In a clash that had everything going for it, Internacional and Juventude drew in the Copa do Brasil, and Colorado was eliminated from the competition
O International was eliminated by Juventude this Saturday, 13, in the 2024 Copa do Brasil. The 1-1 result was built with goals from Rodrigo Sam It is Enner Valenciain a game that was delayed due to fog in Caxias do Sul, and with great confusion in the second half, including aggression towards a fan.
With the fog still hampering the first few minutes, the teams decided to exchange passes without taking too many risks, and the first chance only came in the 19th minute, when Erick headed the ball against the crossbar of Inter’s goal. The response came the following minute, with a shot from outside the area by Alan Patrick, but soon after, a stronger strike came from the home team.
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The corner kick was Jean Carloswho placed the ball in the area and saw Rodrigo Sam anticipate Enner Valencia and head the ball into the net, increasing Juventude’s advantage, which would force the opponent to turn the game around to stay alive. The result was taken to half-time, in a critical situation for Colorado.
In the second half, things started to improve when Wesley went for the marking and suffered a penalty made by Abner, on the side of the area. Alan Patrick had the chance to put his team back in the fight, but he took a weak shot and Gabriel made the save. Not satisfied, Wesley tried another individual play and was brought down again, this time by John Lucas.
In the second half, Enner Valencia went for the ball and missed another penalty for Colorado, in a move that would result in a huge mess. After the Ecuadorian’s mistake, a fan invaded the field to attack the player, and ended up being restrained by Juventude players. At that moment, Allan Ruschel punched the fan and ended up being sent off, while the penalty missed by Valencia was taken again for invading the area, and ended up being converted.
With the game tied, Internacional went all out to try to turn the game around and continue dreaming about qualifying. Despite this, the players’ nervousness after all the chaos prevented them from pressing forward, and Juventude held on until the end to qualify for the round of 16 of the Copa do Brasil.
Source: sportbuzz
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