With 8,000 at São Januário, Vasco win Women's Brasileirão A2 | OneFootball

Vasco da Gama won the Brazilian Women’s A2 Championship this Sunday at São Januário. The team lost 2-1 to Itabirito, but still claimed the title after winning the first match 3-1. That made it 4-3 on aggregate for Vasco’s women. This Sunday’s defeat was Vasco’s first, and they came close to winning the Brasileirão Série A2 unbeaten.

An interesting detail was the support from the fans at São Januário this Sunday. Around 8,000 people attended the match and pushed Vasco’s women on to the title. It is worth noting that both teams had already secured promotion to the first division in 2027.

How did Vasco vs. Itabirito go?

The visiting team took the field putting pressure on the Rio side. As a result, the Gatas do Mato opened the scoring after a mistake in Vasco’s build-up from the back, when the goalkeeper gave the ball away for Bruna Marques to receive it inside the box and find the net in the 4th minute.

Itabirito kept creating chances to extend the lead, hitting the post and firing good shots from outside the box. With their opponents on top and struggling to take control of the game, Vasco only managed to respond in first-half stoppage time, when they posed a greater threat from a free kick that deflected off the wall and fell to Lourdes, but goalkeeper Karen Hipólito parried it away and preserved Itabirito’s lead.

After the break, with just two minutes played, Luana Rodrigues struck a placed rebound and scored a stunning goal into the left corner, leveling the aggregate score and sending the decision to penalties. Backed by the crowd, the Meninas da Colina kept pushing to control the game until, in the 35th minute, they managed to pull one back through a goal by Ju Santos.

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