was his first goal with the white jersey of the season.
Turn the key
Now, Ceará focuses its attention on another dispute, the Brazil Cup. On Wednesday (28), Vovô faces Santos, at 4 pm, in Vila Belmiro, in the first leg of the round of 16 of the competition. The round match will be next Wednesday.
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