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Once again, the Ceara he did not take advantage of the many opportunities he created during the game. The 0-0 draw with Sport, yesterday, for the 20th round of Serie A of the Brazilian Championship, he reaffirmed the difficulty of Guto Ferreira’s team to calibrate the aim.
Against Leão da Ilha, Alvinegro de Porangabuçu surpassed his highest number of submissions in this edition: there were 26 shots against Luan Polli’s goal. The record was 22, during the 3-0 loss to Vasco in the fourth round. Of these 26, only six made it to the goal (23%). The figures are from the platform specialized in statistics SofaScore.
The data shows that the grandfather did not lack offensive drive. From the opening whistle, a lot of pressure against the group of Jair Ventura, who defended at 5-4-1, with only Thiago Neves ahead. Ceará’s 4-2-3-1 soon pushed the rival into their defensive zone, but did little to scare their area.
Little threat indeed
In the 1st half, only Cléber and Samuel Xavier threatened Leão da Ilha’s goal, with a pull and a submission from outside the area before 10 minutes. After that, poor quality with the ball at the feet.
Felipe Silva replaced Viña as central midfielder and was more participatory in the 2nd half, when Fernando Sobral was transferred to the center after the entry of Saulo Mineiro on the right wing. Lima and Felipe Vizeu also came from the bank to contribute to the offensive part. The pressure was so great that it seemed a matter of time before Grandpa opened the scoring.
However, spike failures and interceptions by Sport’s defense in aerial shots prevented Ceará from bouncing the nets. Wescley and Ricardinho, the last changes of Guto Ferreira, did not help. All nine corners for the home team were stopped at the opponent’s mark.
Lost
The absences of Leandro Carvalho, Fabinho and Vina weighed, without a doubt. But they cannot be an excuse for a team that dominated Sport, also lacking, and failed so much when it came to finishing. Merits to Jair Ventura, who knew how to organize the Lion to support the white blitz. The result keeps the Ceará team in the classification zone of the Copa Sudamericana, with 24 points, in 12th position, just one behind Sport. The tie also continues the unbeaten streak in Serie A of six games.
The next match at the Brasileirão is against Grêmio, there are five games left without losing in the Championship, next Saturday (14), at 7pm, at the Arena do Grêmio.
Before, Ceará has an important commitment to Palms, for the quarterfinals of the Copa do Brasil, this Wednesday (11), at 4:30 p.m., at Allianz Parque.
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