Cruzeiro suffers draw from Ituano, but remains leader of the Brasileirão

O cruise visited the Ituano on Tuesday night, 5th, for the delayed duel of the 14th round of the Brasileirão Série B, which took place at Novelli Jr., in Itu. The hosts entered the field with the difficult objective of simply beating the leader of the competition, and almost succeeded in the second half, when they left the score 1-1 at the end of the confrontation.

It is also worth remembering that the cruise is the owner of the best performance as a visitor in the Brasileirão Serie B, having won 13 points in seven games played. For the match, the team arrived after three consecutive victories, with 37 points added, six more than the Vascocurrently runner-up in the leaderboard.

Channel – Athletistic

The game

First time

In the first minute of the game, bidu missed the ball recoil to Rafael Cabral and gave the free throw to Ituano in the attack field. On the next move, Rafael Elias received the ball in the middle, fired for the attack, but was accompanied in the throw by Eduardo Brockwhich turned on quickly made the cut.

At 16, Bidu went to the bottom and crossed on the bottom. Edu anticipated, but did not deflect and the ball passed through the entire area. Afterwards, Cruzeiro rotated the ball until it reached Geovane, on the right wing, but he was caught in an offside position. In the 23rd minute, Ituano had a good opportunity to open the scoring at home.

In the throw, Rafael Elias received on the right, shot at speed and gave the pass over the top to grandson Berola, who arrived deflecting from the left, but sent it out in the first great chance of a goal by Ituano. Also, Neto Berola tried the effect dribble on top of Ax and received the foul on the left.

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At 36, Cordoba took a tight corner in the small area, Bernardo went up to the fifth floor and tried hard, but the ball went over the goal, taking a lot of danger. Three minutes later, Daniel Júnior received in the area in a legal position, but without an angle. He tried the cross kick but ended up sending it out.

Already with 44, Bidu received on the left, kicked cross and Edu appeared in the small area deflecting to the back of the goal. The assistant disallowed Cruzeiro’s goal, but the VAR went to check the bid. Upon review, it was confirmed that the offside existed, and it was confirmed by the video referee.

End of the first half!

Second time

On the return of the break, even before the first minute arrived on the clock, Rafael Elias received the ball on the left and kicked hard, but in the middle of the goal, leaving it calm for Rafael Cabral to hit. At nine minutes, Cruzeiro scored! In the play on the right, Luvannor received on the back line, without an angle, but even so he tried to cross.

However, the ball deflected on Rafael Pereira, hit Pegorari’s thigh and ended up dying in the back of the goal to open the scoring for Raposa. Shortly after the goal, Córdoba received the ball on the right and kicked a cross for Rafael Cabral to defend, but the side had already been caught in an offside position.

With 14 minutes, Rafael Elias gave a great pass to Roberto, who received it in the area, tried to cover Rafael Cabral, but Oliveira arrived, and on a bicycle, took it over the line, avoiding the equalizer. Following, Daniel Júnior received through the middle, free, and shot towards the goal, for being the last defender before the goalkeeper, Lucas Dias caught the attacker and committed the foul, with the red being applied directly.

At 29, after the cross from the left, the goalkeeper of Ituano couldn’t hold it and almost dropped the ball at the feet of the striker of Cruzeiro. Four minutes later, Gabriel Barros invaded the area from the right, cleared the mark and kicked across. Positioned on the second pole, inside the small area, Bernardo appeared free and only had the work of pushing towards the back of the goal.

With the clock already ticking 43 minutes into the second half, Rafael Santos received on the bottom line, crossed low to Fernando Canesin, who arrived hitting first and sent it out in a great chance lost by Cruzeiro to get the tie off the marker and take the three points home.

End of the game!