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The last minutes of Sport 2-1 victory over Bahia, in Pituaçu, He had intense pressure from Tricolor and even a disallowed goal down the stretch. After the end of the confrontation, Jair Ventura celebrated Rubro-negro’s third consecutive victory and highlighted the emotional balance of the athletes in the match. Something that the coach asked in the cast talk.
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“We started by making a small mistake, but then we entered the game. The first half was balanced even in terms of shots, with good chances for both sides. In the second half we opened a bigger advantage and the baiano plays a bigger volume, but what matters is the victory. Third in a row in the competition. “
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Jair Ventura in Sport’s victory over Bahia – Photo: Tiago Caldas / Agência Estado
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Since the arrival of Jair Ventura, Rubro-negro jumped from the relegation zone to the pre-Libertadores zone, in fifth place. Fluminense, Corinthians and Bahia won in the last three rounds. Precisely for this reason, emotional balance was one of the coach’s concerns for this Sunday’s game.
– I spoke a lot about balance in our conference. Do not think that when you are bad, we are the worst cast, the worst coach, not all serve. And when at that moment we were coming off two consecutive victories, we did not think that we are the best team in the world. I said a lot so that we could have balance in this match. Mostly emotional. We had that and I am very happy with the response from the group.
The goals of Bahia 1 x 2 Sport, for the 13th round of the Brasileirão 2020
In Pituaçu, Sport started under strong pressure from Bahia. During the first minutes he did not even manage to appear with offensive movements against Tricolor. Throughout the game, he converted a penalty with Hernane Brocador and extended with Marcão, he still saw the rival draw at 50 minutes of the second half, but the goal ended up annulled by VAR.
With the result, Rubro-Nego reached 20 points in the competition. Same number as Santos, in sixth place, and São Paulo, in seventh, only they have one game less. Now Sport goes to Rio de Janeiro, where it faces Flamengo, for the 14th round of Brasileirão. The confrontation takes place at 7:15 pm on Wednesday, in Maracanã.
