Santa Cruz beat Floresta and close in on promotion to Série B | OneFootball

Santa Cruz beat Floresta 1-0 and claimed their third win in the final stage of Série CCredits: Disclosure/Instagram/@santacruzfc

Santa Cruz beat Floresta-CE 1-0 on Sunday afternoon (20) at Arena de Pernambuco, in São Lourenço da Mata (PE), and moved closer to promotion to Série B. The win, their third in the final stage of Série C, kept the Coral Cobra at a perfect record, now with nine points.

Renato, with a stunning first-half volley, secured the victory for the Pernambuco side, leaders of Group B. Beaten, the Ceará team remains on three points in third place. The other teams in the group, Maringá has six, while Botafogo-PB has none.

In Group C, Ferroviária snatched all three points from Brusque at the end and won 3-2 at Fonte Luminosa, in Araraquara (SP). Maranhão put Locomotiva ahead, but Marlyson and Cipriano scored for the Santa Catarina side. Pedro Martins (own goal) equalized for Ferroviária in the 46th minute of the second half, and Vitor Barreto, in the 52nd, sealed the win.

At Curuzu, in Belém, Paysandu and Inter de Limeira-SP drew 2-2. Pablo Baianinho and Ítalo scored for Papão, while Getúlio and Miguel Bianconi, the latter in stoppage time, scored for the São Paulo side. Paysandu now has one point, and Inter de Limeira has three.

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