Ricardo Mathias celebrates winning goal for Internacional against Ceará | OneFootball

This Thursday, Internacional defeated Ceará 2-1 at Arena Castelão in Fortaleza, in the 34th round of the Brazilian Championship, moving away from the relegation zone. Ricardo Mathias regretted the own goal but celebrated the winning goal that kept Colorado alive in the national competition.

“I’m very grateful for the goal I ended up scoring for Inter. It was a blow for me when I scored the own goal. I went in to score for my team, not for the opponent, but unfortunately I made a mistake. Thank God I was able to score to get Inter out of this situation. I was very happy in the end, it was a huge relief for a 19-year-old kid who is making the most of the opportunity Ramón Díaz gave me,” said the player.

In the 34th minute of the second half, Ricardo Mathias scored an own goal after a corner kick. However, he redeemed himself and secured Internacional’s victory shortly after. The striker received the ball from Carbonero and made a beautiful individual play to score past goalkeeper Bruno Ferreira.

With the win, Internacional reaches 40 points and is now four ahead of Vitória, the first team in the relegation zone. Now, Colorado returns to the field on Monday in a direct clash with Santos, at 9 p.m. (Brasília time), at Beira-Rio Stadium in Porto Alegre.

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