Ceará Sporting Club
·17 Mei 2026
Brazilian championship: Ceará come from behind to beat Fortaleza 2-1

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·17 Mei 2026


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Coming from behind, Ceará defeated Fortaleza 2-1 on the night of Sunday the 17th, in a match from the 9th round of the Brazilian Série B Championship played at Castelão. Vozão’s goals were scored by Melk and Júlio César.
With the result, Mais Querido reached a streak of 15 matches without losing to its rival. Over more than three years unbeaten, Alvinegro de Porangabuçu has recorded five wins and nine draws.
Time do Povo returns to the field next Saturday the 23rd, at 4:00 p.m., against Novorizontino. The match, valid for the 10th round of the Brasileirão, will take place in Novo Horizonte/SP.
THE MATCH
In the 27th minute, the opponent opened the scoring with Mailton.
In the 36th minute, Melk sent in a free kick onto Luizão’s head, and he headed it while challenging goalkeeper Lucas Silvestre.
In the 11th minute of the second half, Gustavo Prado received the ball on the left wing, cut inside, and curled a shot, but the goalkeeper made the save.
Right after that, in the 13th minute, Melk equalized for Mais Querido. Wearing number 40, he received a pass from Enzo Lodovico and placed a shot into Vinicius Silvestre’s right corner.
In the 16th minute, Enzo Lodovico found Giulio in the box, but the goalkeeper intercepted it. Right after, Matheus Araújo received a pass from João Gabriel and shot, narrowly missing the post.
Five minutes later, Giulio found Matheus Araújo with a pass, and his shot was stopped by the goalkeeper.
From the resulting corner, Melk crossed onto Júlio César’s head, and he nodded it into the back of the net to turn the game around.
CEARÁ X FORTALEZA | MATCH DETAILS
Ceará: Bruno Ferreira, Alex Silva (Enzo Lodovico), Luizão, Eder, Fernando (Sanchez), Júlio César, Dieguinho (Lucas Lima), João Gabriel, Melk, Fernandinho (Matheus Araújo) and Gustavo Prado (Giulio). Head coach: Mozart. Substitutes: Gustavo Martins, Rafael Ramos, Matheus Araújo, Juan Alano, Sanchez, Lucas Lima, Giulio, Enzo Lodovico, Gilmar, Pedro Esli, Kauã Ziegler, Matheusinho.
Fortaleza: Vinicius Silvestre, Mailton, Luan Freitas, Lucas Gazal, Ronald, Mucuri, Rodrigo, Lucas Sasha, Pochettino, Vitinho and Miritello. Head coach: Thiago Carpini. Substitutes: João Ricardo, Paulinho, Kauã Rocha, Fuentes, Rossetto, Lucca Prior, Rodriguinho, Lucas Crispim, Paulo Baya, Welliton, Kayke and Lucas Emanoel.
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