Brazilian league: at Arena Castelão, Ceará beat Sport 2-1 | OneFootball

Photo: Gabriel Silva/Ceará SC

It was a victorious night for Ceará at Arena Castelão. With goals from Luizão and Melk, Ceará beat Sport 2-1 in a match valid for the Brazilian Série B Championship.

The first half began with Ceará looking for a goal through plays down the flanks. On three occasions, Sávio was played in on the left and crossed into the box, but the Pernambuco defense cleared the danger each time.

In the 22nd minute, the Team of the People had a chance on a counterattack led by João Gabriel, who tried to find Wendel Silva in the box. Reaching the ball just before the black-and-white forward, Sport’s defense sent it out for a corner. Seven minutes later, Wendel had another opportunity. This time, after receiving the ball at the edge of the box, he controlled it, set himself, but shot wide.

Ceará’s best chance of the first half came in the 39th minute. Nico Ferreira sent the ball into the box and it found full-back Sávio. With a first-time strike, the number 6 hit Thiago Couto’s crossbar. On the rebound, Zanocelo got past his marker but shot wide.

The balance remained until the end of the first half, and the match went into halftime goalless.

In the second half, Daniel Paulista brought on Vina and Enzo Lodovico.

In the 16th minute, in a move where one set up the other, Enzo scored the first goal of the night, but after a VAR review, the referee disallowed the play due to a handball by Vina before the assist.

In the 29th minute, Melk took a corner onto Luizão’s head. Getting in front of the Pernambuco marking, the number 4 scored his second goal in Série B and opened the scoring.

Five minutes later, on a counterattack involving five black-and-white players, Melk got a shot away, but Sport’s defense cleared it off the line.

Then, in the 41st minute, after a loose ball at the edge of the six-yard box, Melk scored Ceará’s second goal, sealing the score and securing the win for Vozão.

Deep into stoppage time, the visitors pulled one back from an aerial ball.

With the result, Ceará now has 31 points and moved up one place in the table. On Wednesday the 9th, Vozão returns to the field, this time to face Atlético/GO away from home.

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