Grêmio reached 21 points in the Brasileirão Série B leaderboard after beating Sampaio Corrêa at home in the tournament
O Guild received the Sampaio Correa this Saturday morning, 18th, in a match valid for the 13th round of the Brasileirão Série B, at Arena, in Porto Alegre. The home team arrived to maintain the sequence of six straight games without losing, despite five draws and so far only one victory. Tricolor got the better of the opponent, and won 2-0.
On the other side, Sampaio Corrêa arrived for the confrontation until confident, since they won an important victory in the last round, against Nautical at home. Thus, the team from Maranhão played against the home team with the 15 points added, occupying the 10th position in the classification table, with only four points behind the G4.
Channel – Athletistic
The game
First time
Until the six minutes of the game, Grêmio exchanged passes in the defense field trying to find spaces in the attack. The confrontation passed the 10 minutes without any good chance for either side. The best moment was with 12 minutes, when Geromel advanced with plenty of space and risked the long shot, but the ball went up a lot.
With 16, Diogo Barbosa sent the ball to Biel inside the area, but the kick was blocked in the defense. Still, janderson crossed from the left, the defense moved away and Villasanti took the leftover and sent it to the left of the goal. In sequence, Lucas Hipólito was feeling after the split at the top with Diego Souza. He needed medical attention and the ball rolled again.
At 35, Gremio scored! Diogo Barbosa took the free-kick on the left, Bruno Alves head deflected, the ball hit the crossbar and left for Diego Souza to head towards the goal and open the scoring in the Arena. Five minutes later Sampaio Corrêa tried to arrive with Andre Luiz risking from very far and sending to the left of the goal of Gabriel Grandono danger.
⏸️ End of the first half:#Guild 1×0 Sampaio Correa
🇪🇪 #GRExSCO #Brasileirão2022 #My only love pic.twitter.com/7WoBWSoHUf— Gremio FBPA (@Gremio) June 18, 2022
End of the first half!
Second time
On the return of the break, at four minutes, the ball was thrown to Biel on the left, who crossed back and Varela arrived hitting, to the right of the goal. After that, the ball was left for shirt 9 Gabriel Poveda, who hit with a deflection to defend the Grêmio goalkeeper. Also, Matheusinho took the free-kick straight to the goal, but without force. Grando went down calmly to make the save.
With 19, Catatau made the wall and left it with Matheusinho, who hit close to Grando’s goal. Then, in the middle division, the ball stayed with Grêmio. Diego Souza called Biel, who hit for the defense of Sampaio’s goalkeeper. Then, with the corner being taken, the ball was deflected on the way and Nilson almost reached it.
On the next throw, penalty! After Biel’s steal in the attack, Diego Souza received, tried the pass and the ball touched Nilson’s hand. In the charge, Diego Souza himself walked straight to the ball and hit the right corner firmly. Luiz Daniel even hit the corner that the ball was, but could not avoid the goal.
End of the game!
next appointment
Counting on this victory, Grêmio now faces the duel against CSA, away from home, this Thursday, 23, at 21:30 (Brasilia time). Following, the commitment is in front of their fans, again at the Arena, when they face Londrina on Tuesday, the 28th, at 19 pm (Brasilia time).
Source: sportbuzz

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