🎥 Should it have gone ahead? Brasileirão derby starts on soaked pitch | OneFootball

The 27th round of the 2026 Brasileirão got underway on Friday night (11) with the 401st Athletiba in history at Couto Pereira.

A derby that went ahead even though the pitch was far from ideal because of the rain falling in Curitiba.

Analysis and... the ball is rolling!

The refereeing team inspected the pitch to assess its conditions during both teams’ warm-up.

Then referee Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães (RJ) called over both coaches to indicate that the idea was to keep the match on.

Athletico coach Odair Hellmann showed his displeasure at the decision not to postpone the clash.

And the ball got rolling with a delay of only five minutes.

Athletico did not "forgive" the state of their rival’s home pitch.

The club pointed out that Arena da Baixada has a retractable roof, which would have avoided situations like this Friday’s.

The opening minutes were difficult for both teams.

And there was no shortage of scuffles. There were three in the first 13 minutes.

The first came after Jacy was hit by Viveros.

Then Josué was "doing a Hulk imitation on Benavídez" and, right after that, Thiago Santos and Mendoza clashed.

Furacão went ahead after Luiz Gustavo (18') came out on top in the air against Brazil call-up Pedro Morisco.

The second came through Arthur Dias (30'), another player called up by Carlo Ancelotti.

Late in the half, Breno Lopes left Coritiba down to 10 men after putting his hand on an opponent’s mouth during a confrontation.

VAR called over Wagner do Nascimento Magalhães, who reviewed the play and showed a red card.

Then Josué struck a free kick off the crossbar. And Tiago Cóser scored with his chest and somewhat by surprise (47').

The partial win is taking CAP, in third place, to 48 points.

Coritiba, meanwhile, stay on 37 in seventh.

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