The Copinha begins its second phase with big obstacles appearing and rivals needing penalty shootouts to advance
The knockout stages of the São Paulo Junior Football Cup began last Friday, the 12th, and the zebras made a point of showing up right away. Football giants like International, Botafogo It is Fluminense are out of contention, while the São Paulo and the greatest champion of the tournament, the Corinthiansneeded penalties to advance.
O International was the most surprised at the opportunity, as they suffered a 4-0 defeat to Strength. ‘Laion’ featured the star of Iarleywho scored three times to guarantee Tricolor’s continuation in Copinha, where they will face CRB.
Thank you, Assisi! 🦁
In the victory against Internacional, Leão do Pici said goodbye to the headquarters of Assis, where Fortaleza played its four games in the competition so far.
The Club thanks you for your hospitality, affection and respect during these 12 days. Assis is now tricolor!… pic.twitter.com/QWZtRNHZpu
— Fortaleza Esporte Clube 🦁 (@FortalezaEC) January 12, 2024
The two cariocas mentioned above were completely dominated by their opponents during much of the confrontation. O Ituano came out ahead on the scoreboard against Fluminense, and despite suffering a draw afterwards, they took a 3-1 lead into the break, which was later reduced, but with no influence on the result.
On the other side, the Novorizontino was responsible for beating Fogão, achieving a 2-0 score. The goal just three minutes into the match was decisive in maintaining the result, which even increased at 13 of the final stage and confirmed the elimination of Botafogo early in the competition.
Meanwhile, Corinthians and São Paulo needed maximum penalties, but are still alive. Timão beat the Guarani 2-1 until 45 minutes into the second half, when they conceded a draw, but Felipe Longo saved a charge and was crucial to the 5-4 result, with all the team’s players converting. The club will have the Atlético-GO in sequence.
On the other side, Tricolor also performed well in the decision, but a 1-1 without much emotion generated distrust among the fans in normal time. Anyway, the team won 4-2 and remains alive in the tournament to face Railway in the next phase.
Source: sportbuzz
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