Ceará suffers blackout and loses 3-0 to Palmeiras in the quarterfinals of the Brazil Cup – Play

OR Ceara lost to him Palms by 3 to 0 this Wednesday (11), for the first game of the quarterfinals of the Brazil Cup, in Allianz Parque. The goals were scored by Gustavo Scarpa (1st Q, 34 ‘), Raphael Veiga (1st Q, 37’) and Gabriel Veron (1st Q, 39 ‘). The second leg takes place on Wednesday (18), at 7pm, at Arena Castelão.

The game

Allianz Parque was punished by heavy rains in most of the first half, which had a Palmeiras Abel ferreira involving even with little intensity in the grandfather Guto Ferreira. Even with eight absences, the São Paulo team dominated the visitors, with 11 appearances against none.

Ceará could not score a sequence of passes in the offensive field and was weak in the marking on the right side, well used by Scarpa (improvised on the left side) and Verón. Alvinegro’s game was summarized in keeping arrivals away from Verdão’s points.

Grandpa’s pressure was ineffective and Palmeiras kept the lines high. The first goal came after Felipe Silva and Eduardo failed in the area, leaving the ball Scarpa on the left. The midfielder finished off and the ball exploded off the post before dying in Prass’s net in the 34th minute.

Alvinegro barely had time to recover and Palmeiras arrived again at 37 minutes. Danilo launched Verón from the left, the offensive midfielder touched the center of the area, where Lucas Lima and William Vega He ended up left-handed in Prass’s right corner.

The blackout of Guto’s team continued and Porco took the opportunity to expand to 39. Zé Rafael played for Veron on the left, the offensive midfielder shot to the right and finished off a corner, scoring the 3rd in less than 10 minutes.

Guto needed to react in the 2nd half and made four changes during the break: Leandro Carvalho, Felipe Vizeu, Lima and Wescley. The changes improved the pace of the blacks in midfield, but not enough to attack Palmeiras, who lowered the lines and exploited counterattacks.

In the final stretch, a Renan penalty was scored in Leandro CarvalhoBut the referee reviewed the offer on the VAR monitor and vacated the charge.