Galinho turns it around at Couto Pereira, reaches the final | OneFootball

With grit, character, and the strength of the Crias do Galo! Atlético beat Coritiba 4-2 in comeback fashion on Wednesday afternoon (20) at Couto Pereira and secured a spot in the final of the U-17 Copa do Brasil.

Even after falling behind and seeing the opponent open up a 2-0 lead, Galinho showed impressive resilience and pulled off a lightning-fast comeback in Paraná. Vinicius Rodrigues, twice, Gabriel Veneno, and Vieira scored Atlético’s goals in the qualification-clinching win.

Coritiba took the lead in the first half through Luan Pitz and Alex Lucas. In the second half, however, Atlético came back with an aggressive approach and completely changed the story of the match.

In the seventh minute, Vinicius started the comeback with a brilliant individual play. The forward combined passes at the edge of the box and fired a powerful shot to cut the deficit.

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Shortly after, in the 14th minute, Riquelme won the ball back in the attacking half, Vinicius helped build the move, and Gabriel Veneno hit a firm shot from the edge of the box to equalize.

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The comeback was completed in the 23rd minute. Gabriel Veneno burst down the right, Samuel set it up in the box, and Vinicius arrived to score his second of the match and Galinho’s third.

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Then, in the 40th minute, Vieira took advantage of a corner kick, rose unmarked in the six-yard box, and sealed Atlético’s qualification at Couto Pereira.

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The black-and-white side had already won the first leg 3-0 at Arena MRV and confirmed its superiority in the semifinal with a 7-2 aggregate score.

📌 Galinho’s campaign

🏁 Qualified for the final of the U-17 Copa do Brasil.

📋 Match Details

Coritiba 2 x 4 Atlético🏆 U-17 Copa do Brasil – Semifinal📍 Couto Pereira – Curitiba (PR)

⚽ Goals

Coritiba

Atlético

📋 Coritiba

Bernardo; Gabriel Soares, Henrique, Yuri Pigatto and Guilherme Xirú; Murilo Araujo (Ryan Henrique), Gustavo Paulino (Matheus Napolitano), Luan Pitz (Ruan Campos) and Ottávio Janoni (Eduardo Sousa); Alex Lucas (Davi Chicourel) and William Gustavo (João Furtado).Coach: Renan Tavares.

📋 Atlético

Guilherme Pires; Samuel Rodrigues (Vagner Lopes), Dylan (Vieira), Ícaro and Callegario (Felipe Nascimento); Alexsandro, Riquelme and Gomide (João Guilherme); Marcos Heitor (Gabriel Balisa), Vinicius and Gabriel Veneno (Pedrinho).Coach: Rafael Paiva.

🟨 Yellow cards

Coritiba

Atlético

👨?⚖️ Refereeing

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